The Lease-Up

Fifield Cos. Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, Finance and Development Navi Sandhu joined Multi-Housing News Senior Editor Laura Calugar for this month’s episode of Mission Success: Women in Multifamily, the podcast series dedicated to female leaders in the multifamily industry. Sandhu talks about how valuable time is in development deals today, the adjustments developers need to make when evaluating the viability of new projects, and also touches on construction costs and why she expects a slowdown in capital markets. Toward the end of the conversation, she reveals more about her work as a member of the ULI Chicago chapter.

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Dr. Gina Merritt is the principal of Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures, a company that has more than $300 million multifamily projects in the pipeline. And obtaining financing for all those projects is a major challenge for minority developers, which is why she’s always looking for ways to support her balance sheet. This year she got involved into a unique initiative from the Wells Fargo Foundation. In this episode of Mission Success: Women in Multifamily, Senior Editor Laura Calugar talks to Merritt about why BIPOC developers are still held with different underwriting standards when trying to access capital for their projects, and also touch on how Dr. Merritt's initiatives support affordable housing residents. Here’s a sample of the topics this episode covers:

In this episode of “Multifamily’s Top Marketers,” Multi-Housing News’ Senior Associate Editor IvyLee Rosario spoke to Joya Pavesi, executive vice president of Marketing and Strategy at RKW Residential, to discuss the latest innovations in multifamily marketing.

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The continuing market uncertainty is causing concern among investors. Tune in to hear what CP Capital US Vice President of Investment Management Kristi Nootens has to say about maximizing profits in the current investment environment in the August episode of Mission Success: Women in Multifamily, hosted by Multi-Housing News Senior Editor Laura Calugar.

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· How she got to CP Capital (0:53)

· A typical day at CP Capital (4:24)

· Choosing the right investment partners and locations (5:48)

· Data analysis in decision-making (9:38)

· Current concerns in multifamily (10:45)

· Maximizing profits today (12:43)

· How investors acclimate to the current market uncertainty (14:12)

· Pockets of opportunity in multifamily (15:52)

· Expectations (18:20)

In this episode of "Multifamily's Top Marketers," Multi-Housing News’ Senior Associate Editor IvyLee Rosario spoke to Sarah Bessette, vice president of Marketing at Bell Partners, to discuss some of the major challenges facing multifamily marketers today.

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Paula Munger, the expert leading NAA’s research efforts, joined Multi-Housing News Senior Editor Laura Calugar to discuss how demand for apartments will most likely vary across the country, what the impact of the aging population is going to be and who will be the winners by 2035!

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After spending more than three decades in the multifamily industry, Carol Jackson, Morgan Properties Area Vice President for the Maryland Region, admits that one of the most demanding aspects of her job today is keeping on-site teams optimistic about what’s to come after the past very stressful couple of years. Jackson knows exactly what her teams need in order to feel appreciated, respected, trusted and understood. Here’s what you’ll hear about in this episode:

Multi-Housing News’ Senior Associate Editor IvyLee Rosario spoke to Melissa Swader, an award-winning businesswoman and published author of One Yellow Brick, and president of Ruby Red Media, a full-service national media & marketing agency, about how multifamily marketers can up their personal branding.

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In this Mission Success podcast episode, MHN Senior Editor Laura Calugar talks to Jennifer Baus and Rachel Johnson about what it takes to be successful as a woman in multifamily. Here’s what you’ll hear about: 

Multi-Housing News' Senior Associate Editor IvyLee Rosario spoke to Sara Scarborough Graham, senior vice president of Marketing for Beacon Communities, about how to form an effective marketing team.

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