Posts Tagged ‘Qualified Opportunity Zone’
Final Opportunity Zone Rules Pave the Way for OZ Funds in 2020
Opportunity Zones may garner fresh momentum now that investors and fund sponsors have long-awaited answers from Treasury and the IRS.
Read MoreInterest in Opportunity Zone Projects Surging at National Conference, Expert Says
For commercial and multifamily real estate developers, alignment and communication are the keys to raising capital amid an onslaught of investor demand, advises Mike Harris of CREModels.
Read MoreOpportunity Zone Business: The Business of Opportunity Q&A with CREModels
One of the main focuses of the recently released Opportunity Zone guidance was on Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses (QOZB). Michael Harris with CREModels indicated that the new guidance is hugely important for O-zone business which, in turn, will impact real estate development. Connect Media recently asked him a few questions about guidance clarifications, and how they impact both business and real estate in Opportunity Zones.
Read MoreInvesting in Qualified Opportunity Zones – Special Analyses & Proposed Amendments
Annotated full-text of the primary portion of the Investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones Guidance from April 2019. Find out what IRS and Treasury have just released regarding the second tranche of guidance around Qualified Opportunity Zones.
Read MoreOpportunity Zone Guidance: Round 2
Qualified Opportunity Zone guidance from Treasury and the IRS are a positive step in answering questions that will help to get capital off the sidelines.
Read MoreInvesting in Qualified Opportunity Zones – Guidance April 2019
Annotated full-text of the primary portion of the Investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones Guidance from April 2019. Find out what IRS and Treasury have just released regarding the second tranche of guidance around Qualified Opportunity Zones.
Read MoreNew Tax Benefits are a Hot Topic, but Questions Remain
New tax incentives could catalyze billions of dollars in development and investment in 8,700 federally designated Opportunity Zones across the U.S. The question, observers say, is how the program will actually work: While some investors and developers are forging ahead with projects in these low-income areas, others aim to wait until regulators clarify the rules.
Read MoreOpportunity Zones Development: HQ2 as a Cautionary Tale
Amazon’s announcement that it plans to pull the plug on HQ2 in New York is a cautionary tale for Opportunity Zone investors. Amazon justified its about-face by citing fierce opposition from what The New York Times described as “a group of activists and elected officials who objected to a suite of corporate sweeteners and tax breaks.”…
Read MoreQualified Opportunity Funds: The Real Estate Industry Weighs In
While the government shutdown is holding up the public hearing, we feel it may be instructive to continue to dig into the comment letters submitted on the proposed Qualified Opportunity Zone legislation. One early takeaway was that several real estate industry groups submitted letters, and we wanted to summarize the comments made by those groups…
Read MoreOpportunity Zone Comment Letters
Opportunity Zone comment letters are hitting the desks of Treasury Department and IRS officials now that the comment period for proposed regulations is over. The next public hearing will be held at a date to be announced after the resolution of the government shutdown. There are currently (as of Feb 12th) a total of 175…
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