EB-5 News & Updates January 04-11

Projects

9 Orchard Street
The Jarmulowsky Bank Building at 9 Orchard Street will be developed into one of Downtown Manhattan's premier luxury hotels. The project is located in the Lower East Side, which has seen a transformation over the past five to ten years. Nine Orchard will be a neighbourhood-defining project and...

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An Immigration ‘Golden Ticket’ Developers Love: QuickTake Q&A
It’s known as a “golden ticket” -- the EB-5 visa that can give wealthy foreigners legal residence in the U.S. if they invest in a project that creates jobs. In recent years, these visas have become wildly popular with Chinese investors,...
Kushner Seems More Into Israeli Business Ties Than Raging Middle East Standoff
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 from Menora Mivtachim, one of Israel’s largest...
Jared Kushner Is Working On Prison Reform & It's Just Too Ironic
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 is now working on prison reform, Axios reports,...

Updates

Project Updates
Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas temporarily shuts down gaming and restaurants
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...
What Lucky Dragon's Struggles Foretell For The Las Vegas Strip
The front entrance to the Lucky Dragon. The hotel-casino stopped all restaurant and casino operations last week. There has been a slew...
Vegas‘ Fortunate Dragon quickly closes on line casino, eating places
The Lucky Dragon casino-hotel off the Las Vegas Strip has temporarily closed its casino and restaurants. The property in a statement...
Regional Center Updates
California lawyer admits running $50 million visa-fraud scam
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, 35, of the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte faces up to...
New York City Regional Center Reaches 4,600th Permanent Green Card Milestone
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 City Regional Center ("NYCRC") is pleased to announce that over...
Sponsored Project Update – January 2018
The Northern Nevada economy continues to see impressive growth. Construction starts are increasing in efforts to meet the new demand for residential and commercial properties; thus, causing more worker shortages. While the Nevada State EB-5...
User Updates
Indian Law update for Residency & Citizenship program
Further liberalization of remittance of investment from India to foreign countries for Immigration purposes; including USA EB-5 investor visa: Over a period of time, the Foreign Exchange Reserve in India has increased India's foreign exchange...
Green and Spiegel Attorney Matthew Galati Named in EB-5 Investors
EB-5 Investors Magazine has selected U.S. Senior Associate Matthew Galati as one of the industry's Top 5 Rising Stars for 2017. The prestigious award recognizes Galati's ever-growing reputation in the EB-5 realm. Galati is a regular contributor...
Firms Updates
SEC Probes Kushner Cos. Over EB-5 Investment-for-Visa Program
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 estate financing", which gives green cards to foreign...
Jared Kushner's company under renewed scrutiny over Chinese and Israeli deals
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 event staged by the Kushner family in China to woo wealthy...
Civitas Capital Group names Darla Wilton Managing Director and Chief Operating
CEO Daniel J. Healy today announced Darla Wilton as Chief Operating Officer and a Managing Director for Civitas Capital Group, an international asset management firm headquartered in Dallas. "Darla's deep expertise as a 20-year financial...
Thomas Heatherwick unveils High Line towers with bulging window facades
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 first reported by CityRealty, marketing materials for the...

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