Now Available: The Opportunity Zones Playbook
Now Available: The Opportunity Zones Playbook
What should an investor consider before investing in a Qualified Opportunity Fund? Several Opportunity Zone experts provided their insights on a live panel recorded on March 9, 2021 during OZ Pitch Day, titled “How to Invest in Opportunity Zones.” Today’s…
This week, the New York state $212 billion budget passed by lawmakers included a provision decoupling the state and New York City tax codes from the federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive. Given New York’s budget issues, many think New York’s decision to decouple…
Jackson Dearborn Partners is on their eighth Opportunity Zone deal in less than three years. What were some of the biggest challenges that they’ve faced and biggest lessons learned during their first seven OZ deals? Ryan Tobias is partner and…
Baltimore-based developer and MCB Real Estate President, David Bramble, opened Yard 56 earlier this week, a mixed-use project seven years in the making. The project utilized environmental tax credits, New Market tax credits, and Opportunity Zone equity from Prudential Financial.…
How is a former NBA player leveraging Opportunity Zones to create impactful change? Josh Childress is CEO of LandSpire Group and a member of the RevOZ Capital Social Impact Council. RevOZ Capital earlier this year launched a new social impact…
Will the Opportunity Zone tax incentive be extended? Congressmen Tim Burchett (R-TN) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX) hope so, and early this year co-sponsored and introduced the Opportunity Zone Extension Act of 2021. To promote the bill and announce the rest of his economic…
What can Opportunity Zone investors expect from post-COVID market conditions? And how have Qualified Opportunity Funds evolved since program inception? Greg Genovese is CEO of USG Realty Capital and Investors Choice OZ Fund, a new Qualified Opportunity Fund offered by…
This week, two new hotels opened their doors in Opportunity Zones. Hyatt House extended-stay hotel opened for business in downtown Rochester, Minnesota just steps from the Mayo Clinic. The hotel appears to be Rochester’s first Opportunity Zone project and is a part of a multibillion…
With Joe Biden in the White House, how might Opportunity Zone policy evolve over the coming years? Steve Glickman recently joined me during a fireside chat at OZ Pitch Day to discuss this topic and more. Steve is founder and…
Why are shovel-ready projects so crucial to a multi-asset Qualified Opportunity Fund strategy? And how can a fund be structured in order to allow investment from self-directed QOFs at the project level? Jon White is president and managing director at…