OZ 2.0 Enacted!
OZ 2.0 Enacted!
How does a prime neighborhood drive an Opportunity Zone project’s success? Alicia Miller of Black Salmon joins the show to discuss her firm’s “location-first” strategy. Alicia shares details on Black Salmon’s new multifamily development in downtown St. Petersburg and a…
President Trump’s signature on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, enacted OZ 2.0 and made Opportunity Zones a permanent feature of the tax code. In this live episode, Jimmy Atkinson and Andy Hagans recap Congressional passage of H.R. 1…
Earlier today, by a final tally of 218-214, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill. When enacted, the bill will codify OZ 2.0 into law and make Opportunity Zones a permanent policy. The bill…
Earlier today, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill, which will make Opportunity Zones permanent. The bill now heads back to the House for final passage before going to President Trump for enactment. The final Senate…
The U.S. Senate has released draft legislation that could make Opportunity Zones a permanent part of the tax code. In this special OZ NewsHour edition of the podcast, Jimmy Atkinson and Andy Hagans break down what’s in the Senate’s proposal,…
Capitol Hill is moving toward a permanent Opportunity Zones program, but the fine print matters. In this OZ Pitch Day panel, Jimmy Atkinson is joined by Blake Christian and Jim Lang to unpack the Senate’s draft OZ 2.0 bill. They…
A vacant 1939 high-school building that plagued downtown Mount Vernon for a quarter-century is now The GRAD Apartments—38 fully leased luxury units—thanks to Joel Mazza and Bob Erlanger of Erma Capital. In this episode, they reveal how layering Opportunity Zone…
While the original policy intent behind Opportunity Zones was to catalyze more entrepreneurship and small business investment in disadvantaged communities all across the nation, most OZ capital has flowed into real estate. Jonathan Goldstein of Advantage Capital joins the show…
Opportunity Zones are at a critical juncture—and Capitol Hill is listening. On June 4, 2025, OpportunityZones.com and Capital Square co-hosted the Opportunity Zones & Multifamily Investing Summit in Richmond, VA. In a live panel discussion during the event, national policy…
OpportunityZones.com will host OZ Pitch Day Summer 2025 on Thursday, June 19, 2025, beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. This will be OpportunityZones.com’s 15th OZ Pitch Day event, and the second of three such events in 2025. OZ Pitch Day…