Does the Silicon Valley tech migration create a unique investment case for ground-up development in fast-growing downtown San Jose’s Opportunity Zones?

Erik Hayden is founder and managing partner at Urban Catalyst, a Silicon Valley-based real estate developer and Opportunity Zone fund manager.

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Episode Highlights

• The investment opportunity that the tech migration currently underway in Silicon Valley provides for geographically-focused Opportunity Zone projects in downtown San Jose.
• The Silicon Valley job engine, driven by Google and Adobe, among others.
• Real estate supply and demand in San Jose’s Opportunity Zones, and in particular real estate market trends and construction trends in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
• Details of some of Urban Catalyst’s downtown San Jose projects.

Featured on This Episode

• Erik Hayden on LinkedIn
• Urban Catalyst
• Diridon Station Area
• FAANG companies
• Brooklyn Basin
• Goodwin
• Novogradac Opportunity Zones Working Group
• NES Financial

Video Recording

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Industry Spotlight: Urban Catalyst

Urban Catalyst is a real estate Opportunity Zone fund focused on ground-up development projects in downtown San Jose. Their seven acquired projects across office, multi-family, student housing, senior housing, and hospitality form a diverse portfolio of assets to potentially minimize the risk to investors. They have a unique structure of being both a fund manager and a local developer and have a track record of success in the Bay Area.

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Hosted by OpportunityDb.com founder Jimmy Atkinson, the Opportunity Zones Podcast features guest interviews from fund managers, advisors, policymakers, tax professionals, and other foremost experts in opportunity zones.

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Webinar Transcript

Jimmy: Welcome to the Opportunity Zones Podcast. I’m your host, Jimmy Atkinson. Today’s episode is a condensed audio recording of a live Opportunity Zone Investing Series Webinar, sponsored by Urban Catalyst on August 27th, titled “Opportunity Zone Investing in Silicon Valley.”

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Enjoy!

Full transcript coming soon.