The Development Finance Initiative helps North Carolina local governments attract private investment for transformative real estate projects using specialized finance and development expertise.
What We Do
Our Team
Our team members have extensive, practical experience in real estate and finance that focuses on seven core types of projects.
Affordable Housing
Brownfields
Disaster Recovery
Downtown Revitalization
Historic Preservation
Master Development Planning
Neighborhood Redevelopment
DFI projects have attracted more than $1 billion in private investment to support local community development goals.
Projects
Development Solicitations
Case Studies
DFI is part of the UNC School of Government and makes important contributions to the academic mission of the University.
Graduate Course
Graduate Fellows
Professional Courses
May, 2025
Kannapolis
May, 2021
May, 2019
May, 2018
May, 2017
Durham County
May, 2016
June, 2015
