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Over the years interest in the EB-5 Program has shifted as world events have taken place and changes have been made to the EB-5 Program itself. A review of the site traffic from September 1,...

Over the years interest in the EB-5 Program has shifted as world events have taken place and changes have been made to the EB-5 Program itself. A review of the site traffic from September 1,...

Vacant since the 2009 demolition of the old Hotel on The Square building, the sprawling One Journal Square property has been a blight on the neighborhood for over a decade.  A...

Petitioners who believe that their I-526 was denied in error have the option of appealing to the Administrative Appeals Office. AAO decisions on these appeals eventually get published to the&nb...

Here are the latest EB-5 case processing times for the I-526 Immigrant Petition for Alien Investor.  The overall estimated time range listed on USCIS is 37 months to 73.5 mont...

Ariel Quiros, former owner of Jay Peak Resort, stands outside the federal courthouse in Burlington, Vermont on May 22, 2019, after his arraignment on fraud charges over a failed plan to build a...

Jay Peak developers Ariel Quiros left, and Bill Stenger was indicted on May 22, 2019, in federal court in Burlington.  A showdown is brewing between one-time busines...

Between 2016 and 2018 there were over 800 active and USCIS approved EB-5 regional centers, but after changes to the program in late 2019, to targeted employment area designations and ...

A stopgap funding bill to avoid a U.S. federal government shutdown temporarily extends otherwise expiring immigration categories, but also includes an interesting permanent provision to solve t...

Attorneys for Jay Peak are challenging the ski resort’s nine-figure property tax bill, according to the Caledonian-Record. A hearing is scheduled in Newport for October 29....

America’s foreign adversaries, chief among them China, could utilize one of the federal government’s most noteworthy immigration programs against the United States, threatening its ...

The estimated annual employment-based visa limit is anticipated to be approximately 261,500 for FY 2021, which begins October 1, 2020. The EB-5 Program receives 7.1% of the employment-based vis...

The October 2020 Visa Bulletin takes effect today. The Bulletin shows rapid advancement in priority dates for both final action dates and dates for filing in ...

The House overwhelmingly passed new legislation which would extend government funding through December 11, 2020. The spending bill is now being sent to the Senate for approval before it arrives...

Some 14,000 new EB-5 visas to the USA would be available next year, starting October 1 Eight months after the first human case of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) was diagnosed in the US, a co...

EB-5 investors facing excessive processing delay have the option to sue USCIS. They can bring claims under the Administrative Procedures Act, which permits federal courts to compel agency ...

On Sept. 4, the Vermont State Auditor’s Office published a 32-page report titled, “Interim Report on EB-5 Program.” The information was meant to address the findings of an aud...

The 132-room Aloft Syracuse Inner Harbor hotel opened on West Kirkpatrick Street in July 2016. A company representing foreign investors has filed a lawsuit claiming the partners of...

Ragged Mountain Ski Resort, Danbury Seeks return of $545,000 investment in Danbury ski resort expansion A Ukrainian investor is suing the Ragged Mountain resort in Danbury to return ...

Barclays CEO Jes Staley and Hudson Yards Bank is looking to lease 500K sf for US headquarters Barclays is eyeing a big move to Hudson Yards. The London-based bank is considering m...

Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer released the first part of an audit into the state’s role in the EB-5 fraud. The rest of the report must wait until various litigations are settled. ...

The complaint said former Nelson Mullins partner Steve Park worked to set up a competing operation to market EB-5 visas while still serving a corporate counsel for Southern States Regional Cent...

Here are the answers to a few of the most frequently asked EB-5 questions. 1.What is the minimum investment amount for an EB-5 visa? The EB-5 Program requires an applicant to make a capit...

At a time when bad news seemingly permeates the daily immigration discussion and the USCIS IPO office has issued year-after-year growing delays, it is always a pleasure to share favorable resul...

Hudson Yards stands without visitors in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the sta...

Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center in East Burke.  The town of Burke has rejected the Burke Mountain ski area’s request to cut its property taxes by 40%. The town&...

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expanded slightly who can qualify as "accredited investors." Many EB-5 issuers use securities registration exemptions...

Roughly 2,000 EB-5 investors poured US$1 billion into Hudson Yards through deals under EB-5, a programme meant to promote investment in rural areas, as well as urban locales with high unemploym...

The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on June 16, 2020.  We've been down this road before. A new tenant for one of Long Island's key entertainment venues. New plans...

The owner of Hotel Astor, at 956 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach, filed Chapter 11 to stay an eviction lawsuit. The lease on the 42-room boutique Astor Hotel in Miami Beach is for sale a...

The USCIS processing times report now offers three “estimated time range” sets for Form I-526: one for China mainland-born investors, one for other-area investors, an...

On Tuesday, August 25th, USCIS released a statement announcing that they would be averting a scheduled furloughing of more than 13,000 employees (70% of their workforce). The U.S. ...

A view up the mountain from the Hotel Jay at Jay Peak Resort in June 2019.  The management of Jay Peak ski area won’t be getting the big tax break they were seeking...

Chinese investors accusing a White House of connected real estate developers of a $99.5 million EB-5 visa fraud scheme can move forward with their suit mostly intact after a Florida state judge...

While USCIS has continued to provide a monthly estimated time range for the Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor (I-526) at the Immigrant Investor Program Office, they have now added ...

It’s official. Mikhail Prokhorov has dumped another U.S. sports asset, this time the revamped Nassau Coliseum. He’s out and the Florida investor who helped finance “The Barn&r...

For the first time outside of the originating case itself, a federal appeals court was called upon to apply the principles governing disgorgement in SEC enforcement actions established by the&n...

Burke Mountain Academy.  An attorney for the management of Burke Mountain ski resort argued Monday that the town of Burke has way overvalued the property and is seeking to cut its valua...

The EB-5 Visa Program was created to attract foreign investment to the US The EB-5 Program has continued to stay relevant as an economic stimulus during difficult times CanAm Enterprises ...

Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain ski resorts in northern Vermont, changed his plea to guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money launderi...

Ariel Quiros listens to remarks during the groundbreaking at the proposed AnC Vermont facility in Newport in May 2015. The plant was never built and prosecutors claimed he simply...

A lot of people from across the world are now choosing to become a part of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program to make huge money. Since the EB5 Visa offers foreign nationals a chance...

In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California's decision on remedies. The Ninth...

A lawyer representing Burke Mountain is appealing a decision by the Town of Burke to set the market value of the ski resort at slightly more than $18.7 million, saying it is too high....

The Manteca City Council set a new standard for bonus bucks Tuesday night of $7,500 per home. It originally was going to be the biggest subdivision ever built in Manteca with 1,650 housing u...

A quick, easy overview of EB-5 eligibility for interested foreign nationals. First, what is EB-5? EB-5 is short for the EB-5 Program, also known as the Immigrant Investor Program. The EB-5 P...

Bill Stenger’s defense attorney Brooks MacArthur, right, proclaims Stenger’s “overwhelming innocence” after Stenger was arraigned on charges pertaining to the ...

Chinese nationals say they committed their money to an investment fund run by Mastroianni without knowing about a kickback scheme. Harbourside Place developer Nick Mastroianni II&n...

Ariel Quiros, center, leaves federal court in Burlington after being arraigned on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Jay Peak’s former owner and the ...

Effective October 2, 2020, USCIS will adjust most of their immigration request fees. Here’s how that affects EB-5 Program filing fees. In a news statement released by USCIS, this ...

“In our quest to assist our clients in making the right decisions in securing an alternate future in these trying times, we have made it our business to team up with the best and most tru...

Related’s Stephen Ross and Jeff Blau with Hudson Yards A group of Chinese EB-5 investors is pushing Related Companies to open its books after the developer halted paymen...

Klausner Lumber II and Halifax County have reached a settlement which will be the focus of a hearing in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Halifax County Attorn...

President Donald Trump at a recent press conference on the coronavirus crisis. United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending immigrants from entering the United S...

USCIS guidance affects further deployment of capital Guidance follows new rule to boost investment amounts U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new policy guidance&nb...

Five top trade bodies, including the US Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers, have filed a lawsuit challenging the presidential proclamation suspending for the rest of ...

The EB-5 Program processing time for the I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur increased sharply at the Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO). The latest estimated time ...

Sen Chuck Grassley provided a scathing review of the federal government’s EB-5 immigrant financier program and the capacity for fraud when the Senate passed a costs in 2015 reforming...

I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by all the nonsense and potential disaster available to write about. USCIS may or may not be about to start staff furloughs next month as the agency, administr...

While current regulation of the EB-5 Regional Centers Program has improved over the last decade, it appears likely that more will be done to strengthen program oversight, an immigration&nb...

A prospective EB-5 investor must make an investment into a new commercial enterprise. The amount for an investment in a targeted employment area is $900,000, while an investment in a non-target...

Ariel Quiros arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case in 2019. The accused mastermind of a massive investor fraud in ...

If you are planning to immigrate to the US through EB 5 program and looking for a targeted employment area (TEA), this post will help you. Here, you will find complete details about t...

Nassau County’s decision to issue an order of default this week to the operator of Nassau Coliseum — and threaten to terminate the lease on the arena — isn’t a...

A smaller version of the New York Wheel -- formerly declared dead in October 2018 after estimated costs for the privately-funded project ballooned to more than $1 billion -- is being ...

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference April 13, 2017.  The cost for attorneys and financial professionals for the...

USCIS released EB-5 Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor (I-526 Petition) data that reveals a lot about what has been going on at the Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) this fiscal ye...

The wait time for an EB-5 visa depends on the number of people in line, and the rate at which the line moves. Both factors are complicated and can be tough to pin down. We’ve recently rec...

A little-known visa program benefitting China’s elite, peddled as a way to revitalize underserved communities, is helping to build luxury condominiums for the wealthy in St. Petersburg, F...

Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this month warned that the Chinese Communist Party may be abusing America’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and called for a federal revi...

Money from a group of Chinese investors used to fund a beef processing plant in Aberdeen was not procured fraudulently and the state doesn’t have to repay it, according to a decision by t...

Can the SEC obtain disgorgement in civil enforcement actions? Yes. What, exactly, is disgorgement? Well, it’s complicated. In an 8-1 opinion, the Supreme Court held that t...

The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits in place on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) routine practice of forcing defendants to surrender any profit they gained through fraud i...

Processing times for many EB-5 related petitions continue to vary. The updated processing times are as follow: Form I-526: Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur –  29.5 to 61...

Ariel Quiros, center, leaves federal court in Burlington after being arraigned on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22, 2019.  A federal judge has rejected a bid by the f...

As if the fraud-ridden EB-5 cash-for-visas program didn’t have enough bad publicity, now comes a couple of Chinese nationals who, according to government investigators: En...

Stephen Ross and Hudson Yards In a letter, the developer says the pandemic will impact the value of investments in the megaproject Related Companies, one of the EB-5 program’s ...

Ariel Quiros, center, arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22, 2019. At right is then-attorney Seth Levine, and be...

Consulate closures, business delays are obstacles for investors Fear of visa bans need for cash influx are program benefits A U.S. program that grants green cards to immigrant investo...

Will travel return to normal, let alone immigration to the U.S. under the EB-5 Program? If the past is any indication, travel and immigration will spring back once things calm down. After th...

Authorities allege Jianjun Qiao, 56, conspired with his ex-wife to gain fraudulent entry into the U.S. in 2009 and then laundered stolen money stolen from China through a Newcastle home purchas...

The latest EB-5 news 2020: USCIS to reopen domestic offices for in-person services, the June EB-5 visa bulletin, and an upcoming webinar with the Visa Control and Reporting Division C...

And now, to demystify the USCIS Check Case Processing Times page, which as of today gives these processing times reports for EB-5 forms. I’ve written a guest article for LCR ...

A former Chinese official who was a fugitive for over five years has been extradited from Sweden to Los Angeles to face federal charges that allege he laundered millions of dollars of stolen mo...

The sale process of Jay Peak has "ground to a halt" due to the coronavirus pandemic. The process of selling Jay Peak Resort has “ground to a halt” due to the COVID-19 p...

Foreign nationals can still make and/or prepare for their EB-5 investment during Covid-19. Here’s what prospective EB-5 investors need to know. USCIS is still processing EB-5 p...

Where is America going to find the money to create jobs for U.S. workers? One source is the U.S. EB5. When President Trump tweeted, "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as ...

A Chicago woman named Xuejun Zoe Makhsous has amended her federal lawsuit against the U.S. Immigration Fund, alleging that one of the biggest EB-5 regional centers paid kickbacks to a company t...

Despite the talk of expanding the EB-5 immigrant investor program in Congress’ $2.4 trillion stimulus efforts, nothing further has progressed, as the initial financial response to the Cov...

A federal judge has allowed Seth Levine, left, to withdraw as attorney to Ariel Quiros, center, who here is seen arriving outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges...

The latest I-526 Petition processing times at the Immigrant Investor Program Office show slightly faster processing times. The updated processing time range for the Immigrant Petit...

Ariel Quiros, center, arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22, 2019. His attorney Seth Levine, who is now requesti...

Here are a few important criteria to consider when conducting due diligence and selecting an EB-5 project investment. Developer and Regional Center Reputation and Track Records How much e...

New York Defense Attorney Wants Off The Case, Vermont Counsel May Follow Former Jay Peak owner and EB-5 developer Ariel Quiros has lawyer problems. Quiros has pleaded not guilty...

Headline: Demand for EB-5 visas from qualified job creating investors far exceeds the congressional limit of approximately 10,000 immigrant visas per year (including family), resulting in leng...

The historical national average processing time for the I-526 petition on the USCIS page has been updated to include up to February 29, 2020.  The new historical national processing tim...

USCIS has extended its temporary office closures to June 4, 2020. Here’s what that means and how it may affect EB-5 Program investors. They have suspended all services that requir...

Foreign investors were exempted from President Donald Trump's recent green card ban, but as the coronavirus pandemic shutters businesses, those would-be immigrants could soon be at risk of ...

PRC Group is developing two residential buildings, University Place Apartments and the Carbon Place Apartments, along with the connected retail space. Federal immigration officials have sign...

Issuing EB-5 investor visas, which primarily benefit Chinese nationals, “should be the last priority” of the United States federal government in the midst of the Chinese corona...

The Department of State (DOS) May 2020 Visa Bulletin shows major advancements for some employment-based categories. Most notably, the final action date for EB-1 “all other” countrie...

The US legal immigration system, which admits about 1.2 million permanent foreign residents a year, continues to favor China greatly despite national security problems. No country in the wor...

President Trump’s executive order pausing some green card issuance specifically exempts a visa program allowing China’s elite to effectively buy American citizenship for themselves ...

USCIS approved the I-924 exemplar application for CanAm’s Westin Hotel at the Texas Medical Center project last month. CanAm Enterprises (“CanAm”) is thrilled to ...

Here’s why an EB-5 visa is the best graduation gift you can give your child who is attending a U.S. school or college. As we approach the end of the school year, you may be helpin...

Three individuals who intervened in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over an EB-5 visa fraud scheme challenged a bid by the alleged fraudster's receiver to sue them ...

Processing Developments USCIS has not yet updated the Check Case Processing Times page to a new format or with any new content to reflect the Visa Availability Approach that&r...

Here’s how long you may have to wait for an EB-5 visa after preparing and filing your I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor. Preparing and Filing an I-526 Petition: Filing an I...

The EB-5 visa availability approach, the new I-526 petition processing change announced earlier this year by USCIS, has now gone into effect. Here’s what that means for EB-5 investor...

Combined, the funds from JTC PLC and NES Financial will service $130 billion in assets One of the country’s largest EB-5 and Opportunity Zone fund administrators will be acqu...

The major economic disruption brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has put experts on different sides of the fence about whether an idea to expand the scale of the EB-5 program as part of ...

On March 18, 2020, USCIS temporarily suspended all its in-person services at their field offices in an effort to help slow the spread of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Here’s what that...

(Above left) Rendering by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP of The Carillon, which would have replaced George A. Tripp House (above right) at 42 East Superior Street, along with 44 and 46 East...

A controversial immigration program that awards U.S. visas to wealthy investors, mostly Chinese, could be expanding. The White House is reported to be considering a proposal to inc...

These are the primary EB-5 Regional Center investment advantages. When an EB-5 investor selects the EB-5 Regional Center Program, they are choosing to make an investment through a government...

Introduction: What is EB-5? EB-5 capital has risen from obscurity to prominence in a dizzying decade. One developer client has said, “A few years ago, no one had heard of EB-5. Now at ...

Republicans?not Democrats?are leading the charge for a mass immigration scheme amid what we have been told is national security, health, and economic crisis. Why? As Americans struggle to st...

The estimated I-526 processing time at the Immigrant Investor Program Office has been updated on the USCIS website and now shows a time range of 31 months to 50.5 months. ...

The Security and Exchange Commission’s powers to help combat fraudulent companies and reimburse their victims might get a huge boost if the US Supreme Court rules in favor of the age...

The EB-5 Modernization Rule made major changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program last year, and understandably, people still have questions. Here are answers to some of the most commonly a...

Liu v. SEC, No. 18-15-1, argued before the Court last week, is potentially one of the most important cases to be heard by the Supreme Court on SEC Enforcement. The question under consideration ...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal at the agency's headquarters in Washington. New rule raises investment threshold Regional center didn’t prove irreparable harm A...

Bill Stenger arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22.  Taxpayers will be paying for the attorneys for...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer talks about President Donald Trump's impeachment after a press conference about increasing funding for programs to aid security at places of worship and...

In Liu v. SEC, one of this Term’s most closely watched securities cases, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised during oral argument on Tuesday to affirm but potentially clar...

Steve Wright, general manager of Jay Peak Resort, presented an overview of the sale process for the resort at Town Meeting on Tuesday.  Voters in Jay approved all school and munici...

Congress established the EB-5 visa program in 1990 to attract foreign direct investments to the United States as a job-creating stimulus. In exchange for making job-creating investments, EB-5 p...

Ariel Quiros, center, leaves federal court in Burlington after being arraigned on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The former owner of Jay Peak accused o...

Sutton v. Vermont Regional Center, 2019 VT 71 (Oct. 14, 2019) Despite its longstanding reputation as liberal and sympathetic to plaintiffs, the Vermont Supreme Court has for a very long...

The Deadwood Mountain Grand, an entertainment and lodging resort overlooking the heart of downtown Deadwood, is up for sale, with an asking price of $27.5 million. The DMG, rebuilt from...

The Delaware Valley Regional Center (DVRC) is different from other regional centers around the nation because it focuses on infrastructure development rather than commercial real esta...

The site on Bogner Drive in Newport where AnC Bio Vermont was planned but never built.  Attorneys for the developers accused of fraud in a failed biomedical research facility ...

Millions of dollars from the sale of the never-finished Palm House hotel-condominium in Palm Beach are finally being disbursed to claimants as part of a complex bankruptcy case involving f...

Special guest is Michael Kester, partner, and lead economist of Impact DataSource, a Texas-based consulting firm that is a leader in EB-5. For the last nine years, Impact Datasource has conduct...

The Lucky Dragon is no more. The ex-casino is now known as the Ahern Hotel.  The failed Lucky Dragon off-Strip casino resort that cost $165 million to construct but shuttered ...

USCIS has updated the EB5 processing time at the Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) for the I-526 Petition (Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor) as well as the I-829 (Petition by Inv...

The property Kingdom Trail Association plans to buy on Darling Hill Road in East Burke, near the nonprofit’s winter center.  The court-appointed receiver in charge of overseeing m...

Harbourside Place in Jupiter EB-5 developer Nick Mastroianni is facing another lawsuit from Chinese investors who poured money into the Harbourside Place project in Jupiter. ...

Vermont Superior Court in Newport.  Concerns that Newport’s courthouses are too old and poorly designed for modern judicial work could be eased with state money. Last month, Go...

The site on Bogner Drive in Newport where AnC Bio Vermont was planned but never built.  The attorneys for the developers of a failed $110 million biomedical research center in...

USCIS has been falling farther and farther behind on adjudication of EB-5 filings. Last week USCIS suddenly announced that, starting March 31, 2020, it will adjudicate first I-526 petition...

USCIS has announced a new change for processing the I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneurs. This may lead to quicker processing times and I-526 petition approvals for qualified i...

Geoffrey Crawford, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.  A federal judge has ruled against a request by Ariel Quiros, who prosecutors call t...

It’s the latest lawsuit over the way Harbourside Place developer Nicholas Mastroianni II handled immigrant investors’ cash through the EB-5 program. Mastroianni ...

Aldi emerges as a bidder for 6 units and Publix looks to buy 5; operating stores also on the block Lucky’s Markets, which last week said it would be closing 32 of its 39 stores, t...

Over the last three years, many regional centers approached the changes proposed in the new regulations as if they were the end of the world. How would they actually operate in truly rural area...

In November, the price of a U.S. permanent residency visa through the EB-5 program jumped by 80%, and the federal government tightened the rules on what qualifies as a legitimate EB-5...

H-1B Electronic Registration to Open March 1, 2020 On January 9, 2020, USCIS published a Federal Register notice formally announcing the implementation of the electronic regis...

Many of the countries international students originate from are also top EB-5 countries. One of the top reasons foreign investors select the EB-5 Program is to send their children to a US educa...

While acting as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. — a close ally and golfing buddy of President Donald Trump — is co-sponsoring a bill easing r...

USCIS has published processing data for July through September 2019 (FY2019 Q4). (1/15 Update: Today USCIS deleted links to the Q4 EB-5 reports that were posted yesterday on...

Sen. Lindsey Graham and the Hudson Yards development Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer are co-sponsoring the bill, only two months after the new rules took effect, and whic...

Gains from infrastructure, such as transportation, power and water, may be fully realized only when projects generate true public benefits, a fact that makes it difficult for many governments &...

Senator Lindsey Graham is co-sponsoring a bill that would ease some new restrictions on the EB-5 program, WSJ reported. The bipartisan bill is notably backed by Ch...

It’s outrageous that Attorney General TJ Donovan — the state government’s top lawyer — is refusing to accept a ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court. Donovan knows full...

Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Chittenden, of the House Government Operations Committee, right, questions Tucker Anderson of the Office of Legislative Counsel about public records laws on Thursday. ...

January 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of this blog and 12 years since I started writing business plans for immigrant investment. I’ve been looking back on years of work and EB-5 re...

There are numerous EB-5 Program benefits, but two, in particular, are worth discussing in further detail. What is EB-5? EB-5 is a program that allows qualified foreign nationals to invest $9...

Resulting job creation from offering enabled 1,331 individuals to receive permanent residency in the United States The New York City Regional Center (NYCRC) is pleased to announce the f...

A group of companies behind a Miami hotel project urger a Florida federal judge Thursday to shield them from allegations that they helped scam Chinese investors and dashed their ...

Jay Peak developers Ariel Quiros, left, and Bill Stenger were indicted May 22, 2019, in federal court in Burlington. he ongoing saga of the EB-5 scandal at Jay Peak Resort is ...

Melissa White discusses the Community Foundation’s EB-5 Visa plan The Key Biscayne Community Foundation’s Director, Melissa White, sat with Islander News and discussed a new prog...

Top EB-5 news 2020:  The visa wait time is the question on every interested investor’s mind as we start off the new year. From investment to EB-5 visa, how long does it take to...

Foreign donors are investing billions of dollars in U.S. charter schools in exchange for EB-5 visas through a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. There ...

For the past 4 weeks, the EB-5 industry has been anxiously awaiting the status of the pending complaint filed in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia by a Florida region...

Nothing significant is going to happen this year on most issues. Both conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats support changing the status quo, yet they have radically different solut...

Ariel Quiros arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.  Lawyers for the developers of...

The Hotel Jay and Conference Center at Jay Peak Resort.  A lawsuit alleging a “kickback” scheme involving an attorney who brought foreign investors and their money to J...

Defendants in a multimillion-dollar fraud case in Northern Vermont want a federal judge to change where their trial will be held. They claim news coverage of the EB-5 scandal has tainted the ju...

Federal regulations that went into effect on Nov. 21 for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program are already being challenged in federal court, just as one of New York’s most-influential fede...

VTDigger exposed the fraud at Jay Peak Resort five years ago, and but for our reporting the developers likely would have continued looting foreign investors. In May, indictments we...

After years of sleuthing, federal agents Wednesday raided San Gabriel Valley homes and an office that investigators have linked to an alleged multimillion-dollar immigration and finance scam th...

Here is what interested investors need to know about the EB-5 Visa Program requirements for receiving I-526 Petition approval. The I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur is the first...

Jay Peak Resort on Friday, June 7, 2019.  Federal prosecutors say a lawsuit against the former legal team of the alleged mastermind of an investor fraud scheme in northern Vermont could...

Jay Peak, Vermont ski resort Federal prosecutors referred to a previously undisclosed investigation in a motion to stay the malpractice case against a Los Angeles firm and New York partner. ...

Here are the latest EB5 green card processing times for the I-526 Petition, the I-485 Application, and the I-829 Petition. I-526 Petition Processing Times: The updated processin...

“You have rights from the beginning and it's important that independent, competent, and knowledgeable attorneys review all of your paperwork.” Recently, the EB-5 Investor Vis...

Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe speaks during the North American Building Trades Unions Conference at the Washington Hilton April 10, 2019 in Washington. Chinese investors won&rsquo...

Former attorneys for the alleged mastermind of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme in northern Vermont say a lawsuit accusing them of allowing their client to bilk hundred of investors is drive...

Just in time for Christmas, Congress is cooking up a bill to “parole in” 73,000 foreign nationals awaiting green cards. The legislation — nullifying or water...

The EB-5 visa is highly sought after for a number of reasons including: It’s a family-sized package of green cards. The rate for EB-5 visas may have increased to $900,000, but it in...

Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) portrayed the bill as a boost to trade between the United States and Portugal. But the bill allows wealthy Chinese to get into the United States after first buying P...

Receiver Michael Goldberg is seeking to depose the attorneys of Mont Saint-Sauveur International; Goldberg claims MSSI illegally accepted $18 million in EB-5 investor funds from buyer Arie...

Writ of mandamus lawsuits against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) are en vogue, and for good reason: as of December 2, 2019, the estimated ti...

Saul Ewing Arnstein and Lehr LLP has been extremely active in navigating the current status of the EB5 industry and determining what courses of action need to be taken given the existence ...

The lawsuit argues the increased amounts will deter foreign investors from the program  In a case with far-reaching implications, an EB-5 regional center claims the new rules that are d...

The Lucky Dragon located at 300 W. Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal Lucky Dragon, which closed last year and filed for ban...

Jay Peak, Vermont ski resort Levine Kellogg is facing off against Gunster in the lawsuit tied to fraud at Vermont's Jay Peak ski resort. A law firm facing a legal malpractice claim ti...

Glenn Straub and the Palm House Hotel The creditors of the Palm Beach condo-hotel project that was once at the center of South Florida’s largest EB-5 fraud case may be one step cl...

The defendants in Liu vs. S.E.C., which the Supreme Court will review, diverted $26 million they raised from the investors. The regulator will argue before the Supreme Court that j...

In addition to raising the EB-5 Program minimum investment amounts, the new EB-5 Modernization Regulation that went into effect on November 21, 2019, changed how targeted employment areas are d...

he Anacostia neighborhood in Washington, D.C., as seen on Dec.7. While some communities are benefiting from a federal contracting program that tries to level the playing field by giving under-s...

The property is located within walking distance from Cobb Galleria Convention Center, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, Cumberland Mall, and adjacent to SunTrust Park and the&n...

On Nov. 26, 2019, a complaint for Injunctive Relief and a Temporary Restraining Order was filed by Florida EB-5 Investments, LLC against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) challenging a Nov....

Bill Stenger arrives at federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case in May. A judge is allowing Bill Stenger, Jay Peak’s former pr...

The Pump House indoor water park has been one of the most popular amenities added to Jay Peak Resort as a result of EB-5 immigrant investor money. Jay Peak photo. Vermont Business Magazine&n...

Moving to a merit-based system is the way to reform our current broken immigration patchwork of laws. While Congress is paralyzed by gridlock and President Trump continues his call for a conver...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule on July 24, 2019, that makes a number of significant changes to its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program (“EB-5 Pr...

While Congress is focused on impeachment, impeachment and more impeachment drama, a proposed behind-the-scenes bill shows that the Swamp is up to its same, unshakable pro-immigration agenda. ...

On November 21, 2019, the EB-5 "Immigrant Investor Program Modernization" became effective. This is the first significant EB-5 regulatory change instituted by U.S. Citizenship an...

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference April 13, 2017.  The court-appointed receiver overseeing Jay Peak and other...

In the EB-5 category, China remains with a Nov. 1, 2014, cut-off date; India advances slightly to Jan. 1, 2018; and Vietnam advances slightly to Dec. 1, 2016. The other categories remain current. ...

The upcoming EB-5 Visa Bulletin for December 2019 has been released by the Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs. Here’s an explanation of the key parts of the Visa ...

CanAm Enterprises Director, In-house Immigration Counsel, Walter S. Gindin, takes an in-depth look at USCIS policy on EB-5 capital redeployment. EB-5 capital redeployment is o...

As of November 21, 2019, the United States EB-5 immigrant visa, employment-based fifth preference category, or EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program, will be revised for the first time since its 199...

- An American, Marco Ramirez, has duped five Nigerians of $1.5 million - The criminal allegedly defrauded Gabriel Edeoghon and Oludare Talabi of $388,838 and also defrauded Amb. Godson Echejue,...

The investors are appealing a trial court decision that protects the law firm that prepared the private offering memorandum for their investment. They maintain the firm either knew of or should...

The USCIS Policy Manual is updated as of today with some edits to the EB-5 section in Volume 6 Part G. As usual, I performed the kind service of saving the content as a Word docu...

Federal securities regulators said this week that they had agreed to settle with a San Mateo County woman accused of misappropriating at least $45 million in investment funds from Chinese citiz...

Superior Court of California in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Monday, July 1, 2019. But lawsuit against Bethany Liou by Chinese citizens will continue San Mateo County businesswoman Betha...

The U.S. Supreme Court will review a case that challenges the SEC's ability to seek disgorgement in district court proceedings. In 2016, the SEC charged a husban...

Today, Senators Graham (R-SC), Rounds (R-SD) and Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the “Immigrant Investor Program Relief Act” (S. 2778, the Act) proposing long overdue improvements to moder...

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider stripping the Securities and Exchange Commission of its power to recoup illegal profits fro...

Vermont Solicitor General Benjamin Battles is asking the Vermont Supreme Court to reargue a recent decision that reinstates claims made by EB-5 investors.  The state is challenging two ...

Brooks MacArthur, center, attorney for Bill Stenger, second from right, speaks to the press after Stenger’s arraignment case in federal court in Burlington on May 22.  Two in...

Time is running out for South Africans wanting to take advantage of the “Rolls Royce” immigration option – the EB-5 Investor Green Card. The EB-5 program’s minimum in...

Two more defendants in a multimillion-dollar fraud case in northern Vermont are asking that their trials be moved out of state. In motions filed in U.S. District Court in Burlingto...

Time is running out for those who wish to take advantage of the current, lower investment threshold for foreigners to access a US Green Card through the Immigrant Investor EB-5 Programme. As...

Investors are targeting EB-5 projects before new rules kick in late next month  Beginning late next month, the minimum required investment amount for projects will be doubled Alejand...

The EB-5 Regional Center Program, which was due to sunset (expire) on September 30, 2019, is now extended through November 21, 2019. As of yesterday, September 28, a Continuing Resolution ...

Jennifer R. McDonald, left, then-executive director of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority, and then-Warren County Sheriff Danny McEathron, right, stand in March on thi...

A view up the mountain from the Hotel Jay at Jay Peak Resort this past summer.  The court-appointed receiver overseeing the sale of Jay Peak Resort as it emerges from an investor fraud ...

Drifting into this year’s fourth quarter with a pile of summer ODDservations. Well, this is the month to celebrate the completion of the Road to Stowe, a fantastic Route 100 upgrade fr...

The project is a high-end, multi-use development which will include multiple luxury residences, hotels, and other amenities. Houston EB5 is pleased to announce Houston Mayor, Sylvester ...

CanAm Enterprises has closed an additional $30 million of EB-5 capital for the ongoing construction of the One Willoughby Square office tower in Downtown Brooklyn. CanAm previ...

Ariel Quiros, center, arrives outside federal court in Burlington with his legal team for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22.  Aman described by pros...

The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority in Front Royal, Va., on Aug. 16. BEST KNOWN to Washingtonians as the northern gateway to Shenandoah National Park, rural Front Ro...

Vermont Business Magazine In a statement issued today, the Vermont Regional Center (VRC) will pursue a motion for reconsideration with the United States Citizenship and Immi...

2018 rendering of Somerset Parkland Academy. The cows who once roamed the property located at the intersection of University Drive and Hillsboro Boulevard are no longer grazing, as the ...

Mike Pieciak, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation. he state is calling on a federal agency to reconsider its decision last month to shutter the scandal-plagued Vermon...

Investors can sue for being misled Vermont’s highest court has reversed a decision in an EB-5 investor lawsuit against the state commerce agency.  The state Supreme Court decis...

The Vermont financial regulation commissioner says the state is still working with foreign investors defrauded in the Kingdom Con scandal. The Vermont Supreme Court ruled last week that the ...

Wealthy parents from around the globe are planning, years in advance, to invest in the EB5 visa program for their children’s future. Compared to other visa programs such as the F-1 vis...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday re- arraigned an American, Marco Ramirez, at the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos for allegedly defrauding Nigerians in a ...

It's easier to get green card if you go for EB5 visa; more Indians are going for it now Two years after Chennai-based Krish Iyer’s (name changed on request) twin sons went to the U...

The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow a group of foreign investors to seek negligence and breach of contract claims against the state for allegedly failing to provide sufficient overs...

Backers of a planned “micro” steel mill powered by electricity near Homestead: Gustavo Lopez, left, Julio Gimenez, center, and Leroy Jones, right, ahead of a May 7, 2019 vote by the...

The federal government has upheld an earlier decision to close the Vermont Regional Center, citing the allegations of “massive” fraud at the Jay Peak ski resort and a...

Allegations of fraud at Jay Peak Resort in Vermont figured in the US government’s decision to close the state’s immigrant investor program. The federal government has upheld an e...

In the latest EB-5 news, on Friday, President Trump signed the Continuing Resolution extending the EB-5 Regional Center Program through November 21, the same day the EB-5 Modernization Regulati...

The feds are rejecting Vermont's attempt to reopen the state's EB-5 Center. The EB-5 program allows foreigners to invest in a development project in exchange for green cards and bein...

The two senators have introduced an EB-5 reform bill to increase Department of Homeland Security (DHS) control over EB-5. With fees from both regional centers and investors, it would ...

The quiet Washington town of Front Royal pinned hopes of a redevelopment project on a promise of $40 million of EB-5 money and $140 million from a supposed federal contract. A civil lawsuit cla...

Interest in the EB-5 visa appears to be growing in Nigeria. According to the Report of the Visa Office, 97 Nigerians were issued EB-5 visas in FY 2018, the highest number of EB-5 visas ...

The first “Chief Opportunity Zone Officer” in the city of Atlanta, above, brings EB-5 experience to the job.  Destiny came calling for Ed Smith. Hired this summ...

A rendering showing how Symmetry's revised plan would preserve two historic buildings on the site at Wabash and Superior. "It's a total mess," downtown Ald. Brendan Re...

It’s looking quite bad for Symmetry Property Development in Chicago. A slew of legal problems, including a federal EB-5 fraud suit and hostility from local Ald...

The United States is becoming a cosmopolitan country. This is more true today than at any other point in history. We can find various pieces of evidence confirming this case. We can see this in...

Bernie Wolfsdorf, the US’s top immigration lawyer, is being run off his feet right now. The Durban-born managing partner of California-based Wolfsdorf Rosenthal, who is currently in SA, s...

The Costa Hollywood Beach Resort. The developer of the Costa Hollywood Beach condo-hotel filed Chapter 11 reorganization. Costa Hollywood Property Owner LLC made the filing Thursday in U....

The condo Solaris in Vail. Sixteen more Chinese nationals who invested in a high-profile condo project in Vail in exchange for a green card have sued the developer and the entity t...

The court in securities-fraud case rules against former Palm Beach developer Robert V. Matthews, with his consent; case involved investor fraud tied to never-finished Palm House hotel ...

Topping off at 1,550 feet, with 131 floors, Central Park Tower will be the world’s tallest residential building. It may also be the most expensive condo project ever, with ...

The author argues that officials who were tied to the EB-5 investment scandal involving Jay Peak could have drawn scrutiny from a strong ethics commission.  Bill Schubart is a...

Houston eb5 announces Nigeria visit plans an investor open house and launch of Nigerian office at Lagos Cowork Join 3Invest and Houston EB5 to learn how your Nigerian success can become...

Vail Resorts, a ski industry behemoth that has been gobbling up local resorts in recent years, is not interested in Jay Peak. Other companies, however, have visited the Northeast Kingdom resort...

A prominent Oakland businessman and two others are accused of committing a massive EB-5 fraud that could be the largest of its kind in state history. The trio took in $110 million fro...

13 Chinese investors who put their money into the $375 million Solaris project in Vail claim they’ve been defrauded and are suing the developer, Peter Knobel, and his Color...

A protracted legal battle between a Vermont news outlet and the state attorney general has revealed gaps in the public record of how the state oversaw a fraudulent development project. Accor...

The city of McAllen is partnering with the city of Houston in hopes of enhancing investment opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley. The McAllen EB-5 Regional Center Hosting a cerem...

VT State Auditor of Accounts Doug Hoffer at his office in Montpelier in 2019.  Vermont State Auditor Douglas Hoffer’s effort to find out who knew what when in state government rel...

Step one of the EB-5 process is often the most challenging for investors because it involves conducting a lot of tedious research and making a lot of careful decisions that carry varying degree...

Federal court jurors in New Orleans on Friday convicted a former top military aide to three U.S. presidents and his business partner on charges that they scammed $15 million out of foreign nati...

As we previously discussed, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed substantial changes to the EB-5 regulations on July 24, 2019. The “EB-5 Immigrant Inve...

Robert Matthews is still awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty of defrauding foreign investors The developer of the Palm House Hotel, one of the largest EB-5 frauds in South Florida...

The Tram Haus Lodge at Jay Peak Resort in June.  Vail Resorts, a ski industry behemoth that has been gobbling up resorts in recent years, is not interested in Jay Peak, but a ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks at a news conference at the Ethan Allen Homestead in Burlington on Friday, June 21, 2019.  Before Vermont’s EB-5 immigrant investor program became i...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently published new EB-5 regulations that go into effect on Nov. 21, 2019, and the EB-5 industry is abuzz on how it will affect the re...

One Manhattan Square Extell Development CEO Gary Barnett  After closing over a hundred units at One Manhattan Square since March, Gary Barnett’s Extell Development has s...

L-R: Julian Montero, Roger Bernstein, Rohit Kapuria, and Ronald Fieldstone. As a result of a new agency rule, potential EB-5 investors will be scurrying to invest in the ...

The condo Solaris in Vail.  Condo project Solaris claims on its website to be “Vail’s premier address.” But 13 Chinese nationals who put up millions towar...

American Immigration Group, LLC (“AIG”) a leading EB5 Regional Center, headquartered in New York, is pleased to present EB-5 Investment solutions to Korean investors seeking to...

Vermont Solicitor General Benjamin Battles defended the Vermont Attorney General’s Office in the case of a record brought by VTDigger.  The state cannot account for four months of...

Academica founder Fernando Zulueta and rendering of Somerset Academy Parkland  Academica bought the property for $5M in 2016 Academica scored $15 million in EB-5-backed construc...

VTDigger filed a motion to intervene Thursday in a federal case over alleged kickbacks to an immigration lawyer who steered EB-5 investors to Jay Peak Resort projects. Investors are suing at...

A civil lawsuit with local ties between the Deadwood Mountain Grand and EB-5 investors has been settled. According to a news release from the resort, the settlement was final Aug. ...

Retired Air Force Col. Timothy Milbrath, who served as a military aide to 3 presidents, and his partner, William “Bart” Hungerford, are charged with fraud. A former Whi...

Tom Henderson addresses the crowd gathered at Callsocket for a grand opening on Monday, November 4, 2013. Henderson was charged Tuesday with defrauding over 200 foreign investors of $110 millio...

CanAm -- an EB-5 immigrant investor program administered by U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services -- announced that its 2,500 investor families, who are involved with 38 proje...

Most information whited-out but some interesting tidbits revealed The FBI recently released its heavily redacted file on the EB-5 scandal subject Richard Benda. Some of the docu...

Coachella is betting Hotel Indigo will bring tourists, taxes, and jobs. But first, the hotel has to weather construction delays.  The delay in opening is primarily attributabl...

The ground lessee completed $9M in renovations in 2014 using EB-5 money from Brazil, China, and Venezuela The financially troubled and now-closed Hotel Astor is on the market for $...

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services <uscis@public.govdelivery.com> Sent: August 9, 2019 10:58 AM Subject: USCIS: UPDATED – EB-5 Immigrant Investor ...

An immigration services official stamps U.S. citizenship applications at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office. Litigation seen as only choice in wake of lengthy de...

George Washington Immigration Group aims to provide $65 million in EB-5 financing for Glenroy Coachella LLC. The funds will be used to finance a portion of the costs of constructing&nbs...

Ariel Quiros is shown arriving at federal court in Burlington May 22 for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case.  Another property that belonged to the indict...

President Trump just issued new rules that got little attention from the mainstream media but stand to bring fresh economic opportunity to America’s rural and disadvantaged communities. I...

In the wake of the Great Recession, the EB-5 program — often referred to as “cash for visas” — became an easy source of financing for real estate developers who found th...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published final regulations that change some of the key features of the EB-5 Program, which takes approximately 10,000 green cards available each year ...

Do responses to Requests for Evidence need business plans? What if the RFE for an I-526 petition includes this dread sentence “Upon reviewing the business plan, USCIS finds that...

125 Greenwich in December 2018.  The real estate investment firm has taken over the defaulted mortgage on 125 Greenwich St., an 88-story luxury condo tower in Manhattan's Finan...

A federal judge will allow an attorney for a group of EB-5 investors to question a whistleblower about what he knows about an alleged “kickback” scheme involving attorneys who broug...

A&J Capital, Inc. (A&J), financial services & advisory firm specializing in EB-5, private equity, and investment management, today announced its latest milestone of repaying $27 mil...

“It’s more than just talk,” sources have told the Advance regarding a plan to build a smaller NY Wheel on the city-owned St. George site where the original project was slated ...

The minimum investment is set to increase to $900,000.00 and $1.8m on November 21, 2019, for those looking to immigrate to the USA. Now's the time if you want to take advantage of the lower...

On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the immigration-benefits component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published a final regulation on &ldquo...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published the final rules modifying the US EB-5 visa program. The initial Notice of Proposed&n...

A RENDERING OF INDIGO COACHELLA. COURTESY: GEORGE WASHINGTON IMMIGRATION GROUP Glenroy Coachella LLC, the development partnership that is constructing the HotelIndig...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced early morning yesterday that “significant” revisions for the EB5 investor visa would be rolled out November 2019. In a st...

Nigerian investors have been advised to be swift as the United States of America (USA) gets ready to hike its Employment-Based Fifth Preference Category 1, EB-5 Visa Fee by 270 percent. Chie...

The program gives visas in exchange for investments in job-creating projects Projects that have received financing through EB-5 include Hudson Yards on Manhattan's West Side The next ...

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr partner Ronald Fieldstone in Miami and associate Rohit Kapuria in Chicago.  Foreign investors will have to put in a minimum of $9...

President Donald Trump Regulations raise minimum investments for most NYC projects from $500K to $900K; limit gerrymandering The Trump administration released new rules governing the EB-5...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa chairs a meeting of the committee, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  A U.S. visa that awards g...

On track for a September opening, the property is the third Moxy-brand hotel in Manhattan developed by Lightstone in partnership with Marriott. Lightstone has raised $70 million&nb...

At least 20 Kenyans are in the process of acquiring US Employment-Based Visa, popularly known as EB-5 Visa, US-based private equity company has divulged. Atlantic American Partners through i...

Chinese investors lose bid to recover millions poured into failed electric car company after Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling. A failed "green" car company run by the form...

A Lower Manhattan hotel has locked in a $67.5 million refinancing from Investors Bank, New York City property records show. In a deal that closed earlier this week, Lam Group, led ...

Tang Shougang is one of a generation of young Chinese who seem to have it all. Aged just 35, Mr. Tang (not his real name) has a well-paid job for a tech firm, and his wife owns a successfu...

A prospective buyer browses property listings in New York. ? Chinese buyers pulled away from the US residential market in the past year, as the trade war and tighter capital controls le...

The developers of a downtown Manhattan luxury condo building known as 125 Greenwich are in default, according to papers filed by one of its lenders.  High-rise developers in M...

Verzasca Group president & co-founder Darius Kasparaitis and Le Jardin Residences Le Jardin had $27.5M in assets and $7.1M in liabilities, according to its filing Verzasca G...

Alarm bells are ringing within the US EB-5 Investor Visa community in the United States and around the world. The current EB-5 investment Green card program started in 1990 ends on Septemb...

Right now, New York real estate developers are hoping a former (and likely future) New York City real estate developer, President Donald Trump, will back off from pushing a regulation that...

Mortgage-holder sells the former home of Robert V. Matthews to the couple who just sold a Palm Beach mansion for more than $40 million. As developer Robert V. Matthews awaits sentencing...

The EB-5 industry leader, CanAm Enterprises, has funded another EB-5 project through its Texas Regional Center. CanAm Enterprises (“CanAm”) is thrilled to announce that it h...

The owner of Hotel Astor, at 956 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach, filed Chapter 11 to stay an eviction lawsuit. EB-5-funded hotel in Miami Beach seeks to terminate mortgage The owner ...

Nick Mastroianni and Harbourside Place Jupiter was previously seeking $300,000 in fines from the complex for holding events without permits Nick Mastroianni’s Harbourside ...

Madison Realty Capital CEO Josh Zegen, Penn-Florida Companies CEO Mark Gensheimer, and the Mandarin Oriental in Boca Raton The loan is in addition to nearly $400M in financing the developer ...

125 GREENWICH STREET.  The ownership partnership at 125 Greenwich Street is in the midst of negotiating a few potential resolutions for the beleaguered residential condominium...

Nick Mastroianni and the tower at 125 Greenwich Street  United States Immigration Fund, led by Nick Mastroianni, signalled its intent to foreclose on the downtown luxury resid...

The home owned by Ariel Qurios at 986 Lake Road in Newport is under contract for $290,000.  The Vermont real estate holdings of the indicted former owner of Jay Peak continue ...

The House will vote as early as Tuesday on a bill that would give wealthy Chinese lenders a fast-track to American green cards and citizenship. Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s bill&...

The U.S. government is about to publish a new regulation increasing EB-5 investment requirements that investor immigrants will need to meet in coming to America.  No Secret It is no ...

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) first published the proposed new rules for the Immigrant Investor Program Modernization in January 2017. After a pe...

This month on Brave Little State, we head to the Northeast Kingdom to answer a listener question about a stalled redevelopment project. The “pit,” as Jill calls it, is a block of...

President Trump has the economy firing on all cylinders, except for one. Less regulation? Check. Lower taxes? Check. Historically low unemployment? Check. But good trade relations? Not even ...

There are many similarities between the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program and the Qualified Opportunity Zone Program. With both, the federal government provides an added inducement for in...

125 Greenwich St. as of October 2018 The companies behind a luxury condominium in the Financial District missed loan repayments and are now facing foreclosure from their senior lender, ...

Chip Abele is the developer of Hollywood Circle and founding partner of Gold Coast Florida Regional Center.  More than half of the loan will be used as working capital by...

From left: Davide Bizzi, Howard Lorber and 125 Greenwich The development team -- which includes Davide Bizzi and Howard Lorber -- was unable to make loan payments amid slow sales at the...

Superior Court of California in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Monday, July 1, 2019.  Dozens of Chinese citizens who handed over more than a half-million dollars each to a Santa Clara Co...

Hudson Yards exists as a reminder of the stark socioeconomic disparities that exist in the city and of how gentrification continues to exacerbate and perpetuate the lack of affordable hous...

A competitor gets air out of the superpipe during a contest at Mount Snow. Mount Snow's parent company Peak Resorts is reporting a record year for revenue since becoming publicly traded ...

The Hotel Jay at Jay Peak Resort.  More than two dozen entities have expressed interest in reviewing the financials of Jay Peak as the man in charge of running it seeks to sell it to re...

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) recently asked federal lawmakers to protect the eligibility of public infrastructure projects under the government’s em...

The Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project completed last year to connect the more than 1,900-mile I-95 from Maine to Miami is proving to be a success on several fron...

The anti-graft agency, EFCC, on Thursday re-arraigned an American, Marco Ramirez, for allegedly defrauding three Nigerians of $565,000. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...

It comes with great pleasure to announce the CMB’s Group XVIII (18) loan has been repaid in full, prior to the maturity date. Group 18 loaned a total of $65,000,000 in EB-5 inve...

Alex Choi at a ribbon cutting for ANC Bio in 2015. It appears the “hidden partner” in the Northeast Kingdom EB-5 scandal has been found, or at least he’s in contact with th...

Rendering of Hollywood Circle and developer Chip Abele Financing will be used to pay back $60M construction loan Hollywood Circle, a mixed-use project funded in part with Chinese EB-5 mon...

This New York City apartment owned by Ariel Quiros is to be sold for $2.2 million. The dismantling of the real estate portfolio of Ariel Quiros, Jay Peak’s former owner accus...

AD1 Global is building a Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Tamarac. The developer of a Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Tamarac obtained a $10.5 million constructi...

A rendering of the project and Joseph Chetrit The $55M loan is the second pre-development financing for the Miami River site The Chetrit Group closed on $55 million in financing for its l...

125 Greenwich Street and Nick Mastroianni It is the latest setback for the troubled Downtown luxury residential tower Few buildings in New York City have had a more complic...

RENDERING OF ONE BUILDING AS PART OF THE WHARF PHASE 2.  A consortium of banks led by Wells Fargo has provided $800 million to a joint venture by the name of Ho...

A federal grand jury recently filed criminal charges against several developers for fraud involving a Vermont biotech company. The developers include Ariel Quiros and&nbs...

Development of a 233-key Le Meridien Hotel in Arcadia, Calif. The developer of the project is SAICP LLC. Davis Hotel Capital, Inc., a premier hotel investment banking and mortgage brokerage ...

Community leaders and investors celebrate boost to local economy with area's first new hotel development in 20 years Local government, business and community leaders gathered Monday, Jun...

One of the quickest ways to US residency and citizenship for GCC residents, the EB-5 investor visa programme may be on the cusp of a major overhaul While the EB-5 may be more popular than ev...

American Lending Center (ALC), a leading EB-5 regional center, welcomes the completion of construction at Eritage Resort. The milestone was marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony at the resort on ...

The EB-5 visa might be a better choice for international entrepreneurs that are looking to start a business in the United States. The EB-5 visa is an immigrant visa, where the E-2 in a non-immi...

CanAm Enterprises' 38th EB-5 project has fully repaid; all of its 24 EB-5 investors have already secured unconditional permanent residency. NEW YORK, June 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-P...

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference in 2017.  The Jay Peak receivership’s price tag for overseeing the re...

After federal indictments were handed down last week, defendants in the Jay Peak fraud were hauled into court in handcuffs, marking a key milestone in what authorities say was a long-running so...

The US EB-5 visa programme currently requires would-be immigrants to invest a minimum of $500,000, a figure that is expected to go up The EB-5 visa programme is designed to encourage foreign...

A lawsuit stemming from the EB-5 program has ended with a settlement. The company that provided more than $30 million to build the Deadwood Mountain Grand Casino and Hotel went to ...

The Deadwood Mountain Grand opened in the summer of 2011 after receiving millions of dollars through the EB-5 program.  High-stakes litigation involving the Deadwood Mountain ...

Developers and former managers of Asian-themed Lucky Dragon casino-hotel that was built, open for a year, closed and recently sold in Las Vegas are now facing investor lawsuits. ...

Bill Kelly arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges in the EB-5 fraud case on Wednesday. When Ariel Quiros and Bill Stenger arrived late...

Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak, pictured here in 2016, said criminal charges filed this week are a move toward closure in the EB-5 scandal in the Northe...

Hyatt House Metropark Shenandoah/The Woodlands is slated to open November 2020. Sam Moon Group is the developer of Metropark Square and the hotel. Arlington, Texas-based Type-Six Architect...

South Africans are surging towards the popular United States EB-5 Immigrant Investment Visa programme ahead of possible price increases that will likely place the EB-5 visa programme out of rea...

Ariel Quiros leaves federal court in Burlington on Wednesday after being arraigned on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case.  The indictment of former Jay Peak owner Ariel Quir...

Bill Stenger, left, and Ariel Quiros at a ribbon cutting.  Apress conference is set for Wednesday in Newport, where federal criminal charges are expected to be announced again...

WCAX News has confirmed federal charges will happen Wednesday in Vermont's largest fraud scandal ever. It involves Jay Peak Resort and the never-built ANC Bio facility, along with s...

Palm House Hotel at 160 Royal Palm Way in Palm Beach. Straub's KK-PB Financial LLC appealed the sale in federal court even as London + Regional Properties was closing on the purchas...

In Nevada, the men behind the former Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino have reportedly been named as defendants in a trio of civil lawsuits recently filed by past investors angered at bei...

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner’s immigration plan is a direct threat to thousands of U.S. workers with white-collar jobs. Kushner’s vision, which he’s worked on f...

The number of EB-5 visas issued annually to Latin Americans looks likely to surpass 2,000 within the next three years -- double the total in 2018, according to Julian Montero, a lawyer at ...

The Palm House Hotel The Palm Beach condo-hotel was previously engulfed in one of the biggest EB-5 frauds in South Florida The saga of one of the most troubled EB-5 projects in South Flor...

The Lucky Dragon located at 300 W. Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Richa.  Things were looking bleak for the Lucky Dragon last summer. Its casino and...

David B. Gordon and Jay Peak Resort The complaint alleges the law firm learned in 2013 that one of Jay Peak's developers, based in Miami, was misusing funds Beginning in 2006, more th...

Dollar bills surround a yuan note. Some 32,000 Chinese nationals are in line for an EB-5 visa, with another estimated 17,000 waiting for their applications to be approved. The EB-5 visa program...

Did you know that there is an easy way to obtain a US Green Card within 2 years simply by investing in the US economy? Did you know that by simply financing a secure and profitable real es...

Amid growing concerns about its financial viability, the likelihood of further state scrutiny of its operations and the possibility of additional liabilities, the board of directors of American...

Rendering of Hilton hotel under construction at 315 NW First Ave. in downtown Fort Lauderdale.  Driftwood Acquisitions & Development has opened qualified opportunity zone funds...

Congratulations! You have subscribed EB-5 investors, closed your offering, and provided the EB-5 funds to the project. Now what? As a general matter, EB-5 investors are either non-managing memb...

The Allen, a mixed-use luxury development The Allen, Houston, offers unique opportunity to invest and naturalise in the U.S. 3INVEST has announced a unique real estate investment opportun...

If you are a business owner looking forward to funding, you know how challenging it can become. The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program is an alternative offering funding for investors. Back i...

Burke Resort.  The man overseeing Burke Mountain ski area as it emerges from an investor fraud scandal says a buyer for a piece of land owned by the resort has backed out over concerns ...

Julio Gimenez wants to build a $298 million steel mill project Development group plans to raise $50M from EB-5 investors Miami-Dade County commissioners will vote Tuesday on the no-bid, $...

At least seven new D.C. developments are currently moving forward with funding through the EB-5 program, even as visa backlogs and political uncertainty have decreased the o...

Investors seeking a visa through the EB-5 program will face new restrictions anadians who enter the U.S. as visitors are typically allowed to stay for up to 180 days (six months) per year. T...

EB-5 has become code for one of South Dakota's most complex political scandals. EB-5 is the program by which foreign investors buy a chance at getting a visa by investing a half million dol...

Mayor Bill de Blasio and a rendering of the New York Wheel  Six months after the New York Wheel was nixed, the city still has no plan for the vacant site. The NY Wheel has ...

Third-party specialty financial administrator will minimize FrontFour’s operational risk and maximize efficienc NES Financial announced today that it has been selected by FrontFou...

George Washington Immigrant Group announced it aims to provide $36 million in EB-5 financing for VOS Hospitality and SDS.  The funds will be used to finance a portion of the costs ...

Atlantic American Partners (AAP) has launched its United States EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program in Nigeria to help potential investors secure a hassle-free immigration process to live...

Monday’s Edition of Early Arrival: Turning 18 While Undocumented — Texas Settles in Voter Fraud Lawsuits — Ending Family Separation was a ‘Disaster,' Trump Says S...

Gov. Peter Shumlin, Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger, Ariel Quiros, the owner of Jay Peak, and his son Ary Quiros at a ribbon cutting. No criminal charges have been brought in the Jay Pea...

Casinos come and go in ever-changing Las Vegas, but the Lucky Dragon Casino failed after only 2 years, and was recently sold for $36 million. The new owner, Ahern Rentals, plans to tu...

Robert V. Matthews. Politically connected developer Robert V. Matthews faces years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to conspiracy, money laundering and tax offenses for stealing mill...

The Lamoille Economic Development Corp. is sponsoring a business assistance forum on Tuesday, April 30, from 9 to noon at the Green Mountain Technology and Career Center in Hyde Park. Repres...

Bob and Mia Matthews Robert Matthews once claimed that Donald Trump and President Bill Clinton would be on the project’s advisory board Robert Matthews, the developer of the Pa...

The Lucky Dragon Casino was one of Las Vegas’ shortest-lived projects. It was sold for a fraction of the price it cost to build on Monday and for less than the debt owed to its ...

Leading Specialty Financial Administrator’s Purpose-Built Solutions Provide Security, Transparency & Compliance Throughout the Immigrant Investor Process NES Financial announc...

Prosecutors are reportedly looking into a $285 million loan made by Deutsche Bank to White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate business a month before Election Day &md...

U.S. Immigration Fund (USIF) is pleased to announce that United States Citizenship Immigration Services ("USCIS") has issued an I-924 application approval for its 29th&...

Continuing successful efforts to expand in key Asian markets, American Lending Center (ALC), a leading EB-5 regional center, hosted a booth at the 2019 International Fair for Immigration, ...

A spectacular success.  It is true that the EB-5 visa program — by which foreign investors essentially buy green cards for themselves and their families by pouring $500,000 or $1 ...

Attorney Russell Barr argues before the Vermont Supreme Court on two EB-5 related cases. Jay Peak investors should be allowed to sue the state and officials responsible for running the&...

Public Advocate Jumanee Williams said Tuesday that Hudson Yards was "built on the backs" of needy New Yorkers. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said that recent repor...

Investors who say they were duped into sinking $10 million into an office project now are fighting Centennial Bank to get some money back. The bank claims it should collect first on an $8.5 mil...

A team of experts in United States (U.S) visa for investors will be in Nigeria to meet investors wishing to migrate to the U.S through green card. The experts will address intending migrants...

The much-maligned Hudson Yards real estate project was financed through the EB-5 visa program, which offers foreigners green cards if they invest $500,000 in economic projects in...

The Vessel seen looming in the foreground of the Shed and it’s attached luxury skyscraper  A Citylab report claims that Hudson Yards stole funds intended for low-income ...

Hudson Yards is the $25 billion mega-project critics love to hate.  Manhattan’s new luxury mega-project was partially bankrolled by an investor visa program called EB-5, whic...

Hudson Yards.  There are lots of reasons not to like Hudson Yards, the vast new city-within-a-city on the west side of Manhattan. Among them: $1.2 billion of the funding for t...

Treetop Development picked up Michael Stern's Saltmeadow project in Queens Michael Stern is cashing out on a sprawling complex of luxury properties in Far Rockaway, and he found a buyer ...

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget is on the verge of revising regulations governing the EB-5 visa program. The proposal would raise the minimum required investment and shift respons...

The oceanfront mansion of developer Robert V. Matthews, who was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2018, will be taken by a mortgage lender after a bankruptcy auction came up empty. Th...

Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for AnC Bio Vermont in May 2015. Afederal judge has signed off an a settlement that will provide a $837,500 insurance payout to Ariel Quiros, ...

Gov. Peter Shumlin answer questions at a news conference in Jay, Vt., on April 27, 2016, as attorney Michael Goldberg listens. Goldberg has been appointed by a federal court in Miami to re...

President Donald Trump’s advisers have an opportunity to protect him from a time bomb set to go off soon, and they can benefit the U.S. economy at the same time. All they must do is put a...

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program expired at the end of the day on Dec. 21, 2018, due to a lapse in congressional authorization to continue the program. All regional center ap...

Ariel Quiros, left, whispers to Gov. Peter Shumlin at a press conference at Jay Peak Resort. Former Gov. Peter Shumlin, who is among a handful of a state officials resisting being ...

President Trump’s advisers have an opportunity to protect him from a time bomb set to go off soon, and they can benefit the U.S. economy at the same time. All they must do is put a stop t...

Construction is underway on the Mission Hills Square development in Fremont. The housing and retail project was one piece of a fraudulent scheme by two South Bay residents to profit off of an i...

‘It’s a colossal surge, and it’s overwhelming our immigration system. We can’t take you anymore’ US President Donald Trump visits a refurbished section of ...

The rancor in Washington over how to deal with illegal immigration is understandable given conflicting attitudes about labor markets, rule of law, crime, and other issues. What’s harder t...

A $7.71 million foreclosure lawsuit aims to seize an office condo building in Royal Palm Beach. A group of EB-5 investors, however, are fighting to trump the bank’s interest in the p...

Last fall, we covered perhaps the most important EB-5 development of the year, DOS’ Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division Charles “Charlie” Oppenheim’s projec...

Manhattan, NY In the Financial district, 125 Greenwich, a new skyline addition is swiftly rising, according to U.S. Immigration Fund. Another milestone has been reached, as 125 G...

The New York City Regional Center (“NYCRC”) is pleased to announce that a total of $318 million in loan proceeds has now been repaid to EB-5 investors in previous NYCRC offerings.&n...

A federal judge has thrown out a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by a group of EB-5 investors who claimed that People’s United Bank “aided and abetted” former Jay Peak o...

Vermonters can now view hundreds of thousands of documents related to the EB-5 and Jay Peak fraud. The 443,070 pages of documents released by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation a...

On a Friday morning, many people who traveled far and wide wait inside the Tampa Immigration office, are hoping for a better life. “I’m from the Netherlands,” said Marjoke....

Ye pleaded not guilty. Chen remains at large. The former couple is facing allegations of falsifying documents to immigration authorities as a front to obtain benefits. A federal grand jur...

If he had it all to do over again, he probably wouldn’t. “I’d be in Miami Beach, hanging out. The amount of money I’ve spent here, I could’ve lived a very good ...

I don’t know the numbers, but there are a lot of foreigners working, investing, and buying businesses in the United States. Immigrating to the U.S. can be confusing. I decided to research...

It is clear that the Obama administration was intent on disrupting the first 100 days of the incoming Trump presidency. The Obama administration did its best to sabotage the presidency of Do...

The CityPlace construction site in Burlington in February.  Burlington officials were preparing for the worst. After months of delays this fall, the CityPlace Burlington site continu...

Vermont U.S. District Court Suit Brought Against Canadian Firm By Receiver A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Vermont is seeking to have the former owners of Jay Peak — the Cana...

Developer Taher Kameli  Regulators said Taher Kameli defrauded foreign investors who put up $89M for assisted-living projects in Chicago and Florida Chicago developer Taher Kame...

Foreign investors have funded numerous high-profile real estate projects across the Cleveland area, including the Uptown Expansion, the creation of the Westin Hotel downtown and development at ...

EB-5 capital has become a vital source of financing for real estate development projects across South Florida in recent years. EB-5 capital has become a vital source of financing for real es...

Executives involved in the development of a luxury hotel underway in uptown Charlotte gathered on a chilly Tuesday morning to celebrate the halfway point of construction. The $110 million, 2...

The former owner of Vermont’s Jay Peak resort is fighting claims from a court-appointed receiver that it should pay millions in damages as part of a settlement. The Caledonia...

PNC Bank office A lawsuit claims the bank created an account that looked like an escrow account but in reality was a checking account allowing key players in the alleged scheme to withdraw f...

New citizens wave American flags after taking the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Newark, New Jersey.  Vietnam is only behind China and India in using the investo...

EB5 Capital is contributing a $44.5 million preferred equity investment in Douglas’ office-to-multifamily housing conversion. Douglas Development and its partner in a new project ...

Recent Proposed Regulations Recently, USCIS has sent new regulations related to the EB-5 Program to the Office of Management Budget ("OMB"). Thereafter, the proposed regulatio...

In a settlement with VTDigger last week, the state of Vermont agreed to release a batch of records as part of a four-year dispute over EB-5 documents held by the Vermont Attorney General’...

Mar-a-Lago's a weird place. Turn over a rock on that golf course, you never know what's going to crawl out. And inside the dining room, it's worse! We've already met swamp creat...

CanAm Capital Partners is helping its former EB-5 visa investors find new investment opportunities. CanAm Capital Partners, an affiliate of CanAm Enterprises, has closed its third priva...

Anger and outrage seem to have replaced reason in political dialog. Angry people don’t think well. Politicians know that. Politicians exploit anger. There is a clear and present danger th...

Chicago officials want to landmark the two low-rise buildings on this River North site where Symmetry Property Developmenthad planned a condo-hotel tower (inset). A New York real e...

The State of Vermont has agreed to release 1.5 million pages of documents that could provide more information on years of EB-5 fraud at Jay Peak. The records will be made public as the ...

New Regional Rail Schedules in Effect Sunday, March 10, 2019 The March schedule changes include adjustments to Weekday train departure times for ALL Regional Rail Lines except Airport, Cynwy...

Capital Area Transit, and transportation groups around the state, are facing a $330 million shortfall so far as funding is held up over a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Turnpike. CAT off...

Disgraced developer Lobsang Dargey is serving a four-year sentence at a federal detention center in Oregon as the 150 Chinese nationals who invested in his Potala Tower proj...

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) Executive Director Karl Blischke and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) CEO Mark Compton unveiled artwork today at the New Stanton Turnpike Servic...

Miller Mayer Llp. Senior Attorney Nicolai Hinrichsen AN ideal window to acquire the EB-5 visa is being offered by New York-based Lightstone Investments to interested parties in the...

Alhambra High School is located half a block from new mixed-use high-rise developments on Main Street. The rapid development has attracted visitors and boosted city coffers. The changes have al...

“In NES Financial, we found a fund administrator who values community impact as much as we do,” says Veterans Investing’s CEO. NES Financial today announced that ...

Hanoi, Vietnam with money and a photo from the movie Good Morning, Vietnam About 20% of EB-5 investment in American real estate is from Vietnam Vietnam is boosting its presence in the&nbs...

Completed projects have successfully utilized NYCRC EB-5 financing to assist in the construction of over 3.8 million square feet of new development and renovation resulting in thousands of new ...

In June 2018, Congress held a hearing on “Citizenship for Sale: Oversight of the EB-5 Investor Visa Program.” The current EB-5 program allows wealthy individuals to a...

The EB-5 visa is designed to help encourage foreign direct investment in projects across the United States The number of people participating in the scheme has risen over the last few years,...

Change in EB5 Visa Regional Center Sponsorship After I-526 Filing is Now a Material Change In a recent update to the Policy Manual, the USCIS has included change in Regional Center...

Proposed development: 511-513 52nd Street, West New York. Rendering via NR Living. While most of the larger development projects in West New York in recent years have been constructed along ...

From left: Zoe Ma, a rendering of 701 Seventh Avenue and Nick Mastroianni  The US Immigration Fund CEO is already suing the plaintiff for defamation in New York...

Turnpike representatives will be available to provide overview of final construction section. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) will hold a community meeting for the final...

550 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.  The unfinished 139-unit hotel steps from the ocean was sold in a bankruptcy auction to a hotel owner-operator. Foreign investors who claim they...

In January 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to amend its regulations governing the employment-based, fifth preference (EB-5) immigrant investor classification.  In ...

Single-lane restrictions needed for bridge abutment removal. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission advises motorists that single-lane restrictions will be in effect between the Pittsburg...

American Lending Center (ALC), one of the nation’s leading EB-5 regional centers, celebrates the opening of another successful investment property, Four Points By Sheraton in Sc...

On Friday, January 25, 2019, the U.S. Congress passed and President Trump signed a continuing resolution to fund the U.S. government for three weeks to February 15, 2019, while negotiations con...

Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center in East Burke. While Jay Peak ski resort hit the market earlier this year, smaller pieces of Ariel Quiros’ former empire in Vermont...

On 2/22/19, USCIS forwarded the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization final rule (RIN 1615-AC07) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – AGENCY: D...

Retrogression — as people imprecisely call the visa wait times resulting from oversubscription — is my least favorite EB-5 topic. The problem threatens my market, and I’d love...

Joseph Aquino, from JAACRES, has been retained to sell or lease a mixed use property located at 52 Jobs Lanes, Southampton. The two-story property features 1,850 s/f of ground floor retail spac...

Nicholas Mastroianni, Daniel Brodsky, and Greenland USA CEO Hu Gang and a rendering of Pacific Park in Brooklyn More than $60M will have to be redeployed at a time when EB-5 invest...

Zone 3 & 4 customers who don't yet have a Key Card now have the opportunity to join the future of fare payment when the sales of SEPTA Key Cards resumes at the Temple, Jefferson, S...

Vegan fast food restaurant By Chloe is launching a range of cannabis-infused puddings in London. The restaurant’s multi-coloured menu of sweet dishes, Feelz, w...

On February 15, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 thereby averting another government shutdown. The spending bill funds the federal government and extends th...

For the past decade, some of America's biggest real estate projects have been built with hundreds of millions of dollars borrowed from foreign investors. The EB-5 visa program encourag...

On Friday, February 15, 2019, U.S. Congress and President Trump agreed on and signed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, a spending bill that funds the U.S. government and extends the E...

Congress approved the Omnibus Appropriations legislation on Feb. 14, 2019.  On Feb. 15, the president signed the legislation into law and announced additional executive actions to further addr...

EB5 Capital announced today it has fully repaid eligible investors in its 7th and 8th projects, successfully completing their EB-5 investment process. The full investment amount has been return...

The New York City Regional Center (“NYCRC”) is pleased to announce that a total of $224 million in capital has now been repaid to EB-5 investors in previous NYCRC offering...

Closure needed for electronic toll equipment maintenance. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission advises motorists traveling southbound on Interstate 476 to be prepared for slow-movi...

Proposed mixed-use development: 4901 Bergenline Avenue, West New York. Rendering via NRIA. A new $49 million development could be built along a major Hudson County thoroughfare just steps fr...

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services <uscis@public.govdelivery.com> Sent: February 12, 2019 3:55 PM Subject: Class Action Member Identification Notice ...

Jeff DeCicco, CEO of CanAm Investor Services, provides CanAm’s Insights on EB-5 capital redeployment strategies. "Our approach to redeployment is very conservative &ndas...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and PA Turnpike are advising motorists to closely monitor weather forecasts and conditions as a storm brings mixed precipitatio...

There seems to be optimism that Congress and President Trump will agree before February 15 on a deal to fund the government for 2019. I assume and trust that the deal, when unveiled, ...

Jeffrey Laytin and a rendering of the failed project Symmetry Property Development‘s plan was rejected, and now 60 investors from China want their money back A group of Chinese inve...

Rendering by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP of The Carillon, inserted into an image by Rob Sall. Nearly two years after a proposed Gold Coast hotel/condominium was not given city ap...

Birch Capital is pleased to announce that on February 1, 2019 it closed and funded $40,000,000 to Tradepoint Holdings, LLC. Tradepoint Holdings is the parent company of Tradepoin...

Sagamore Pendry Hotel in Baltimore includes a grand staircase popular with brides for wedding photos. The developer had previously built model rooms other Wharf projects. The Wharf i...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has resumed processing of EB-5 Regional Center applications/petitions. The EB-5 Regional Center Program has been authorized and exte...

The installation of 1 South First’s (formerly known as 260 Kent Avenue) innovative exterior is officially underway, its molecular pattern now visible. Designed by COOKFOX A...

When a small-batch organic chocolatier meets a leader in the plant-based movement, sweet magic happens. On February 1, just in time for Valentine’s Day, the plant-based brand by CHLOE. in...

In November 2018, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in the case Zhang v. USCIS that USCIS’s “loan proceeds” policy was unlawful. ...

There’s surging demand from South Africans for the United States’ EB-5 immigrant investor programme. This is according to Stuart Ferguson who is the CEO of American D...

We’ve learned a few things from recent events: some government services are worth funding, there are many “borders” that need significant improvement and the president and Con...

ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL (1860-1920). Michael Shah’s Delshah Capital has closed on a $34 million piece of financing for the conversion of a former hospital in Morningside Heights, ...

How will the recent devaluation of the Turkish Lira effect the affordability of the EB-5 investment for investors from Turkey as well as other Emerging Markets?” This topic is very ti...

The president has agreed to temporarily re-open the Federal Government until February 15th. The president signed a three-week extension that will end the government shutdown. With EB-5 authoriz...

The regional center program authorization granted in 2018 is now active again, with another continuing resolution that extends previous funding and authorities for a few more weeks &m...

As a continuation of an earlier posting, the U.S. Senate initiated a process by voice vote opening the US Government through February 15, H.J. Res 28, and providing for House and Senate consid...

City of Richmond allows foreigners to buy citizenship During Tuesday’s city commission meeting, Richmond Mayor Evalyn Moore was confronted about signing a federal document last fall wi...

The Commission will pursue other options for communications network. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) announced today that it has ended its pursuit of a Public-Private Partner...

Dear President Trump, The Senate plans a vote as early as Tuesday on a package that would fund the shuttered parts of the federal government to Oct. 1 and provide $12 billion in disaster aid...

Most Speed Restrictions Remain in Place With the weekend storm exiting Pennsylvania, some of the state’s remaining bans on commercial vehicle traffic on certain interstates and some ex...

With an intense winter storm expected to bring heavy snow, high winds, sleet and freezing rain across the state through this weekend, Governor Tom Wolf today signed a state of emergency declara...

1900 Broadway will include 452 residential units, 50,000 square feet of commercial space and about 6,700 square feet of retail. Lincoln Property Co. and Behring Cos. have partnered to build ...

With an intense winter storm expected to bring heavy snow, high winds, sleet and freezing rain across the state through this weekend, Governor Tom Wolf today signed a state of emergency declara...

As we alerted previously, the U.S. federal goverment shut down at the end of the day on Dec. 21, 2018. Because the EB-5 regional program was not extended, government agencies such as USCIS...

Bill Stenger, left, and Ariel Quiros at a ribbon cutting. A proposed insurance settlement could result in a $837,500 payout to Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak Resort and...

A Northern VA immigration attorney at Johnson & Masumi Law Firm released a blog explaining the EB-5 visa and commercial enterprise investment option for foreign investors. A Norther...

CanAm Enterprises (CanAm), a leader in job-creating EB-5 Visa financing, has repaid its 37th project “ further pushing the amount of fully-repaid investment capital over the $1 billion ma...

The Hotel Jay is the signature project of the Jay Peak Resort expansion. The developers used EB-5 immigrant investor money to build the five-story hotel. An investor alleges that the fifth...

Key to the continued mobility for of the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), through coordination with the Office of Public-Private Partnerships(P3), today issued a R...

The PA Turnpike Commission (PTC) announced today that it has activated cashless Ticket Processing Machines (TPMs) at its Fort Littleton and Blue Mountain Interchanges (Exit 180 and 20...

Jay Peak on a clear day. Michael Goldberg, the federal receiver managing Jay Peak following 2016’s EB-5 scandal, has announced that an investment bank will assist with the resort&...

A luxury residential and retail project in a booming suburb of Houston is the latest example of trouble in a controversial immigration process known as EB-5. Scores of foreign investors in p...

The federal government entered a partial shutdown on December 22, 2018. With no end in sight as the shutdown enters its third week, many are wondering how the shutdown will affect immigration m...

The restaurant will also host a number of events to celebrate Veganuary Vegan restaurant By Chloe has announced an open invitation to all Londoners to join their month of activitie...

The US Department of State has published Report of the Visa Office 2018 Table V Part 3, which gives a tally of visas (conditional green cards) issued by country for the Employment Fifth prefere...

The Deadwood Mountain Grand opened in the summer of 2011 after receiving millions of dollars through the EB-5 program.  Chinese investors suing for repayment of $32.5 million ...

South Dakota Attorney General-elect Jason Ravnsborg pledged during the 2018 campaign to end presumptive probation as the general sentence for many lower-level felony crimes. Now, as he prepa...

Michael Pieciak, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, and Michael Shirling, secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development. VTDigger is taking the stat...

Three decades ago, Congress established the EB-5 Visa Program (EB-5) in order to stimulate the economy and create jobs through foreign investment in the United States. EB-5 has been another rou...

The PA Turnpike Commission (PTC) today reminded customers that, beginning 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 6, tolls will reflect a six-percent increase for cash, E-ZPass and PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLA...

A reader asked me this question a couple weeks ago: Is EB-5 still a choice?  Can it be a good option today for project companies or prospective immigrants? The answer: yes, though it&rsquo...

USD vs RMB. Chinese investors sought EB5 visas but have been stymied by the backlog in processing such cases. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) allots 10,000 EB...

An estimated one million people crowd into sectioned-off quarters of Times Square every year to see the famous countdown and ball drop on New Year's Eve. But that's not the...

Will USCIS continue to take I-526 applications past the December 22, 2018 deadline? Where do we go from here? Our clients are asking us whether even after the Government Shutdown they can still ...

As an update to our blog on Dec. 24, USCIS has since clarified that while the EB-5 Regional Center Program expired at the end of the day on Dec. 21, 2018, due to a lapse in congressional ...

New York City is one of the most popular tourist destinations during the holiday season. One of the reasons is because of the Bryant Park winter village.  Source: https://www.king5...

The limited partnerships formed by Seattle developer American Life Inc. for Home Plate Center are asking a judge to determine the value of the Sodo office complex after a dispute with...

Newport isn’t looking in the rear-view mirror, at least not any more. Two years ago the city was blindsided when two projects key to the city’s economic development efforts collapse...

Harnessing the power of social media, this burgeoning concept brings a pop vibe to vegan food. When by Chloe launched three years ago vegan was a scary word. That's no longer the case. ...

2018 Best of Design Award for Digital Fabrication: 260 Kent Designer: COOKFOX Architects Location: Brooklyn, New York Slated to be the tallest tower in Williamsburg, Brook...

CanAm Enterprises (“CanAm”), a leader in job-creating EB-5 Visa financing, has repaid its 2,000th investor-family – pushing the amount of fully-repaid investment capital over ...

In today’s EB-5 landscape, individuals are usually seeking EB-5 projects that are likely to return their capital to them when their EB-5 process is over. Many investors will choose a “l...

The Department of State (DOS) January 2018 Visa Bulletin has resulted in mixed bag of retrogression for some and advancement for others. The EB-1 category moved forward approximately 3 months a...

I posted an interview four months ago with American immigration consultant Steve D. Albert about what he termed “rampant fraud” in the EB-5 visa program that provides overseas inves...

 As depicted by this recent image the Korean visa market is taking advantage of the dynamics as Chinese retrogression brings the program to a snails pace in China. The marketing information be...

With attention focused on the highly-public battle over border wall funding, most missed the outrage that both houses of Congress passed a short-term spending bill that would extend the li...

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement Wednesday with a group of Houston-area developers accused of misusing $20.5 million in funds raised from Chinese investors thr...

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that three Houston-area developers have agreed to settle charges that they misused investor funds raised from 90 Chinese investors un...

Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, sits in a county sheriff listening session with President Donald Trump (not pictured), in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on February 7, 2017. ...

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference Thursday.  Alawyer for People’s United Bank says the man overseeing t...

New York City, Seattle, Atlanta and Dallas are all seeing hotel activity. With openings across the U.S., brands are setting roots in major cities: Park Terrace Hotel Opens in NYC’s Bry...

Thrills By Chloe is the latest expansion for the popular vegan brand Fashionable vegan brand By Chloe has opened yet another style of cafe, this time inside a new Noho department and with an...

The New York Wheel and an auctioneer  Parts of failed project up for sale include its legs, drive towers and cable spokes Discarded parts from the failed New York Wheel&nbs...

The Nov. 16 editorial about the EB-5 visa program, “Visas for Sale,” is unfortunate for its misunderstanding of how this program works and who benefits from it and for its narrow vi...

The green card initiative, which would have expired Friday, is tied up in the federal spending bill The federal EB-5 visa program received another extension as part of the larger federal spe...

Completed projects have successfully utilized NYCRC EB-5 financing to assist in the construction of over 3.8 million square feet of new development and renovation resulting in thousands of new ...

The federal government has taken steps to extend the operations of the U.S. government until December 21, 2018. These measures would therefore extend the current EB-5 Regional Center program wi...

Failed projects like the New York Wheel on Staten Island, shown on April 25, highlight downsides for EB-5 investors. A group of New York developers suffered an embarrassing setback...

To further cement the demise of the New York Wheel, an auction for the parts of the ill-fated 630-foot tourist attraction has been scheduled. An auction of the parts will be held on Jan...

Chinese foreign investors have filed a suit against a Los Angeles-based partnership they subscribed to over allegations of fraud. Yicong Gan, Ying Liu, Hui Luo, et al. filed a complaint on N...

The EB-5 investment program - created by Congress and administered by the USCIS - is defrauding Chinese investors by the thousands. The Chinese inve...

Developers and project managers sometimes misuse EB-5 investors funds, recent court cases show. As the EB-5 Immigrant Investor program faces another extension deadline, litigation related to...

Magna Hospitality Group’s Robert Indeglia and the Las Olas Resort.  Magna Hospitality bought the property out of bankruptcy in August The new owners of an embattled Fort L...

550 Seabreeze Hotel In 2012, a trio of developers drew up plans to build a 12-story InterContinental hotel in Fort Lauderdale Beach. The Las Olas Ocean Resort would include a 12,00...

H.J.Res.143 – Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes is a continuing resolution that replaces the previous 12/7 deadline for remaining gover...

Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center in East Burke. Burke Mountain Ski Area may get a more than 10-fold boost in its snowmaking, but only if the man running the resort can find a way a...

Ariel Quiros, the former Jay Peak owner accused of masterminding a fraud involving hundreds of millions of dollars, just received a $200,000 tax refund from the state of Vermont, according to c...

There’s a US immigration program most don’t know about When I travel the world I often ask people if they know about the US EB-5 visa, or employment-based fifth preference catego...

The Marriott EDITION is part of U.S. Immigration Fund's EB-5 project, 701 TSQ. This February, the new 452-key Marriott Edition hotel located in Times Square will officiall...

The 1.4M SF first phase of The Wharf delivered over one year ago, and now the developers behind the Southwest D.C. development are looking to refinance the project ahead of its n...

The developer of the Statler Hotel redo is being sued by a New York man who says he was stiffed for more than a $1 million in commissions he says he's owed for finding foreign inv...

According to a report, a New York man has filed a case against three organizations behind the renovation of the Statler Hotel, claiming he wasn’t paid more than $1 million in commiss...

Jeffrey Schneider, founding partner with Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman in Miami, left, and Richard Haddad, member with Otterbourg in New York, right. Prolific EB-5 bro...

CanAm Enterprises ("CanAm"), a leader in job-creating EB-5 Visa financing, has repaid its 2,000th investor-family – pushing the amount of fully-repaid investment capital over th...

Homeowner association fees average $700 per month for the smaller units, $1,200 a month for medium units and $1,900 per month for penthouses. Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/houston...

What is it worth to be an American citizen? It turns out the price for being a citizen of this country is worth around one million dollars and some very creative reasoning. For those of you not...

Vermont has become the latest hunting ground in a competition between two giant Colorado companies that are buying up ski resorts and upending the industry's economics. Vail Resorts, a p...

Harbourside Place LLC filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought on by Chinese EB-5 investors, who allege the developer behind the Jupiter shopping center attempted to defraud them of mil...

Question 1: How long does I-526 take? This question has a nice answer for new petitioners: much less time than before. As inventory falls and flow rate increases, processing times fall. P...

Families from around the world have gained permanent residency in the United States through the EB-5 investor green card program. With the South African economy entering its first recession sin...

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former registered representative and investment advisor with operating a long-running offering fraud. The SEC’s complaint alleges ...

Since opening its doors back in 2014, SLS Las Vegas has failed to perform well financially. In fact, saying that they have failed to perform well is perhaps lightening the blow a bit,...

Last week I attended the 2018 AILA & IIUSA EB-5 Industry Forum, which featured appearances by new IPO Chief Sarah Kendall and Department of State Visa Control Offic...

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a businessman and a California-based attorney with defrauding investors seeking to participate in the EB-5 immigrant investor program, steali...

Howard DuBosar, left, is managing shareholder at The DuBosar Law Group and Jeff Ostrow is managing partner at Kopelowitz Ostrow.  The owners of South Florida bars and eateries...

The Federal Building in Burlington houses the U.S. District Courthouse and the U.S. Postal Service. A federal judge has blocked an attorney for a group of EB-5 investors from questioning for...

On Friday, I was honored to join a group of today’s business leaders and innovators at WeWork, who are shaping tomorrow, for a discussion on immigration. In a room nineteen floors above t...

I just attended the combined AILA/IIUSA Conference in Chicago. The low attendance reflected the general mood of the industry that there is significant pull back in EB-5 investments in vari...

9200 Belvedere Road Thirteen Chinese investors have sued South Atlantic Regional Center and Joseph Walsh Sr. over their $7.3 million stake in the project at 9200 Belveder...

The owner of 42 and 44-46 E. Superior Street has applied for demolition permits. Long-targeted for redevelopment, the 19th century structures on Superior Street might stick around after all ...

Kenneth Murena, a partner at Damian & Valori in Miami Thirteen Chinese investors want a court-appointed receiver for the office condo venture that purchased property but missed job-creat...

Kenneth Murena, a partner at Damian & Valori in Miami Thirteen Chinese investors want a court-appointed receiver for the office condo venture that purchased property but missed job-creat...

Wait times for Chinese applicants are estimated to be as long as 15 years Only 617 new EB-5 immigration petitions were filed with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

The team behind Peli Peli, Houston’s favorite restaurant chain dedicated to South African cuisine, has The Woodlands in its sights. Details on a lease provided by real estate brok...

No one has bid at a foreclosure auction for the Lucky Dragon casino-hotel off the Las Vegas Strip. The opening bid for Tuesday's auction was $35 million. Three individuals w...

Dunkin’ Donuts may have first opened in 1950, but you wouldn’t know it by the look of its new stores. Arizona’s first “Next Generation” Dunkin’ Donut...

The row houses "add a distinct character, quality, craftsmanship, history and elegance to the community," preservationists say. A New York-based developer is once again trying to d...

Ariel Quiros at the opening of Jay Peak Resort’s Stateside Hotel in December 2013.  Days before a trial was set to begin, Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros and his insurance compan...

Emilie Cooper, partner at Haynes and Boone With the backlog of Chinese investors waiting for green cards, Emilie Cooper, a partner at law firm Haynes and Boone, and formerly with Kasowi...

Real talk: let me start this blog by admitting, “Yeah, I know you’ve heard this before.” The EB-5 industry has been saying it for years. It usually goes something like &ldq...

The 307-suite Costa Hollywood Beach Resort opened Oct. 19, about five years after construction started, with introductory rates starting at $179 per night. The rooftop swimming poo...

The state Capitol building in Pierre. For the second time in three years, South Dakotans will have the chance to vote on a ballot measure that would bring a level of accountability...

With colder than normal temperatures, ski areas are getting a jump start on the upcoming season. At Mount Snow, not only do they have Mother Nature to thank, but a huge investment from the...

When Nicholas Mastroianni II appeared on stage at a real estate forum in Shanghai in 2016, the other panelists — including ex-New York governor George Pataki – deferred to...

A giant observation wheel planned for Staten Island will no longer get a chance to spin, since its developers pulled the project after failing to garner support from the city. The&...

Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce ambassadors check in at the front desk for a chance to win door prizes at theStaybridge Suites business after hours event. Hundreds of business and ...

The Staten Island Wheel with Staten Island homes  Borough’s residential market will likely be fine, but its commercial market could take a hit, brokers say The New York Wheel, ...

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a 2017 Statehouse news conference with Gov. Phil Scott looking on.  The Jay Peak receivership’s pr...

Hotel Astor and David Hart Owner David Hart says he plans to reopen with a new operator Hotel Astor is being sued by its ground lessor for allegedly defaulting on its lease, and...

Rendering of Via Mizner Boca Raton has waved the start flag on the downtown Mandarin Hotel and accompanying condo. On Monday, the city council acting as the community redev...

CanAm Enterprises is disappointed that the corporate entity behind the New York Wheel project has informed it that they have decided to suspend all development. The company, whic...

Abhinav Lohia, Director, South Asia and Middle East of CanAm Enterprises, in his tête-à-tête with The Pioneer shares his thoughts on range of issues related to business ...

Clarion Partners has purchased 114 West 41st Street in Bryant Park for $282 million. Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) announced it brokered the sale on behalf of Blackstone and EQ Office...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a California-based immigration attorney and her husband in a fraudulent scheme that generated millions of dollars of undisclosed compensa...

Long associated with Wall Street and World Trade, the densely packed southern tip of Manhattan is now becoming a sought-after place to live. Here are eight towers under construction or rec...

The 42-story structure at 260 Kent Avenue will have 330 apartments, 66 of which will be below market-rate rentals Williamsburg’s Domino megaproject has been steadil...

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington, D.C. The SEC alleges that Jean D. Chen, the sole partner in an immigration firm based in San Jose and San Francisco,...

Staybridge Suites, at 129 East Kaliste Saloom, is pictured on Thursday, October 18, 2018, in Lafayette. The Staybridge Suites hotel on Kaliste Saloom Road is going up for auction by court or...

Seventy-eight Chinese investors have filed a complaint against Nicholas Mastroianni II, alleging the Jupiter developer and EB-5 fundraiser attempted to defraud them of almost $100 million ...

Fall 2018 Statement of Regulatory Priorities on EB-5 by USCIS Employment Creation Immigrant Regulations. USCIS will amend its regulations modernizing the employment-based, fifth preference (EB-5...

A group of nearly 80 Chinese investors have filed suit against Nicholas Mastroianni II, alleging he defrauded them of their EB-5 investments. Mastroianni founded the U.S. Immi...

Ring in 2019 Atop Times Square with Two Packages Offering The Closest Live View Of The New Year's Eve Ball Drop The ultimate New Year's Eve experience returns to The Knickerbock...

By Photograph by D Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Jupiter, Fla., is picturesque. Nicholas Mastroianni persuaded investors to use the EB-5 program to help him build a sprawling waterfront mi...

Dive Brief: A group of more than 90 Chinese EB-5 investors on Thursday filed suit against Nicholas Mastroianni II, his development Harbourside Place and others in Palm Beach County, Flori...

A coordinated effort at rewriting recent economic history is underway in the Beltway, and its target is one of the most successful investment programs in our country's financial toolbox: th...

The United States Congress has recently passed a reauthorization of Employment-Based (EB-5) Investor Immigration Program recently, that extend the popular immigration through investment program...

Harbourside Place in Jupiter was financed in part by loans from foreign investors. Chinese investors who bankrolled Harbourside Place in Jupiter say they’re being defrauded of mil...

Palm House Hotel, 160 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach.  The unfinished Palm House Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, which backers say is the main attraction in a $40 million EB-5 visa fraud and ...

South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow is shown Oct. 2, 1983, at his desk in Pierre. According to a deposition, Janklow reached out to Joop Bollen and wanted him to move to Pierre.  A new publi...

A bylaw authorizing a site plan for a three-story, 68-room Microtel Inn & Suites at the south end of Port Elgin was approved Oct. 9 by Saugeen Shores council. The proposed hotel f...

Isaac Benjamin Voss, 41, of Clark County, Washington, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and three years’ supervised release for defrauding domestic and foreign investors who beli...

The U.S. Immigration Fund LLC has sued an Illinois attorney, his business partner and a Hong Kong consulting firm for fraud and defamation in New York state court, alleging they defra...

For the most part, Vermont's winter resorts find themselves well-positioned for the upcoming season, as general factors - a strong economy, a reasonably steady Canadian dollar, and continue...

45 Broad Street The Gladstone family has a long history of construction in New York, and the family’s current venture, Madison Equities, was founded in the mid-1960’s. Now, ...

The forthcoming Triptych Hilton Curio Collection Hotel, planned for the corner of 36th Street and N. Miami Avenue, across the street from Midtown Miami, is breaking ground in the seco...

Emails obtained by VTDigger show internal squabbling within Vermont’s executive branch over the release of state EB-5 reports filed with the federal government. The records would shed ...

Attorney Russell Barr, left, and Vermont’s chief assistant attorney general, William Griffin. The Vermont attorney general’s office has stalled the questioning of one former stat...

With the South African economy entering its first recession since 2009 and the value of the Rand falling 20% in 2018, more and more South Africans are seeking alternate permanent residency in f...

Bob Dunn of Landmark LLC makes a presentation on the One Big Sky District in this July file photo. On Monday evening, Landmark President Bob Dunn, the developer who’s studyin...

The Trump administration has temporarily renewed a controversial immigration program, which has been deemed the “visas for millionaires” program, until after the midterm elections. ...

Federal authorities have terminated the Great Ocean EB-5 Regional Center, which Capt. Huy Ying Chen started in 2013. The termination of this ability to participate in the immigrant investo...

Developer demand has fallen for the federal visa program that was extended until Dec.7 EB-5, the once wildly popular green card program giving developers easy access to financing at low rate...

My name is Janssen Willhoit, and I am a candidate for Vermont attorney general. The values that most inspired me to run for the chief law enforcement office in Vermont are transparency and e...

A federal judge ordered a Newport Beach lawyer to pay $2.3 million in restitution and fines stemming from an alleged real estate and visa fraud case on the very day that his business partner go...

With a convenient location and great amenities Staybridge Suites Miami International Airport, IHG brings Miami a brand new six story hotel located at 3651 NW 25th Street. Recently ope...

The values that most inspired me to run for the chief law enforcement office in Vermont are transparency and equal justice under the law. The issue that most motivated me to run is the EB-5 fra...

13 Chinese investors are suing an EB-5 regional center, its founder and affiliated companies Yet another group of EB-5 investors is alleging it was defrauded on a South Florida EB-5 project....

Russell Barr speaks to reporters outside the Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park last summer.  The Vermont Supreme Court is allowing an attorney for a group of EB-5 investors t...

Chinese investors claim they were duped into sinking more than $6.5 million into a Royal Palm Beach office venture in exchange for EB-5 visas and have been denied permanent U.S. resid...

The surprise is blown and VTDigger is to blame. That’s the take from  attorney as well as his son in response to a story from the news organization published online this weekend a...

A director of the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center said he repeatedly recommended audits for the Jay Peak Resort projects, but was told to stand down in efforts he said were coordinated b...

After New York Wheel investors told the Advance this week they can't build the 630 foot tourist attraction without the city's help, the project was granted one last chance at ...

The New York Wheel investors told the Advance on Thursday that the project, which has been in the works for six years, will not happen without the help of the de Blasio administration. ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an Illinois-based regional center, its CEO, and 37 affiliated limited partnerships have agreed to settle charges related to secu...

Rendering of Via Mizner Boca Raton approved Phases 2 and 3 of Via Mizner in December 2015. Tonight, the new version of that project goes before the planning and zoning board—also ...

Palm House hotel-condominium in Palm Beach. Complaint says Glenn Straub’s company provided money to pay for the defense of Robert Matthews of Palm Beach. A prominent Wellington...

Growing processing times along with recent transgressions of some regional center operators have forced EB-5 projects and investors to realign themselves with another regional center. This shuf...

The slender corner building will be demolished to make way for the condo. Via Google Maps. CetraRuddy is attached to design the condo, which will bring 52 apartments to the neighborhood &nb...

Dalian Wanda Group is selling its share in the yet-to-open Chicago skyscraper After marketing its majority stake in Vista Tower for $900 million back in January, Chinese ...

In the era of scrutiny and increased denial rate, a thorough preparation is a key to success In the EB5 Investment immigration category, it is rather common for investors and ...

Several months after its casino building closed, the Lucky Dragon’s hotel tower could soon be shuttered too. Lawyers for the bankrupt Las Vegas resort filed a motion last wee...

A bioscience conference hosted by LA BioMed featured nearly three dozen biomedical startup companies and declared Los Angeles as a national biotech hub. The 5th Annual Innovation S...

On Aug. 24, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made a significant update to its Policy Manual, Part G: Immigrant Investors. In its Policy Alert, USCIS outlined th...

115-key hotel is being developed near Kimco's Dania Pointe project Rendering of Tru by Hilton hotel in Dania Beach and Daniel Berman AD1 Global AD1 Global Hospitality just scored a $1...

Nordstrom Tower/217 West 57th Street, image from Extell News about the supertalls rising in the city is pouring in, including 111 West 57th Street’s ascent past the 1,000-foot mar...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum entitled “Updated Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases In...

The property market in the United States has endured its ups and downs pretty much like any other country in the world. But there are now many reasons why investing in the American property mar...

Coco Palms is seen from its main entry driveway showing the pedestrian bridge that linked guest rooms with retail shops in this 2016 photo. The ongoing melodrama about the future of the...

On Aug. 31, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a final rule in the Federal Register to increase the premium processing fee for certain visa petitions to $1,410, effective ...

Also, the SEC charged two men for using oil-and-gas investors' money for vacations and dating websites. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against a former registe...

Joel Burstein, former son-in-law to Ariel Quiros. The former financial broker for Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros will pay an $80,000 civil penalty to resolve claims brought by federal regu...

A lawsuit by Chinese investors who accused former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Anthony Rodham, the brother of Hillary Clinton, of fraud has been dismissed by a federal judge. The invest...

The Lucky Dragon racked up large sums of debt it can’t pay back, and the financial saga could cost foreign investors much more. Foreign investors in the failed Lucky Dragon c...

Jay Peak Resort Vermont Business Magazine Today the State of Vermont submitted an administrative appeal (link is external) to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USC...

Dignitaries break ground on a proposed EB-5 project in Newport in May 2015.  The state is appealing a federal decision to terminate the Vermont EB-5 Center. The administrative a...

160 Royal Palm Way A developer and a Palm Beach attorney are accused of diverting money from foreign investors to personal luxuries. What could sound more inviting? Invest in an unfinishe...

International investment supports a third local business in New York community The Comfort Inn & Suites, funded with key EB-5 investments from American Lending Center (ALC), one of ...

August passed with no final rule for EB-5 regulations. OMB has not even received the regulations for review. USCIS Director Cissna told Congress in June that he thought it would be tough to fin...

A federal grand jury in New Haven added tax evasion to the list of charges against a couple accused of defrauding investors to buy two Washington Depot properties and develop a Palm Beach ...

Robert Matthews and the Palm House condo project at 160 Royal Palm Way Robert V. Matthews and his wife, Maria Matthews, would face a maximum prison sentence of five years if convic...

For many people, merit-based immigration is most closely associated with the polemic H1-B visa program. There is another proven job creating merit-based program, however, that’s received ...

Customers stream into Farms & Market in Everett during the business’s grand opening celebration March 1. The artisan grocery in the Grand Avenue Marketplace development i...

On June 14, 2017 U.S Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a revised Volume 6 of its Policy Manual which concerns EB-5 investors. The policy clarified the “Perio...

RivieraPoint is building a 155-key hotel near Miami International Airport. The $34.5 million project is set for completion next year. RivieraPoint has topped off its six-story Radisson RED h...

Clockwise from top left: Visa investment fund hits Westchester condo developers with $5M lawsuit, Dannel Malloy marks opening of Stamford high-rise with ribbon-cutting ceremony, Developer seeks...

A Tinian-based company has secured EB-5 designation from a federal agency. Tinian’s Alter City Group’s application for a Regional Center Designation Under the Immigrant Investor ...

Four Seasons One Dalton Hotel and Residences in Boston, Massachusetts.  South Africans can unlock US benefits by investing R7.5m in Pathway’s residence-for-investment programme ...

A California-based law firm must face allegations that it mishandled Taiwanese and Chinese investors' EB-5 visa applications after a California state appeals court concluded its actions wer...

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS When preparing an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Petition, the most important and meticulous drafting you and your immigration attorney will collaborate on is the Source...

The 2018 eb5 investors Magazine EB-5 Convention in Los Angeles provided a platform to discuss a challenged industry. The dominant theme was EB-5 visa numbers, and the consequences of ...

Mitchell Schneider, left, president of First Interstate Properties, Ltd., and Sam Petros, CEO of Petros Development and Petros Homes of Broadview Heights, overlook the city of Cleveland from th...

CanAm's One Willoughby Square EB-5 project has funded. Some investors' I-526 petitions were adjudicated as short as 10 months. CanAm Enterprises ("CanAm") is...

The Bronx overlayed with passport stamps  Advantage America EB-5 Group filed a $5M suit against EMC Bronxville Metropolitan A Manhattan-based visa investment fund is suing the d...

The 153-key hotel is less than a mile from Miami International Airport and provides convenient access to several other major transportation options. InterContinental Hotels Group has opened&...

Urban Investment Partners has just finalized a complex financing deal allowing it to move forward on a $118M project in Southwest D.C., the largest single transaction in the company&#...

A visa investment fund is suing the developers of the MetLoft Bronxville condominiums for $5 million, claiming the project is in default. The allegations, at first glance, are simple: The lo...

A Florida federal court has approved a settlement reached between the court-appointed receiver for the failed Jay Peak EB-5 project and the town of Jay, Vermont, on interest and penalties stemm...

President Donald Trump's beach front Mar-a-Lago resort. Following the launch of an investigation by Congressional Democrats into cronyism at the agency, the lawsuit asks the court t...

A Florida bankruptcy judge signed off Friday on a $39.1 million sale of a stalled Fort Lauderdale resort partially built with $30 million from the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program. U.S. ...

550 Seabreeze Hotel project in Fort Lauderdale BeachRobert Indeglia, co-founder of Magna Hospitality Group  Rhode Island-based hospitality company paying $39.1M for the unfinished 12-st...

The stymied redevelopment of the Battery Maritime Building into a hotel and rooftop restaurant with a restored Great Hall may be back on track after a major cash infusion. Crain&rsquo...

Midtown Equities plans to take a roughly 30% equity stake in the Battery Maritime Building's unfinished conversion to a hotel, city documents show. The proposed cash infusion is e...

Courtesy of Rivera Point Development Group This Miramar office building was built last summer and is 60% leased. The EB-5 program, for years a reliable source of capital for builders in Miam...

The unveiling of a brand new Hampton Inn in Media, PA, took place this Wednesday, August 15, thanks in part to the generous support of American Lending Center (ALC) and EB-5 financing...

On July 25, 2018, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Feng Wang, et al. v Michael R. Pompeo) that fundamentally challenges the way that the federal gove...

A woman who said her family has lived in Richmond for seven generations asked the Planning Board to restrict development atthe Preserve at Boulder Hills, an elite sporting club that wants to ex...

Skiers at Burke Mountain in 2016. Jay Peak is expected to be in the hands of a new owner next summer while the sale of Burke Mountain is now indefinitely on hold. That’s a...

The incomplete Las Olas Ocean Resort on Seabreeze Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale An auction was canceled because the affiliate of Magna Hospitality Group was the only bidder for the ...

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has been critical of the EB-5 program in its current form and has called for the elimination of loop holes and potential for graft. “While I couldn&...

Attorneys for a group of EB-5 investors exit federal court in Burlington following a hearing Thursday. From left are lawyers Joshua Simonds and Keith Miller.  An attorney pressing a law...

The Palm House, pictured in April 2017, in Palm Beach is at the center of several lawsuits. Once promoted as an ultra-luxury hotel-condo, the building stands unfinished in the ocean block ...

A residence owned by Ariel Quiros at 4452 Darling Hill Road in Burke.  Properties owned by disgraced former Jay Peak developer Ariel Quiros are worth 20 percent less than stat...

The Reading-based company partners with Interstate Hotels & Resorts to launch a pie program. Reading-based Sweet Street Desserts has partnered with Interstate Hotels & Resorts to lau...

Over the years, I have pointed out that it can be quite lucrative to be an embezzler in Vermont. All too often, deferred or suspended sentences have been given to those convicted, little or no ...

Attorney Russell Barr speaks at a news conference in October. He has sued former state officials and the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center, alleging fraud.  A group of investo...

On August 3, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged two Florida residents in a securities offering fraud targeting immigrant investors. According to the SEC's com...

Two people and their related business entities misappropriated approximately $21 million from foreign investors who sought to obtain green cards through the EB-5 visa program, using cash meant ...

Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted recently by various media outlets: On the EB-5 program: Pacific Standard: Amid Immigration Uproar, Trump Keeps...

Boston Properties’ Owen Thomas and 3 Hudson Boulevard  REIT entered into JV with Joe Moinain to develop 2M sf tower Boston Properties is both lender and developer on the H...

Immigrants wave American flags at a naturalization ceremony on July 25, 2018, in Los Angeles. A new lawsuit could make it easier for legal immigrants by not counting their spouses and children ...

A subsidiary of Fintech Creditease, Good Hope Investment Service, is providing “support and sponsored legal fees” to Chinese investors caught up in the EB-5 backlog. CreditEase star...

Good Hope Investment Services has provided support and sponsored legal fees for its Chinese EB-5 investors, who filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Government last Tuesday related to visa policies...

A California attorney who has been accused multiple times of exploiting the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program was hit once again with a $2.3 million suit in California federal court Wednesda...

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program — under which foreigners have invested billions of dollars in the U.S. to obtain American green cards — is set to expire in September. Some cr...

I do not normally quote the Center for Immigration Studies, but for once I agree with David North. This is a concerning development: An alarming bit of news – generally ignored by...

America’s fraud-ridden cash-for-citizenship scheme, officially known as the EB-5 investor-visa program, took some more hits in Congress this month. Don’t bet on any improvements. ...

New York Wheel has 120 days to get back on track While the fate of the New York Wheel remains in limbo, at least one investor has decided to reduce his stake in the project in an effort...

A group of more than 450 Chinese EB-5 investors are suing the U.S. government to challenge visa policies that keep investors waiting up to 15 years to come to the United States. American Len...

The Kushner family name is displayed on advertising at the One Journal Square project in Jersey City on May 9th, 2017, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Trump family's business t...

The EB-5 or “investor visa” is one of several business-related visas that may be used as avenues leading to legal permanent residence in the United States. Lost amidst the contro...

Mid-year Economic Forecast When Irgens Partners LLC began working on financing the $132.6 million BMO Harris Financial Center the company is developing in downtown Milwaukee, it found the ma...

Rendering of 3 Hudson Boulevard The REIT is becoming the managing partner, purchasing a minority interest in the 2 million square-foot property in the Hudson Yards district. Boston P...

Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan announces a $2.1 million settlement of the state’s investor fraud case against developers Ariel Quiros and Bill Stenger at a press ...

Residents and community leaders attended Thursday night's grand opening of One University Circle, a 20-story luxury apartment building located on the city's East Side. Located at 107...

More than 50 jobs were created during construction (shown here) and operation of the von Trapp Brewery construction and the Bierhall, Sam von Trapp said. This story by Caleigh Cros...

“Love means never having to say you’re sorry” was the catchphrase from the syrupy 1970 movie “Love Story.” It struck a chord with the public, and the American Film...

Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman founding partner Jeffrey Schneider in Miami and Reid & Wise member and Litigation Department head Matthew Sava in New York. The unfinished Fort...

Investors guaranteed 1 per cent interest and money back after five years Bankrupt manufacturing tycoon Siegfried Lee Siu-fung, who once owned the most expensive house in Hong Kong, has moved...

Bill Stenger says it was­n’t un­til 2015 that he re­al­ized some­thing bad was hap­pen­ing with the EB-5 pro­jects he hoped would trans­form the N...

The receiver overseeing an estate related to the settlement of an EB-5 visa fraud scheme urged a California federal judge Tuesday to deny an attempt by intervenors in the case to sell one of th...

A recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing purported to examine questions surrounding the EB-5 investor immigrant program. I say purported, because it featured only a single witness, one sympa...

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at sunset in Washington. The debate in Congress over the "golden visas" comes at a time of increasing tension over immigration in the U.S.  E...

Car and sign courtesy; Eisenhower courtesy of James Burke After nearly 50 years, it's the dawn of a new era for two of Pennsylvania's busiest roads — and the end of a very...

Walton Westphalia Development Corporation (the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has repaid all outstanding debt to its senior lender having successfully refinanced its ...

Wagon tour guide Sam Pollock tells about the Amish near EthridgeMary Hance, USA Today Network  British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's tech-enhanced Virgin Hotel in Nash...

Vermont has settled a lawsuit against two ski resort developers who were accused of defrauding the state's troubled immigrant investor program. Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced on...

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, boarding Air Force One this month. A company that is investing $700 million in the Manhattan tower of Kushner Companies is ...

Dive Brief: Developers of the 67-story Court Square City View Tower in Long Island City, New York, have secured a $502 million construction loan for the building, which will be the talles...

From left to right: 701 Seventh Avenue, 702 TSX, and Nick Mastroianni Would-be green card holders allege the firm "coerced" them into voting to redeploy their 701 Seventh...

The 4,134-square-foot residence is located in the tallest building of the three-tower development A penthouse perched atop Two Waterline Square, a glassy tower designed by top architect...

It’s official: The federal government has terminated the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services notified state officials on July 3 t...

I-829 approvals are continuing to be issued for the successful U.S. Immigration Fund EB-5 project, The Charles, in New York's Upper East Side neighborhood. U.S. Immigratio...

While not apparent at first glance, many visa programs support real estate markets across the country. Visa holders purchase property, invest in property, keep other properties in good shape, p...

The Hotel Jay was the signature project of the Jay Peak Resort expansion that used EB-5 immigrant investor money.  The former developers of Jay Peak Resort gave $5 million in kickb...

The recent influx of high-net-worth individuals immigrating to the United States affirms that pre-immigration tax planning is an important move for prospective wealthy immigrants, who ultimatel...

Rendering of the Melia Costa Hollywood Beach Resort Majority of buyers hail from Argentina, developer says  Liberty Grande closed on a $70 million construction loan to comp...

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Michael Gibson, a Miami investment adviser, was hosting clients at his booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center when he became bothered by two men conducting their own business in his quarters....

With gridlock in Washington and increasing allegations of fraud in the courts, the federal visa program is facing a new threat — its inability to clean up As migrant children lay separ...

The year was 1967. Doctor King preached peace. The space race was in full speed. And the Tiffany Apartments were built on Oklahoma City’s Northwest side, with its 8-foot tall &l...

Jay Peak's Tram Haus Lodge A group of Jay Peak investors is suing two Vermont lawyers, contending the attorneys had a conflict of interest. Edward Carroll and Mark Scribner, form...

With the latest Republican immigration bill failing to pass the House, the current dysfunctional immigration system continues. But a few simple regulatory and legislative tweaks, such as reduci...

Judge Lioi retained jurisdiction in the case to enforce a settlement reached in January. NORTH CANTON A federal lawsuit against the developers of the Hoover District project was dismissed th...

During the Q&A period at the EB-5 stakeholder meeting on November, 7, 2017, Carolyn Lee questioned IPO Deputy Chief Julia Harrison about recent adjudication of the bridge fin...

USCIS released a memo yesterday relating to I-829 processing changes. Short story: instead of getting an automatic 12 extension of status when filing an I-829, USCIS will now extend you an...

The Trump administration has urged the US Congress to either reform or eliminate the EB-5 investors visa programme, which provides green cards to foreigners investing at least USD 1 million in ...

The Australian developer who's buying Maine's Saddleback Mountain ski resort was arrested Thursday after a raid on his offices in his home country. Sebastian Monsour, CEO o...

Completed projects have successfully utilized NYCRC EB-5 financing to assist in the construction of over 3.5 million square feet of new development and renovation resulting in thousan...

Meridian Capital Group arranged capital in predevelopment financing for a hotel development site in NYC. Hotel Business has been following transactions in the industry. Meridian Capital Grou...

CBRE Affordable Housing has arranged financing for the deal. The historic Lowney Chocolate factory is being redeveloped into a 130-unit mixed-income and mixed-use property in Mansf...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. EB-5 visa program gives up to 10,000 visas annually to investors who spend at least $500,000 in area of need The Trump administration does not expect to final...

Governor’s Panel Tours Newport Waterfront, Sees Passion And Potential A committee of business leaders and community groups formed by Gov. Phil Scott to explore the value of outdoor rec...

A federal judge in Vermont recently denied a Florida-based attorney's request to dismiss a suit brought against him by a foreign investor who accuses the attorney of legal malpractice, inad...

John Catsimatidis and 3514 Surf Avenue in Coney Island 425-unit development is going up at 3514 Surf Avenue John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group landed a construction loan for its und...

Renderings of 701 Seventh Avenue and 702 TSX Broadway and One Wall Street Frustrated by up to 15-year wait times, they are talking with attorneys about how to pull out of proj...

Recently, Vietnam became the second member of a club no one wants to be in: countries facing EB-5 visa backlogs. As the only EB-5 Regional Center with a full time presence in Vietnam, Amer...

A former official at Luca International Group LLC accused of helping perpetrate a $68 million Ponzi-esque scheme involving the EB-5 immigrant investor program told a California federa...

The Balsams in Dixville Notch The team hoping to redevelop The Balsams Resort will explore other options to convince the state Business Finance Authority to back a $28 million state loa...

America’s troubled investor-visa program is getting a surprising and distressing lift from the Trump administration. Instead of tighter vetting of foreign nationals seeking green cards, m...

The former Merkens chocolate factory in Mansfield.  The fits and starts that have surrounded plans to convert the historic 1903 Lowney chocolate factory complex to apartments ...

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference Thursday.  The court-appointed receiver for Jay Peak is pursuing claims aga...

Michael Simkins and the property Buyer, NES Financial, specializes in administering EB-5 projects Michael Simkins just sold a warehouse in northwest Miami-Dade for $5.25 million to a...

Senator Chuck Grassley and President Donald Trump Iowa lawmaker has long sought to end the investor visa program Investor visa industry groups are telling foreign investors they have...

Rendering by Marriott International Inc. / An Aloft Hotel is slated for the Chattanooga Bank Building in downtown Chattanooga. This is a rendering of a prototype lobby for the brand. ...

Artist rendering of the completed Halletts Point (not the temporary venue). Halletts Point is a new waterfront mega-development coming to Astoria, Queens. It’s currently tied...

The Hallets Point waterfront, looking towards Manhattan.  It may be in operation for the next few years Randalls Island, SummerStage, Hallets Point? That’s right, the...

Brazilians have been courted in recent years by U.S. developers seeking to raise capital through the EB-5 program. But last month, the industry took a big step to cement Brazil’s status a...

Hallets Point, Douglas Durst Center will make use of land while project is stalled While part of the project remains stalled over a funding squabble with the city, the Durst Organiza...

The Palm House is located at 160 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach. A federal court in Connecticut has delayed until at least Sept. 4 the fraud trial of Palm House developer Robert &ldquo...

A Chicago-based immigration attorney the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused of swindling foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas can no longer represent numerous supplementa...

On Nov. 27, 2013, I appeared before the Brown County commissioners meeting wanting someone to investigate the missing $5 million that had been given as a grant that was to go to construction an...

Construction is underway on the two-building, 301-unit Stazione:25 apartment complex near the Mount Baker light rail station in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. The complex will offer studio and...

Mount Snow Resort in West Dover. Peak Resorts, the parent company of Mount Snow, is waiting for legislative tweaks before continuing its EB-5 fundraising campaign.  "In con...

Russell Barr speaks to reporters outside the Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park last summer.  An attorney for a group of EB-5 investors has taken a new legal tack since a judg...

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that William B. “Bart” Hungerford, Jr., age 57, and Timothy O. Milbrath, age 62, both residents of Maryland, were charged today in an eig...

Mount Snow's parent company Peak Resorts announced they have temporarily suspended their EB-5 fundraising campaign, citing pending legislative changes to the federal program. In a notice...

A former top military aide to three American presidents and his business partner made a simple pitch to foreign investors: Pump money into post-Katrina New Orleans rebuilding efforts ...

A little-known federal immigration program has fallen flat in New Orleans, and the investors allege that the men former Mayor Ray Nagin hired to handle it are committing fraud. A little-know...

The investors' lawsuit alleged Hungerford and Milbrath, who served as a military aide to Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, redirected more than $6 million into t...

On May 15, 2018, USCIS revised its Policy Manual, effective immediately. The agency will no longer count the jobs created for US workers through tenant occupancy of EB5 properties. Th...

The site for the long-stalled Elgin Memory Care development on Route 20 in Elgin must be cleaned up by mid-July, a Kane County judge has ruled. judge has ruled the long-stalled Elg...

Leslie Evans, property at 249 Royal Poinciana Way Evans pleaded not guilty in April to charges related to the Palm House Hotel, an unfinished condo-hotel project A Palm Beach attorne...

Furthers investment made by Tradepoint Atlantic in redeveloping Sparrows Point 150-acre shipyard delivers additional berth capacity for Tradepoint Atlantic’s marine operation...

A Vermont federal court denied a motion for dismissal  lawsuit filed against Anthony Korda and The Korda Law Firm by a man who was seeking permanent U.S. residency, ins...

Oppurtunity in South East Asia with the launch of Tommie Hotel Hollywood eligible to the US green card program Tommie Hotel Hollywood is located next to Hollywood Walk of Fame, a world&rsquo...

Jay Peak Vermont ski resort Ariel Quiros was accused of running the biggest to date EB-5 fraud to date at Vermont's Jay Peak ski resort. A federal judge has dismissed a potential...

Lucky Dragon developer Andrew Fonfa is looking for new investors to take a gamble on the financially distraught off-Strip Las Vegas casino.  The failed Lucky Dragon casino in Las V...

Fastest-Selling Luxury Condominium Project in Texas Puts Residents at the Center of the San Antonio Museum District With Full Access to Exclusive Thompson Hotel Amenities and Spectacular Views ...

USCIS has made another revision to the EB-5 section of the USCIS Policy Manual, this time to rescind its former guidance on counting jobs associated with tenants in a new building funded b...

The $1 billion Mercer Crossing community under construction northwest of Dallas is one of the largest projects being built in the town of Farmers Branch. The residential community ...

Mt. Baker Housing plans to build an affordable housing development near Sound Transit's Rainier Beach transit center. Mt. Baker Housing, a local nonprofit and affordable housing develope...

Harry Macklowe and Hong Kong Sales roadshow includes Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing Like Gary Barnett before him, Harry Macklowe is targeting Asian buyers for his latest condominium proj...

The exterior of Lucky Dragon, which shut down gaming and casino restaurant operations in early Jan., in Las Vegas on Monday, April 16, 2018.  How much is the Lucky Dragon worth? De...

The renovation project at the Palm House stopped abruptly in October 2014, and the doors have remained padlocked since. The property has racked up about $2.5 million in town fines, th...

One Maryland facility is using scientific-based treatment to address the opioid epidemic and lead the way in recovery efforts. Concerted Care Group say their organization works to treat...

One University Circle's footprint was designed to honor the circle's history and maximize the number of balconies with views of the reflecting pool. At 20-story One University Circle...

A proposal to run high-speed, fiber-optic broadband cable along the right-of-way could cost as much as $300 million, but officials believe selling access to ISPs will make it all worth it. A...

Images of a mixed-use development for Miami by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly show a pair of perpendicular towers connected at the top by a wedge-shaped sky bridge. ...

A California lawyer asked the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to affirm a lower court’s decision granting summary judgment in a suit brought by a former Chinese client alleging that the attorne...

Amazon.com‘s market value jumped on Friday morning after its latest earnings report, putting the company closer to overtaking Apple as the largest U.S. firm. Shares of the e-commerce g...

Miami City Manager Emilio González and Panorama Tower Center didn't generate any money or produce visas since launching in 2014 Miami’s EB-5 regional center wil...

A construction manager overseeing the deluxe Le Meridien Hotel project in downtown Houston is among a crew of people across the country charged in federal court with swindling the Bec...

1 Journal Square, Steve Fulop and Charles Kushner Developer says it's all politics Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is threatening to shut down building plans for two luxury rental towe...

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Near Universal Orlando announces the completion of renovations to its property. Changes were made to all guest corridors, guest rooms, and fitness center. ...

The county health department building on Scholls Lane is inconspicuous, but it now houses a program one Baltimore-based company hopes can help in the fight against Frederick County’s opio...

160 Royal Palm Way and Robert V. Matthews and Les Evans A federal grand jury indicted developer Robert V. Matthews and attorney Leslie Evans for allegedly diverting $50M of EB-5 investm...

Kolter Urban has taken out a larger construction loan for 100 Las Olas, a mixed-use tower that is set to become the tallest building in Fort Lauderdale. Chicago-based CIBC Bank assumed ...

The Tram Haus Lodge at Jay Peak was one project invested in by foreign investors through the EB-5 program. This week a judge dismissed a case brought by a group of foreign EB-5 investors a...

International investors need to do real due diligence before dropping $500,000 or more on an EB-5 investment. As evidenced by recent events in Palm Beach County, the fact that an EB-5 developer...

It's not as famous as Napa Valley, but Temecula is still a hotspot for wine-related tourism in Southern California. Several Temecula-area developments were funded by Chinese investors ...

The EB-5 immigrant investor program allows wealthy foreign investors to contribute to economic development of the United States in exchange for paths to citizenship. The program certainly has i...

Metropolis project in Downtown Los Angeles A fundraising entity had claimed the lawyer attempted to take over stewardship of the program A federal lawsuit filed against a Los Angeles...

About ten thousand wealthy foreign nationals obtain U.S. visas that can lead to permanent-resident green cards each year by utilizing America’s EB-5 program. Under the program, foreign...

I-829 petition approvals have now been issued for another successful U.S. Immigration Fund EB-5 project offering, The Charles, in NYC’s Upper East Side We want to congratulat...

The question of whether Vermont government leaders were complicit in the massive Jay Peak Resort fraud case was argued in court for the first time Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 in Vermont Superior Cou...

The Kingsbridge Armory is slated to become the Kingsbridge National Ice Center. Members of the Northwest Bronx Community Clergy Coalition tell News 12 that they met with developers last...

The Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5 Program, was until recently a little-known visa preference program operated by a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the program ma...

Chelsea has long been a center of creativity in Manhattan. Recent developments have been strongly inspired by that history. Many of the city’s most notable projects with distinctive archi...

The vegan Shake Shack has arrived. By CHLOE, the New York City-based fast-casualvegan restaurant that opened in 2015 with a similar service model to Danny Meyer’s hit burger chain...

Superior Court Judge Mary Miles Teachout.  A Vermont judge has agreed to a state bid to freeze the remaining assets of Jay Peak developer Ariel Quiros who recently settled a f...

When The Bancorp Inc. filed suit in January to foreclose on a $50 million loan for a half-built Fort Lauderdale resort, it thrust into limbo the immigration goals of 60 foreign invest...

Issued by Orion News Media Nicholas Mastroianni CEO of U.S. Immigration Fund in FL Announces Repayment of EB-5 Investment To Via Mizner Investors Via Mizner, a U.S. Immig...

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released the first batch of renderings for its latest Manhattan project, a 60-story office tower set to touch down in NoMad. As first reported by New York YIMB...

Sycamore at Tyvola, opening soon in Charlotte. Switzenbaum & Associates A new apartment development near West Tyvola Road and South Tryon Street is opening soon, the latest in an apartme...

California Investment Immigration Fund, LLC operated out this space at a Hilton-brand hotel in San Gabriel, California The lawsuit charges the defendants spent the EB-5 funds on ‘...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT issues several criminal indictments for multiple violations of federal law and conspiracy. Several guilty pleas have been obtained. S...

Metropolis, the $1-billion condominium and hotel complex, is set to be completed in 2019. Two of its buildings are on the market.  Last year, Chinese investors interested in buying or d...

Capt. Chen raised funds from foreign investors for projects that never happened. No one stopped him. To officials in Longview, a scrappy Washington mill town on the Columbia River, the &ldqu...

Hilton‘s (NYSE: HLT) midscale hotel brand, Tru by Hilton, is increasing its presence across the South with three new property openings in Little Rock, Arkansas; Meridian, Mississippi...

An illustration of Oyster Point Marina where a proposed development of 1100 residential units is being encouraged by the city of South San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday, November 22, 2017. The a...

Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for AnC Bio Vermont in May 2015.  Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak Resort, has filed a motion claiming that the state is p...

It could be another 8 to 10 months until developers of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center could see shovels in the ground. Those are some of the new details outlined in a letter d...

                        Golden Gate Global announced today that it has completed fundraising...

Los Angeles-based private equity firm 8th Bridge Capital talks about the EB-5 immigrant investor program and its future. The EB-5 program is in flux due to changing regulations. In the tw...

An Indian doctor who says he was defrauded of $550,000 in an investment-for-visa deal will have to make his claims to an arbitration panel. U.S. District Court Judge Nelson S. Roman ruled on...

Slated for delivery in 2020, the 46-level building known as 100 Las Olas is already one month ahead of schedule and projected to be the tallest of its kind in the city. Kolter Urba...

Gov. Scott and Michael Goldberg explain the recent EB-5 financial settlement at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, April 13, 2017. There's no getting around it — most of the...

From left: Sen. Chuck Grassley, Jeff Blau, Nick Mastroianni Sen. Grassley said "moneyed" developers quashed reform The EB-5 visa program, heavily favored by New York d...

Ten Taiwanese investors who poured millions of dollars into a real estate development project in Florida sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in D.C. federal court Thursday, alleging t...

Today, President Trump signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018, that includes an extension of the EB-5 program until Sept. 30, 2018, along with the Conrad 30 program for foreign ...

Kolter Urban just closed on a $25 million loan for the condo project Things are moving along for 100 Las Olas, which is expected to be the tallest residential tower in Fort Lauderdale o...

The unnamed rooftop bar project is expected to arrive atop the Intercontinental next spring Gerber Group’s Mr. Purple sits atop the Indigo Hotel in NYC’s Lower East Side. The ...

Metropolis project in Downtown Los Angeles (Metropolis LA) The suit is another bump in the road for the developer's $1B project A Los Angeles lawyer and his one-person firm are being ...

Rendering of 100 Las Olas Loan refinances $8.5M outstanding on a Wells Fargo Bank loan The Kolter Group just scored $25 million for its mixed-use 100 Las Olas development, which at 4...

HYDE PARK, Vt. (WCAX) Is the state responsible for the alleged Kingdom Con? That's the $200 million EB-5 fraud case-- the largest in Vermont history. The state and the Federal Secur...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT issues several criminal indictments for multiple violations of federal law and conspiracy. Several guilty pleas have been obtained. So...

The company has also been accused of weaponizing construction efforts to harass tenants.  The Kushner Companies, the family business that Jared Kushner ran before joining his father-in-...

For a foreign investor who wants to come to the U.S., a purchase of a U.S. film maker’s screen play may end up being a “ticket to America.” A strategy involving the sale of a ...

160 Royal Palm Way and Robert V. Matthews and Les Evans Funds were allegedly used to buy homes, luxury cars, a yacht and to pay off personal debt Palm Beach developer Robert Matthews and ...

Robert V. Matthews, once a politically connected local developer, and his Florida real estate lawyer were indicted Wednesday on conspiracy and financial charges. Robert V. Matthews, once a p...

Palm House Hotel, 160 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach, Florida.  The pair allegedly stole money meant for a Palm Beach condo-hotel project and misled investors into thinking prominent people...

Saddleback Mountain (File photo) An audio tape has been released indicating the cash-strapped, prospective buyer of Saddleback only wants the resort so he can take advantage of a federal pro...

After more than two years on the job, the tower crane affixed to Extell’s One Manhattan Square is ready to come down. It’s mere days from dismantling. To accomplis...

Clark Construction has filed a lawsuit against Perkins Eastman over services performed during the first phase of construction at The Wharf, D.C.'s $2.5B Southwest Waterfront developmen...

Gary Barnett and Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street Sale of 17% of Class B shares will bring $94M in cashflow: TASE documents Gary Barnett’s Extell Development sol...

Mount Snow resort in Dover.  Mount Snow executives say hard work and expertise are helping the Dover resort thrive this winter in spite of “volatile” weather. But th...

The lottery for 81 affordable housing units at 10 Hallets Point is officially open. The first of seven buildings at the 2.5-million-square-foot development project in Astoria will ...

GreenTech Automotive, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s government-subsidized electric car company, filed for bankruptcy in late February. The announcement came on the heels of a...

Both domestic, foreign investors bought into fake clean energy firm A 41-year-old Clark County man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of wire fraud for misleading investors who beli...

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's old electric car company has filed for bankruptcy. Sterling-based electric vehicle manufacturer GreenTech Automotive — a company founded i...

Ariel Quiros whispers to Gov. Peter Shumlin during a press conference at Jay Peak’s Stateside Hotel and Baselodge.  Lawyers for Jay Peak developer Ariel Quiros...

The Commission has brought a series of unregistered broker actions in recent years – the cases have become a staple of Enforcement. One of the areas which seems to generate a continuing s...

The Las Olas Ocean Resort construction site in Fort Lauderdale 550 Seabreeze Development LLC, the developer of Las Olas Ocean Resort, on Fort Lauderdale’s beach, filed f...

Joe Matteo, president of ProNova Solutions, explains how proton therapy works.  Middle Tennessee residents will soon have a new option for an innovative cancer treatment.  Knoxv...

GreenTech Automotive, the electric car company founded by former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, filed for bankruptcy protection this week, citing news coverage in 2013 by Watchdog.org as one of...

I thought we’d see final action for EB-5 regulations, because the Fall 2017 Unified Agenda said we would (having advanced the anticipated action date from April to February), Co...

A new Hyatt Centric hotel will open at 100 E. Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2020.  SB Architects, Simeone Deary Design Group, Bob Martin Unlimited team up ...

Exclusive: William J. Murray notes people had been OK'd for refugee status under Obama More than 100 Iranian Christians who were pre-screened by the U.S. State Department before travelin...

When complete, Metropica will have eight residential towers. There are about 7 million people in South Florida — but only about 90,000 of them live on Miami Beach. While you ...

Vornado Realty Trust wants to offload its 49.5 percent stake in the skyscraper There may be an end in sight for the saga of 666 Fifth Avenue, which went from being the most expensive office ...

A rendering of the Skyland Town Center, which is finally under construction. The troubled Skyland Town Center project in Southeast D.C. is finally underway. Really. Developers WC Smi...

The state of Vermont has a plan to release documents related to the ongoing investigation of investment fraud at the Jay Peak ski area. On Friday, the Department of Financial Regulation...

Dive Brief: Atlanta-based developer Novare Group and Batson Cook Development have started construction of a 25-story luxury tower along the "$5 Billion Mile" in Frisco, Texas, a...

Caroline Moore, the Boise owner of CMoore Holdings and Bright Star Care Boise, wants to turn this brick ranch house into an assisted-living home for eight frail seniors. Neighbors in the Five M...

A Nevada bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesday that the hotel of the Asian-themed Lucky Dragon resort off the north end of the Las Vegas Strip will remain open for another month. U.S. Bankruptcy ...

While the developers of the Balsams Resort await a March decision from the N.H. Business Finance Authority on its financing package, Dixville Capital LLC. is seeking to discontinue th...

Michael Bouchard heads the investment group that purchased Tenney Mountain after a decade of neglect.  The investment group that owns Tenney Mountain ski area in Plymouth that reopened ...

CNN reports that one of the key things Mueller and his investigators are looking into is Jared Kushner’s attempts to secure new financing for his family’s flagship, debt-ridden prop...

An EB-5 immigrant investor visa is normally appealing to wealthy foreign individuals seeking a permanent residency in the United States. However, investing in the wrong EB-5 can have catastroph...

Less than a year and a half after it opened, the Lucky Dragon is in bankruptcy. Lucky Dragon developer Andrew Fonfa pushed the off-Strip, Chinese-themed resort into Chapter 11 protectio...

Harry Macklowe, One Wall Street and Jay Peak Developer already raised $186M from EB-5 investors at 1 Wall Street Dozens of foreign investors whose money was misused in a massive...

Native Hawaiian activists, who say they have rights to the land, are protesting the rebuilding of the Coco Palms hotel, where Elvis Presley’s “Blue Hawaii”was filmed. ...

Investors paid 469k for the 3-acre lot last year Rendering of AcadeMir Preparatory School Academy  Investors Mario and Ramon Castellanos just scored $5.5 million in EB-5 funding to b...

There's a deep political divide over how to handle immigration, and clashes over the issue have contributed to two government shutdowns — albeit one lasting mere hours — thus fa...

Every once in a while — some would say in a long, long while — the federal government comes up with a good idea. For my Baby Boomer generation, many would say the Apollo Space Progr...

The $150 million Convention Center Hotel project, supported by Chinese investor Chun Yang, is under construction and Phase I will open in 2020. Photo courtesy of City of Tacoma Tac...

Stateside Hotel at Jay Peak.  The ribbon was cut Wednesday afternoon on the last major development at Jay Peak, coming just a few months before the resort is expected to hit the ma...

FirstPathway Community Development receives $15 million On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund announced $3.5 billion ...

If President Trump is serious about wanting to shape immigration policy to be part of his plan to make American great again, there is at least one category of immigrant he should urge...

The EB-5 program was implemented in 1990 as a program to provide legal permanent residence status to investors who invest $500,000 or $1 million (depending on the geographical area) in a busine...

Michael Goldberg at a Statehouse news conference in April.  EB-5 investors who lost out on obtaining green cards when a proposed $110 million biomedical research facility in N...

A large number of Indians are queuing up to invest in businesses in the US through the EB-5 Investor Visa which assures migration with a quicker eligibility for acquiring the Green Card. In the...

A brief federal government shutdown ended this morning as the House and the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (the “CR”) which provides a bipartisan budget bill that raises spen...

A Hawaiian consultant disputes the claims of the occupiers of a planned resort site on Kauai. Dismayed by what he calls a glut of erroneous legal accusations behind the ongoing occupation of...

A courtesy rendering of the never-built AnC Bio facility proposed for Newport. Investors in this EB-5 project now will get a chance to invest in a different project in New York City. by Timo...

The embattled, frequently looted, immigrant-investor (EB-5) program is apparently going to get two more years of its unreformed operations from the pending spending bill. Meanwhile, more tha...

Fate of EB-5 Visa program remains ‘on hold’ Hidden somewhere in the dark recesses of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s files is a nearly year-old piece of legisl...

The developers of the Balsams Resort say they are disappointed with the N.H. Site Evaluation Committee’s decision on the Northern Pass project. A spokesman said the project has ...

The tower is expected to go vertical in early 2019 Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly’s luxury project One River Point is on its way to becoming a reality, according to...

Hotly debated, a controversial development project is under construction. The 36-story luxury condo on the former site of Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Heights branch at...

A guestroom rendering of the Thompson San Antionio.  Thompson Hotels began development on its newest project, Thompson San Antonio and The Arts Residences. An official groundbreaki...

The court-appointed receiver for an EB-5 project that went down in flames and was sued for fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Florida federal court believes he ha...

The first son-in-law has run into trouble with some high-profile buildings but has rejected claims that debts could sink him A year into the Trump presidency that was supposed to bring prosp...

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Miami-based businessman behind an alleged scheme involving investments in a Vermont-based ski resort has agreed to...

Mount Snow has commenced their next round of financing for construction of their Carinthia expansion plan.  In a notice filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Co...

Ariel Quiros at the groundbreaking for the biomedical facility in Newport in 2015. Vermont Business Magazine Ariel Quiros is no longer the owner of Jay Peak Resort and all told is liabl...

A guestroom rendering of the Thompson San Antionio.  Thompson Hotels began development on its newest project, Thompson San Antonio and The Arts Residences. An official groundbreaki...

Rendering of Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Clare Newman  Project will add 5.1M sf to the Tech Triangle site The Brooklyn Navy Yard will undergo a $2.5 billion d...

January 30, 2018 has been set aside for the ground-breaking of Texas’ fastest selling high-rise mixed development project that is expected to give interested EB5 investors the opportunity...

The incomplete Las Olas Ocean Resort on Seabreeze Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale The lender says it is owed $37M in loans on a project that pulled in $30M in EB-5 financing The fi...

Amound of North Korean coal adjacent to the RasonConTrans coal port at Rajin harbor, North Korea, on November 21, 2017.  A couple accused of selling coal for North Korea recently attemp...

Indians wishing to obtain a quick, even if expensive route, to the US as permanent residents, can breathe a sigh of relief. The investment link visa route or the EB-5 is likely to continue b...

Shown in early 2014, with the Granite Reliable Wind Farm above it, The Wilderness Ski Area at The Balsams is poised for a major expansion.  As the New Hampshire Business Finan...

Amending claims against an accused supporter of North Korea’s missile program, prosecutors say the Chinese company used America’s visa-investment program to launder the proceeds of ...

If you are a hotel executive or other highly compensated individual in the hospitality industry, you need to be aware of how the new Tax Act (H.R. 1 – Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) might affect ...

Five companies involved in Vermont’s Jay Peak ski and water park development reached a $225,000 settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday as part of...

Tibor Hollo and Mikki Canton at an EB5- launch event of Panorama Tower in 2015  Regional center hasn’t generated money or resulted in new visas being issued ...

Miami and a Brazilian Carnival dancer  More than 75% of visas still go to mainland Chinese, new data shows The United States welcomed 282 Brazilian immigrants last year through the E...

Pumphrey: Initial funding failed; new plan expected next month Special A small number of villas have been constructed at Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club so far. Financing for a planned larg...

Over the past 5 years, 3INVEST has partnered with Houston EB5; an Investment Program administered by the U.S. government. Offering foreign investors, the opportunity to become a US citizen by i...

Five companies involved in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s $350 million EB-5 visa fraud suit against Jay Peak ski resort owner Ariel Quiros have agreed t...

Charles Kushner and a rendering for One Journal Square Charlie Kushner and visa partner USIF "mutually decided" to stop raising money for One Journal Square following roadshow...

As of midnight Friday, the federal government has shut down. Congress is in a stalemate. During this shutdown, all but “essential” personnel will be furloughed and are not permitted...

Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for AnC Bio Vermont in May 2015. A religious education organization says it may have to reduce its staff of teaching rabbis unless it can coll...

A security guard patrols around Lucky Dragon, which shut down gaming and casino restaurant operations in early Jan., in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-...

George Olsen, Paul Levinsohn and a previous rendering of the Battery Maritime Building Suit claims regional center hid the truth about the stalled project It was the middle of 2015 w...

If Congress is unable to pass a spending bill or stopgap measure by Friday, January 19: Immigration functions at the Department of Labor would be completely suspended; USCIS and State D...

Please join us in congratulating our clients Luis and Debora from Brazil who received the approval of their EB-5 this week. Luis made an investment through the Magic Village, a luxury vacation ...

Doug Hoffer, Vermont state auditor.  Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer told a Senate panel he wants to tell a story about the EB-5 scandal that played out in the mountains of the Northe...

David Kramer and a rendering of 1 Clinton Street The developer demolished the Brooklyn Heights Library last year  Hudson Companies plans to bring 134 condominium units to market...

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday stayed an investor class suit against Jay Peak ski resort owner Ariel Quiros over his alleged role in a $350 million EB-5 visa fraud suit, as Quiros...

No indication yet that Washington is near compromise on new immigration legislation. A Continuing Resolution of current funding and authorities to February 16 continues to look likely. In honor...

The Jarmulowsky Bank building at 54 Canal Street DLJ Real Estate Partners plans to transform the Lower East Side property into a hotel Wanted: $78.5 million in EB-5 funding for a luxury h...

The state is taking longer than expected to release documents in the EB-5 investor fraud case against Jay Peak Resort developers. The deadline was originally Dec. 31. The Vermont Attorney Ge...

Securing funding within coming months would end lawsuit between developers. NORTH CANTON Areas of the former headquarters of the Hoover Co. largely sit empty. Maple Street Commerce acquir...

A Chinese investor who was allegedly defrauded of $1.5 million as part of an investment scheme exploiting her desire to obtain U.S. residency through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servi...

A $116 million hotel-condominium project is underway for San Antonio's art district. The project is expected to be completed by 2019. San Antonio will soon add more downtown, luxury home...

Jeff Blau and a rendering of 35 Hudson Yards Developer and partner Oxford Properties will sell pads at an average of $11M a pop Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group are...

Rendering of Brightline and Patrick Goddard Downtown Miami station won’t open for a few months All Aboard Florida’s high-speed rail is set to finally launch to the public this...

Thomas Heatherwick and developer Related Companies have teamed up yet again, this time for a double-pronged condo tower that wraps around a section of Manhattan’s High Line. As ...

While President Donald Trump's first working days of the new year have focused on subjects like immigration and budget deals, his son-in-law reportedly has a different focus. Jared Kushner ...

The Lucky Dragon casino-hotel off the Las Vegas Strip has temporarily closed its casino and restaurants. The property in a statement issued Thursday said it has begun a “repositio...

The New York Times reported on Sunday that the real estate firm owned by Trump’s son-in-law and now senior White House adviser Jared Kushner received an investment of roughly $30 million ...

Family’s real estate company received a subpoena from the SEC, and separately questions have been raised about his business dealings in Israel Last year, the Guardian reported on an ev...

1,587 I-829 petition approvals in New York City Regional Center offerings have now enabled over 4,600 individuals to achieve permanent residency in the United States The New York C...

The Wall Street Journal reports Kushner Companies received a subpoena in May 2017 asking for information on how the company uses the EB-5 program, the so-called "crack cocaine of real esta...

A Southern California attorney pleaded guilty Monday to running a scam that authorities say collected more than $50 million from wealthy Chinese investors seeking green cards. Victoria Chan,...

Just one year, one month and a day after celebrating its official grand opening on Dec 3 last year, the Asian-themed Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino temporarily closed all gaming and re...

Capt. Huy Ying Chen continues to appeal a Seattle judge's ruling that he violated the state Securities Act in a case involving the federal government's EB-5 immigrant investor program. ...

At the start of 2017, Lotus Capital Partners was in its infancy. It had no deals to speak of, no clients. Managing partner, Faisal Ashraf, had never worked as a financial advisor and neither ha...

Pair ordered to pay back millions in restitution to victims Mexican investors seeking a path to the United States found themselves the victims of a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme tied to ...

EB-5 are terms that are written as Employment-based fifth preference visa in full. The EB-5 Program is a pilot program also referred to as the EB-5 Regional Center Program started in the year 1...

In a huge win for EB-5 regional centers, the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (“AAO”) overturned a previous regional center termination order by the Immigrant Investor ...

Issuance represents 21st I-924 application approval for New York City Regional Center EB-5 project offerings The New York City Regional Center ("NYCRC") is pleased to announce...

SLS Las Vegas, located on the Las Vegas Strip at West Sahara Avenue. The Las Vegas hasn’t turned a profit since opening in 2014 and is on the ‘’verge of bankruptcy,’&...

Rendering of Extell’s Central Park Tower, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Gary Barnett Gary Barnett celebrated the New Year the only way he knows how. The Extell Development b...

US-based Organic Nutrition company backed by private equity plans to combine fish fed with insects and hydroponics at a new facility in Maine, reports Bangor Daily News. The facility will be...

As the Trump administration considers tightening of visa regimes facilitating legal immigration to the US, the latest extension in deadline for the EB-5 visa has caused a renewed push for wealt...

     The United States attorney's office in the Eastern District of New York has ed Deutsche Bank about getting a hold of records related to President Donald Trump's son-i...

Federal investigators are looking into the business dealings of special White House adviser Jared Kushner's former company.  According to the Wall Street Journal, federal prosecutor...

Federal prosecutors reportedly subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for records pertaining to Kushner Companies, the family-run business of White House senior adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law...

The possible rehab of the Jefferson Arms, viewed from Tucker Boulevard, into a hotel, retail and apartments.  Jefferson Arms rendering A rendering of the proposed rehab of the Jeffer...

The Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center project is officially underway downtown, and the past mayor and current one says a host of people are responsible for making it a reality. ...

Ace Hotel in Manhattan Projects mentioned in court filings include Manhattan’s Ace Hotel A Los Angeles-based firm that specializes in deploying EB-5 capital allegedly shut an Atlant...

The effort to reopen the Balsams Resort has taken a “significant step forward on financing” with a request for a loan guarantee being filed with the state’s Business Fina...

An early 2018 groundbreaking is being eyed on the long-awaited project to turn a the Amerock/Ziock factory into a four-star, flagship hotel. The final closing on the $76.5 million proje...

CEO Henry Liebman  Seattle, the city with the most cranes in the nation, can expect another busy year that will bring its own challenges. Seattle's growth in 2018 will be driven ...

It’s been a tad slow at the Lucky Dragon, as this photo, shared through social media by a recent guest, clearly shows. The Lucky Dragon on West Sahara Avenue, located just st...

In July 2012, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, left, and Terry McAuliffe, GreenTech Automotive’s chairman until 2012, listened to former President Bill Clinton during the unvei...

Gorman & Company’s $76.5 million plan to transform the dilapidated former Amerock facility downtown into a four-star Embassy Suites Hotel and Rockford Conference Center is i...

Fantini & Gorga announced the arrangement of a $5,020,000 loan to acquire and redevelop the property located at 222 Union Street in New Bedford, MA. The property is being converted from its...

Hotel Astor, in Miami Beach. Hotel Astor is being sued by two former staff members and a former hotel management company. An Art Deco hotel on vibrant Washington Avenue facing allegations...

Walton Westphalia Development Corporation (the “Corporation”) announces that it has received extensions from its senior lender and mezzanine lender in respect of certain loans outst...

Megan Shafritz (right), chief of the civil litigation division of the Vermont attorney general’s office, argues on behalf of the state in Vermont Superior Court in Hyde Park on Monday, sa...

Lily Guo and a rendering of 46-20 11th Street (Credit: Raymond Chan Architects) Lily Guo, president of the American Regional Center for Entrepreneurs, a company that raises mo...

The votes have been tallied, and so it’s time to name the 2017 Building of the Year! The winning title belongs to no other than One Manhattan Square, the Lower East Side meets C...

Partner Martin Schwartz and associates Anthony De Yurre and Salome Bascunan represented Paramount Miami Worldcenter as the development secured $335 million in construction and mezzanine fi...

Sixty Chinese nationals who invested in the SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas are suing the casino resort, claiming that none of the promises made to them during its development phase ...

Having recently received federal permission to establish a new EB-5 center for soliciting foreign investment, Mount Snow administrators are wasting no time putting it to work. The Great Nort...

  A lawsuit brought by EB-5 investors claiming that a Canadian company “aided and abetted” an alleged fraud scheme at Jay Peak Resort may be clearing a big hurdle. T...

  Congress has extended for two weeks a controversial U.S. immigration program that has helped finance a number of luxury condo developments in the country as part of a stopgap budget. ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday slapped an immigration attorney and his law firm with a fraud lawsuit in California federal court, claiming that they didn’t disclose...

A group of Chinese investors are alleging The SLS Las Vegas hasn’t turned a profit since opening in 2014 and is on the verge of bankruptcy, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Cou...

County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III, members of the Gateways Art District, local and municipal officials and members of the Landex Development team gathered to celebrate the g...

Funding for the federal government runs out at midnight on Saturday, Dec. 9. We have been here before: the EB-5 Regional Center Program's ongoing authorization is dependent upon an extensio...

Hotel Astor Miami Beach’s Hotel Astor appears to be struggling to stay afloat, as per the documents tied to recent lawsuits filed against the owner of this Art Deco-style property...

llustration: Courtesy Navyseum Want to be a sailor for a day? In 2019, Chicagoans will be able to visit the Navyseum—a giant attraction made up of decommissioned naval equipment. ...

Vermont officials have agreed to disclose details of two legal contracts related to the EB-5 program. In response to a public records appeal from the Burlington Free Press, state o...

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham are facing a $17 million fraud lawsuit from Chinese investors in ...

The owner of a 6-acre swath of vacant land on the west side of Indio – once pegged to become a 120-room hotel – pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges o...

State officials have declined to release details of a $10,000 emergency legal contract for the troubled EB-5 foreign investor program, arguing that the contract is relevant to on...

Moinan Group is on hunt for $3 billion in debt-equity deal for its project 3 Hudson Boulevard. Reportedly Moinan hired JLL to lead the search for the financing package which includes $1.8 bi...

City officials say $200 million in private financing from foreign investors has been secured to const ruct a massive entertainment hub here, a project that would ultimately become one of...

On the site of a shuttered Burger King in a long-neglected Northeast neighborhood, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser donned a hard hat and dug a shiny shovel into a pile of dirt. It was a groundbreak...

A "entrepreneurial" Rochester startup company has proposed a massive trash-burning incinerator in Seneca County. The $365 million incinerator, which would burn up to 175 truckloads...

A Vermont ski resort operator has received federal approval to open a privately managed investment center that will help it get funding from non-Americans seeking U.S. residency. Vermont Pub...

Richard Bassuk, Chief Executive Officer, and Drew Fletcher, President, of Greystone Bassuk, today announced the closing of a $30,000,000 construction loan with Bank Hapoalim USA on behalf of an...

Peak Resorts, Inc. a leading owner and operator of high-quality, individually branded U.S. ski resorts, announced today that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCI...

The place you stay when you visit a city can set the tone for your entire trip. In my case, I'm typically on the lookout for a hotel that's within walking distance of attractions I&#...

Developer Jeffery Kozero wants to remake a swath of South Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront into Philadelphia’s version of Miami Beach. Imagine 10 to...

The state of Vermont is seeking a company to redact personal identifying information from hundreds of thousands of documents in its EB-5 investor fraud case against Jay Peak developers before r...

Federal regulators and the attorney for Jay Peak developer Ariel Quiros have failed to reach agreement on how much he should pay in penalties and damages in the largest EB-5 investor ...

The New York City Regional Center ("NYCRC") is pleased to announce that over 1,550 EB-5 investors have now received I-829 petition approvals in the company's project offerings.&nb...

The discussion of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program has been squarely focused on gridlock on reforms that have been dragging out for the past two years. But while Congress cont...

Dive Brief: The Moinian Group officially broke ground Friday on the $2 billion, 53-story 3 Hudson Yards skyscraper project in Manhattan, according to Reuters, although foundation wor...

The Gateway Arts District, which encompasses Mount Rainier, Brentwood, North Brentwood and Hyattsville in Prince George’s County, was established by the county in 2001 to use the arts to ...

Renderings from FXFOWLE in recent months have pictured plans for The Moinian Group’s 3 Hudson Boulevard both with and without a spire. But now, plans for the project h...

The EB-5 visa program is a popular yet controversial investment visa program that may once again be in jeopardy. Under the EB-5 visa program, foreign nationals and their dependents are permitte...

From the very beginning, a year-round farmers market was envisioned to occupy the ground floor of the six-story apartments at 2900 Grand Ave. Those plans were delayed with the legal troubles...

Developer Joseph Moinian aims to raise as much as $500 million of EB-5 funds -- contributions from foreign nationals in exchange for legal U.S. residency -- to help him build a $2 billion skysc...

Moinian Group on Friday broke ground on a 53-story tower in the burgeoning Hudson Yards district that is rapidly changing New York’s skyline in a more than $2 billion project the develope...

On Sept. 8, the EB-5 Regional Center visa program was extended by Congress, without any changes, until Dec. 8. The EB-5 program provides a pathway to legal permanent residence to foreign nat...

Crews put finishing touches on a pump house that's part of the $30 million West Lake snowmaking project at Mount Snow. PHOTO BY MIKE FAHER - REFORMER/VTDIGGER Mount Snow has finis...

An alternative energy investment firm representing foreign investors sued the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday, claiming it has merely “spun its wheels” to delay...

Tribune Tavern, a restaurant in the base of the Oakland Tribune Tower that was opened in 2013 by dubious businessman Tom Henderson, has suddenly closed, the East Bay Express repo...

The Maryland attorney general is investigating one of the Kushner family's real estate businesses after media reports surfaced earlier this year about allegedly abusive debt collection prac...

The Roundy's location on 52nd Street in Kenosha, will see its soup production expanded as part of a proposed $19.2 million project. Dairy production will be moved to other facilities, accor...

As the noose tightens around H-1B visas, the EB-5 visas, which grant US citizenship within 18 months, are turning out to be the most favoured ones, though they come at a whopping cost of over ?...

A Lamoille County judge on Wednesday said a motion to place the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center into receivership was possibly unnecessary and perhaps unconstitutional. Russell Barr o...

Hyatt Place Santa Cruz and American Lending Center (ALC) - a subsidiary of Regional Centers Holding Group - today welcome city and industry leadership to a reception celebrating the property&rs...

A group of EB-5 investors has asked a superior court judge to put the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center in receivership because the state has demonstrated that it cannot protect investors. The mo...

With nearly two more months to go until the Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on November 30, its intensity is already unprecedented. Prior to 2017, two Category-4 hurricanes had never ...

Colombo & Hurd, PL is honored to be a sponsor of the Cannes International Emigration & Luxury Property Expo on October 26th and 27th, 2017. The Cannes Expo is the world’s lea...

USIS Group and Lincoln Stone Lawyers are organizing a sharing talk show to support potential investors to gain a profound insight into the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program as well as the U.S. la...

Community bank approves loan for CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living, an assisted living facility to accommodate seniors suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia First GREEN Bank, a lo...

SAIPAN – The proposed Saipan Globe Hotel in San Roque could bring in $52.2 million in tax benefits to the CNMI for the first five years of its operation, according to the project consulta...

Hundreds took to the street of downtown Santa Ana to protest the removal of DACA on Sept. 5, 2017 in Santa Ana, Calif.  The measures demanded by President Donald Trump to save the young...

Attorney General TJ Donovan. The Vermont attorney general’s office is asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit that alleges the state was complicit in a scheme to defraud EB-5 investors. ...

Like Elsa, the Princess in Disney’s classic Frozen, once again the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has utilized its power to freeze. In this case, the freezing of asset...

The wait is over. Thursday will be the official groundbreaking for Tacoma’s Town Center. The launch of the $125 million project comes not long after the groundbreaking of an $85 m...

Investors are suing the state of Vermont for what they call failed oversight, collusion with Jay Peak Resort management and an eventual cover-up by officials who were supposed to keep tabs on a...

Coachella Valley home prices rose every month in the first half of 2017.  About 70 percent of the Indio Fashion Mall's storefronts are shuttered. Its two anchor tenants left years a...

More than 2,000 CanAm investors have had their received I-829 petitions approved by USCIS. We really appreciate what you have done for us over the past years. With your help, we ha...

Immigration attorney to challenge in court the unlawful and arbitrary 10-year permanent residency regulation Almost seven years ago, I arrived in SA as a 24-year-old unemployed university gr...

A De Pere businessman who defrauded a local bank has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. A federal grand jury indicted Ron Van Den Heuvel on 19 counts, alleging that he took p...

A rendering of the proposed International Village. The Chinese Consulate in Chicago is denying that it was the funding source for a controversial trip to China for four city of Ypsilanti off...

Gov. Phil Scott should appoint a special prosecutor for the EB-5 fraud in the Northeast Kingdom involving Jay Peak and projects in Newport. Federal investigators and the court system are alr...

Seattle is not the only Northwest city reaping the benefits of foreign investment. Tacoma, our neighbor to the south, is notably receiving foreign capital from Asia. Perhaps Tacoma’s Old ...

NREI interviewed several real estate experts on the implications of the policy.  President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of reforming U.S. immigration policy. Last month, he an...

Mike Pieciak, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation. Vermont officials are asking the federal government to reconsider a decision to immediately shutter the state-run EB-5 r...

An international trade hub is scheduled to open next year in Casa Grande, Arizona, after being plagued by delays, setbacks and a federal investigation. PhoenixMart was first announced i...

 The Molasky Group is developing a string of properties that will bring new rental units, retail spaces and hotel keys to multiple markets. The Molasky Group is developing mixed-use pro...

After winning the site at foreclosure, Gamma Real Estate is racing to beat a campaign to rezone the area and get its lux condo tower off the ground From the outset, 3 Sutton Place ...

An Arcadia couple was accused by federal investigators of defrauding investors through two schemes involving EB-5 visa investment offerings. The couple runs a series of companies that raised...

Xu, who heads Century Development Group, is looking at branching out into the branded residences business with a planned Westin hotel at 137-61 Northern Boulevard in Flushing, Queens. The proje...

Bill Stenger, left, and Ariel Quiros at a ribbon cutting. The former legal team for Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros is asking a judge to support their latest proposal to recoup some of...

The Hotel Jay is the signature project of the Jay Peak Resort expansion. The developers used EB-5 immigrant investor money to build the five-story hotel. An investor alleges that the fifth...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of a husband and wife in Arcadia, California, who allegedly defrauded investors in two EB-...

U.S. Sen. Luther Strange earned $153,350 in 2016 from the sale of VISAs to wealthy foreigner nationals, allowing them to bypass the legal immigration process. The disclosure was made by Alab...

Colchester topped Champlain Valley 21-12 in a Division I high school football game Saturday. The question of whether Vermont government leaders were complicit in the massive Jay Peak Resort ...

Cheesehead-donning fans of the Green Bay Packers. Also, FINRA censures and fines Goldman Sachs, State Street and UBS. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Wisco...

At the “Lincoln-Douglas” style moderator-less debate in Montgomery, Alabama Thursday, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore called out his opponent Sen. Luther Strange over revelat...

The Hotel Jay is the signature project of the Jay Peak Resort expansion. The developers used EB-5 immigrant investor money to build the five-story hotel. An investor alleges that the fifth...

Ypsilanti City Council is changing the location of its regular meeting due to a larger-than-normal crowd expected to hear about a purchase agreement for the Water Street development. Mayor A...

While immigration is among the hot-button issues in the Alabama U.S. Senate Runoff between Republicans Roy Moore and Luther Strange, WHNT News 19 has confirmed State Auditor Jim Zeigler's d...

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 dismis...

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...

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, 20...

  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 oppon...

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 ...

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 met...

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 e...

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 i...

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 condomini...

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 violen...

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 W...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 &ld...

A DACA vigil was held at Meldrum Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in response to President Trump ending the program earlier in the day. A federal judge has refused to dismiss a la...

You were probably unaware of the EB-5 visa programme. Here is why it is the best choice to study abroad. Most Indians seeking a future in the US pursue the well-known F1 and H1-B visa progra...

A Chicago-based senior living developer avoided being barred from the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, and his companies are not going into receivership, after a federal judge on Tuesday denied...

Proposed rendering of the Tommie Hotel (via the LA City Planning Commission) The Trump administration is rapidly expanding the scope of deportations and ICE raids against immigrants, and thi...

Police go over the call log at the Sioux Falls Police Briefing on Sept. 1 South Dakota's new whistleblower law, on the books since July, was an effort by lawmakers to protect public empl...

1401 Penn in Washington, D.C., will feature 19,000 square feet of first-floor retail space and 167 apartment units. Phillips Realty Capital has arranged $61.5 million in financing for t...

Civitas Capital Group ("Civitas"), a leading independent specialty asset management and financial services firm, officially broke ground recently on Printhouse, a 71-unit, six-story m...

A Fort Lauderdale attorney assigned to protect immigrant investors in the Jay Peak ski resort fraud has distributed about $10 million, with more likely to come since the resort's ...

A little-noticed provision in the congressional bill overhauling the U.S. immigration system that President Donald Trump endorsed Wednesday would abolish a program that has brought billions of ...

Kushner Companies, Jared Kushner’s family-owned real estate firm, has been reportedly subpoenaed by federal prosecutors, CNBC reports. The subpoena is allegedly related to the company&rsq...

Investigations into the state's EB-5 immigrant visa program stemmed from a look into the finances of an idled beef plant in Aberdeen. Thirty-five Chinese investors who lost $18...

Bill Stenger and Ariel Quiros at a ribbon cutting.  A Stowe businessman who invested more than half a million dollars in Jay Peak expansion in the Northeast Kingdom is su...

Federal and state officials differ on approach to shutdown of regional center Despite Vermont’s big problems with EB-5, the foreign investment program, has led to major expansions...

30 Morningside Drive and Michael Shah Michael Shah would contribute $123M to the five-building development, TASE documents show Michael Shah’s Delshah Capital entered into a no...

Minnehaha County Emergency Management assistant director Doug Blomker discusses qualifications for police reserve officers. A key player in a proposed multi-million-dollar fish farm south of...

The old Markham Hotel in downtown Gulfport will be developed under a franchise agreement with a major brand. The building, which has been empty since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, sits across from...

In early August, President Trump voiced support for a bill introduced earlier this year by Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA) to effectively overhaul the current immigration sys...

The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation issued its final report this week on the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center following a July settlement of the fraud case involving Jay Peak, Burke...

" A ski resort owner accused last year of massive fraud involving foreign investors' money will not contest the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges against him. ...

An overly creative immigration lawyer, seeing the years-long backlog for EB-5 visas for the Chinese, has suggested using the immigration policy of a tiny island nation, Grenada, to maneuver aro...

Michael Goldberg explains a settlement with the financial firm Raymond James which will pay contractors and investors owed money in the Jay Peak and Burke Mountain EB-5 proj...

Work has progressed steadily on Mount Snow's West Lake snowmaking expansion project. Despite Vermont's big problems with EB-5, the foreign investment program has led to maj...

The Tram Haus Lodge was Jay Peak's first EB-5 project. Foreign investors in that project eventually were unhappy with their return on investment, eventually leading to state and&n...

Related’s Hudson Yards development is one of the most impressive construction projects in the history of New York City, and an armada of cranes currently dominates the Midtown W...

Michael Goldberg, court-appointed receiver in Vermont’s EB-5 investment fraud.  More than 130 EB-5 investors in a proposed $110 million biomedical research facility in N...

West Lake is Mount Snow's new snowmaking pond. Resort officials at Mount Snow say the new snowmaking system is the biggest in the East.  "Snowmaking is all about how mu...

ProPublica, the national investigative news outlet, produces the Breakthrough, a podcast where investigative reporters talk about their biggest stories. On Friday, VTDigger’s Anne Gallowa...

Councilman Vincent Gray, D-Ward 7, at the Skyland site this summer. The flattened field at the proposed Skyland Town Center in D.C. will remain fallow for a while longer. Develo...

In case you missed it, the USCIS Ombudsman Annual Report, 2017, reveals some astounding information about EB-5 China backlogs: recent applicants may face waits of 10 years or longer t...

For a quarter-century, the EB-5 visa program has helped finance economic development projects across America, sparking job growth and business investment in cities, suburbs and rural regions th...

This week, U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed a bill (a revised version of the RAISE Act) that seeks to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United States by 50%. The legislation would c...

Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking in Newport in May 2015.  Former attorneys for Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros are renewing their push to get paid more than $3 million in legal fees th...

30 Morningside Drive and Michael Shah Firm plans to convert five-building complex into 205 upscale rentals Israeli road show veteran Micheal Shah raised $52 million in a bond issuanc...

New York Wheel: Limited construction continues If the New York Wheel never comes to fruition, foreign investors who put up $206 million for the project will be denied their green cards. T...

A judge has ruled that, for now, defrauded EB-5 investors in a class action lawsuit against the state cannot take the deposition of a key whistleblower in the case. Lamoille County Superior ...

The $900 million Echelon Seaport project on Seaport Boulevard will feature luxury condos and apartments. Above: the site in May. It was the type of celebration that’s become ...

Jared Kushner (left) and Joshua Kushner. Federal prosecutors are investigating the real estate firm owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior a...

Developer Lobsang Dargey was sentenced Friday for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and concealing information from the federal government, charges that stemmed from his diversion of mi...

Upbeat about India's potential, the United States Immigration Fund (USIF), the largest EB-5 fund raiser in the world, has announced the launch of its country based operations. USI...

Federal prosecutors have reportedly subpoenaed Kushner Companies, the real-estate business owned by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s family, over its use of an investment-for-vi...

Caffe Primo on Flower Street in Downtown Los Angeles He pocketed roughly $10M from foreign investors Fans of the local food chain Caffe Primo have been fed a lot of false promises &m...

Apartments, condos, entertainment, dining and shopping are taking root at the Point Ruston mixed-use development, near Point Defiance Park. Will an ambitious Asian Pacific Cultural Ce...

Construction on these condo units at State Side at Jay Peak Resort stopped in April 2016 when the EB-5 scandal became public. Work resumed this year.  Jay Peak Resort Expands ...

Ariel Quiros will head to mediation with the SEC in December, at his attorneys' office, the two sides agreed to in federal court in recent days. SEC Continues to Try to Na...

New York Wheel, the long awaited Staten Island attraction, faces yet another major impediment. Last week, the project’s developer fired its design and construction team, Mammoet-Starneth,...

With news agog both the print and social media last week of an American who duped some Nigerians on the pretext of assisting them to acquire the EB-5 visa, I compelled myself to articulate this...

NES Financial, the leading EB-5 service provider, announced Arnstein & Lehr, LLP as an official Medallion Solution Partner. Medallion Solution Partners provide EB-5 best practi...

Lobsang Dargey, shortly after he bought the Everett Public Market building at the corner of Grand Ave and Claifornia Street, 2006. In August 2014, four Buddhist monks chanted in a dimly-lit ...

Cary Glickstein, left, answers questions from attorney Henry Handler regarding Palm House and his position as the court-appointed receiver at the Palm Beach County Courthouse Friday J...