While the IRS works on opportunity zone guidance, Bob Ibanez, senior public policy manager at Novogradac & Company, has suggested in a recent article that the Treasury department use the lessons they have learned from the New Markets Tax Credit…

The Treasury department has sent its proposed regulations regarding opportunity zones to the Office of Management and Budget for review. As part of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, the proposed opportunity zones rules are subject to an expedited 10-day…

Steve Glickman, one of the lead architects of the opportunity zones legislation, has left EIG to start an opportunity zones investment consulting firm. According to their press release, Washington DC-based Develop Advisors “will advise fund managers, investors, project developers, and…

Opportunity zones and opportunity funds were established by Congress as part of Tax Cuts & Jobs Act that was passed in December 2017. Governors of every state and U.S. territory (and the mayor of Washington DC) nominated their opportunity zones…

With the enormous tax breaks that opportunity funds offer for investors, it seems like they area a slam dunk investment opportunity. Not so fast, cautions DJ Van Keuren at Forbes. Just because it’s an opportunity fund doesn’t necessarily make it…

The redevelopment of Odd Fellows Hall at 333 Water Street in downtown Augusta, ME is believed to be the first opportunity zone project in the United States. According to Mainebiz’s correspondence with Jason Richardson, director of research and evaluation for…

Property developer and asset management firm Sound West Group has announced the launch of Sound West Realty Capital, an investment firm focused on qualified opportunity zone funds. Their first program — Sound West OZ Fund I — will be available…

RXR Realty is raising $500 million for an the RXR Realty Opportunity Zone Fund, which will invest in residential, retail, commercial, and mixed-use properties in and around New York City. Included in the plans are a $170 million development in…

Public sector publication Route Fifty recently spent time in Birmingham and Huntsville, in an attempt to figure out if the new opportunity zones program can revitalize these struggling communities. Local leaders in these two cities see both promise of investment…

Virtua Partners is one of the first to offer a qualified opportunity fund. The Phoenix-based private equity firm known for commercial real estate investing is raising $200 million for the Virtua Opportunity Zone Fund I, which will invest in three…