A California lawyer and a former client in China who sued each other over a $500,000 real estate investment gone wrong and an EB-5 investor visa that never materialized saw their dispute dismissed with prejudice Monday by a California federal ...
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About those EB-5 visas that will 'save' Ypsilanti with a $300M 'International Village'
The Ypsilanti City Council is voting on Tuesday on plans for an estimated $300 million "international neighborhood" proposed by a Troy-based Chinese-American developer. The project, called International Village, will be a "regional focal po...
EB-5 investor program extension might result in ‘short spurt’ in applications
The program was extended through December 8, 2017, as part of the HR 601 The EB-5 visa program, which allows qualified foreign investors green cards, has been extended through December 8, 2017. The extension of the EB-5 Regional Center P...
Leading opponent of York County casino says backers offering ‘the same empty promises’
Rep. Louis Luchini, D-Ellsworth, responds to the release by a political action committee of an analysis predicting more jobs and revenues if the casino is approved. A leading opponent of the fall ballot question on a casino in York Cou...
Board: Proposed college must complete environmental statement
The controversial Thompson Education Center, or TEC, must complete an environmental impact statement, the Town Planning Board decided Wednesday evening. The private international college is proposed for 573 acres off Wild Turnpike in the to...
America’s EB-5 Immigration Program Opens the Floodgates for Chinese Tech Investors
The EB-5 immigration program has ballooned in size in recent years, and it is being closely followed by foreign investors. The program, which has existed for over a century, is an efficient method for high net-worth individuals and their famil...
Burke Hotel, Conference Center, Mark 1-Year Anniversary
The new Burke Mountain Hotel & Conference Center, before the Q for Quiros was removed from all the signage for the new hotel, and from hotel rooms where the Q symbol was on everything from phones to the room number plaques. The new Burke M...
Jackley and Bjorkman respond to Bob Mercer story on no-prison sentence handed to Bollen
State Attorney General Marty Jackley took issue recently with a story written by reporter Bob Mercer about the no-prison sentence handed to Joop Bollen earlier this year. Bollen was initially charged with five counts of using money in which st...
Harry Macklowe and 200 East 59th Street
Harry Macklowe and 200 East 59th Street At stake in the case is an estimated $2B fortune With a $2 billion fortune at stake, attorneys for Harry Macklowe threw a few of his condominium projects under the bus at the divorce trial Wednesda...
Root out who’s to blame for 8 senseless nursing-home deaths in Broward County
Three elderly people were found dead inside The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, five others died at Memorial Regional on Wednesday. Hurricanes are thoughtless and violent. It is only realistic to say that some deaths can be expec...
217 West 57th Street, Aka Central Park Tower, Gets Its First Glass
Central Park Tower The development boom that began to envelope the 57th Street corridor with One57’s rise is finally at peak frenzy. 220 Central Park South is nearing completion, 111 West 57th Street is being clad in its terra cotta and bro...
Class-action fraud suit can go ahead against People’s bank, Quiros
The lead plaintiff was an investor in the Penthouse Suites project, part of the Hotel Jay. A federal judge has given the green light for a proposed class-action investor fraud lawsuit to proceed against Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros and a ba...
Quick EB-5 solution sought at Mount snow
Opening weekend at Mount Snow Resort in West Dover on Nov. 27, 2015. Mount Snow administrators have asked the federal government to "expwedite" approval of an independent EB-5 regional center in Vermont so they can solicit more foreign inve...
Form I-924A: Practical Considerations for EB-5 Regional Centers
On August 24, 2017, USCIS held a webinar on changes to Form I-924A. The number of approved EB-5 regional centers has grown rapidly from less than a dozen a decade ago to more than 8351 today. As a vital part of the EB-5 program, regional c...
Mount Snow ask feds to expedite independent EB-5 center
Signs at the entrance of Mount Snow in Dover advertise passes for the next season and the start of summer events. Mount Snow administrators have asked the federal government to “expedite” approval of an independent EB-5 regional center in V...