The following is a current (3/2009) list of USCIS approved Regional Centers.
ALABAMA
Alabama Center for Foreign Investment Regional Center
Address: RSA Union Building, 100 North Union Street, Suite 682,
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 954-3111
Fax: (334) 954-3112
Website: http://www.eb5alabama.com
Email: info@acfi-alabama.com
Ronald Drinkard, Executive Director
Boyd Campbell, General Counsel
Target Industries
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has identified the following categories to be targeted for economic activity for Alabama. Those target industries are: Heavy and light manufacturing, Agriculture, High technology, Construction, Hospitality, resort and service industries (hotels, restaurants, resorts), Golf courses, entertainment, Schools, Health care facilities, Infrastructure, Cruise line support services
CALIFORNIA
California Consortium for Agricultural Export
Address: 333 Grand Avenue, 25thFloor,
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: (213) 892-6367
Fax:(213) 892-2267
Website: http://www.ccax.com/
Email: sspencer@ccax.com
Susan Spencer, President;
Kelly Spencer, Director of Marketing & Investor Relations
The California Consortium for Agricultural Export is authorized to offer EB-5 qualifying business opportunities in numerous industries, most notably manufacturing and agriculture.
California Investment Immigration Fund, LLC
Address: 8484 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 220
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone: (323) 370-6268
Fax: (323) 210-7298
E-mail: invest@ciifusa.com
Website: http://www.ciifusa.com/index2.html
Timothy D. Thurman, Attorney at Law
The CIIF Regional Center operates exclusively within the County of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
CMB Export LLC
Address: 4507 49th Ave.
Moline, IL 61265
Phone: 309-797-1550
Website: http://www.cmbeb5visa.com/
Email: info@cmbeb5visa.com
Patrick F. Hogan, President, CEO
The geographic scope of the Regional Center is centered on closed U.S. military bases in California, hence the acronym, 'CMB' (California Military Base). There are six former military bases located in the area known as the “Inland Empire” in Southern California and the County of Sacramento in Northern California: George AFB, Norton AFB, March AFB, McClellan AFB, the Sacramento Army Depot and the Mather AFB. CMB’s specific focus is those former base areas located in these two regions that have been adversely affected and impacted with high unemployment by the BRAC closures.
Los Angeles Film Regional Center
Address: CanAm Enterprises, LLC
c/o Thomas Rosenfield, 32 Court Street, Suite 1501, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Website: http://www.CanAmenterprises.com
Email: tom@canamenterprises.com
Thomas Rosenfield, Executive Director
On March 24, 2008, the Los Angeles Film Regional Center was formally designated by USCIS to participate in the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, (WASHINGTON, DC)
Capital Area Regional Center (CARC)
Address: 888 16th Street NW - Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 349-9848
Fax: (202) 355-1399
Website: http://www.CanAmenterprises.com
Email: tom@canamenterprises.com
Michael R. Sears, Founder & Managing Principal
John Tung, Founder & Managing Principal
Capitol Area Regional Center JOB Fund, LLC (CARc) was founded and is managed by Michael R. Sears and John Tung, a professional real estate investment advisor. On November 25, 2005 CARc was designated pursuant to Section 610 of the Appropriations Act of 1993 by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as a “regional center” to participate in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program within the capitol area regional center, a region within the area encompassing the legal boundaries of Washington, DC, the City of Alexandria, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the four adjacent surrounding counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in the state of Maryland, and Arlington and Fairfax Counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The primary mission of CARc is to sponsor institutional quality real estate investment programs that generate the creation of new jobs and spur economic activity within the Capitol Area Regional Center.
EB-5 America
Address: 1806 11th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001
Webasite: http://eb5america.com/
FLORIDA
Lake Buena Vista Regional Center
Address: 1725 University Dr., #420,
Coral Springs, FL 33071
Phone: 954 755 7003
Fax: 954 755 5741
Website: http://www.eb5greencardusa.com/
E-mail: Email: ssutton@eb5GreenCardUSA.com
Sam Sutton, Managing Member
The Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa was conceived as an integrated vacation destination resort superbly located just a mile from the renowned Walt Disney World. The "Village" concept provides visitors with access to everything they could desire in one location.
Palm Beach Regional Center
Address: 777 South Fagler Drive, Suite 800,
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 644-1717
Website: http://wtcpalmbeach.com/
Louis Haddad, President
The Palm Beach Regional Center approved in the US Department of Homeland Security in September, 2008 will immediately begin development of an Inland Port and cargo warehousing & distribution center.
HAWAII
Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
Address: 250 South Hotel Street, Room 504
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 718-624-7850
Website: http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt
Email: cfeng@dbedt.hawaii.gov
Cy Feng, Economic Development Specialist
IOWA
Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED)
Address: 200 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Phone: (515) 242-4700
Fax: (515) 242-4809
Website: http://www.iowalifechanging.com/
E-mail: info@iowalifechanging.com
Mike Tramontina, Director
KANSAS
Kansas Bio-Fuel Regional Center, LLC
Address: 915 Wilshire Boulevard, #2050
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 380-2828
Consists of 21 counties located in southwest Kansas and focuses on ethanol
production.
LOUISIANA
Noble OutReach (New Orleans)
Address: 3421 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 301
New Orleans, LA 70002
Phone: (504) 655-9410 and (301) 948-0326
Fax: (301) 948-0327
Website: http://www.nobleoutreach.com/
Email: Bhungerford@NobleOutReach.com
William B. Hungerford Jr., President
NobleOutReach helps Immigrant Investors and foreign nationals invest in the United States economy through for-profit investment venture funds that also provide EB-5 Immigrant Investor Benefits. NobleOutReach investment funds, first and foremost are focused on for-profit businesses along the U.S. Gulf Coast, focusing in New Orleans, Louisiana. By Investing in the New Orleans EB-5 designated regional center, the family of NobleFunds have the exciting added benefits of capitalizing on, and accomplishing, the rebuilding and construction of this devastated U.S. region, while providing Immigrant Investor immigration benefits.
NEW YORK
New York City Regional Center, LLC
Address: 299 Broadway Ste 1518
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212.619.1270
Website: http://nycrc.com/
E-mail: info@nycrc.com
George L. Olsen, Esq.
Paul Levinsohn, Esq.
The NYCRC offers an exciting new vehicle to obtain permanent residency status in the United States while investing in a wide range of real estate projects throughout New York City. All NYCRC projects will be located within the four largest boroughs in New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx) and will expressly target investments in real estate.
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
Address: 2600 Centre Square West, 1500 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19102-2126
Phone: (215)496-8020
Website: http://www.pidc-pa.org/
E-mail: srhoads@pidc-pa.org
Sam Rhoads, Client Relations
The PIDC Regional Center is a partnership between Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) and CanAm Enterprises, LLC that offers investment opportunities pursuant to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) EB-5 Investor Visa Program
SOUTH CAROLINA
Carolina Center for Foreign Investment RC
Address: P.O. Box 2487, 101 N. Main St., #1400
Greenville, SC 29602
Website: http://www.carolinaregionalcenter.com
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota International Business Institute Dairy Economic Development Region (SDIBI–DEDR)
Address: 1200 South Jay Street, Aberdeen South Dakota 57401-7198
Phone: (605) 626-3149
Website: http://www.sd-exports.org/eb-5
Email: bollenj@northern.edu
Joop Bollen, Director
Regional Center status is available for forty-five counties in eastern South Dakota.
TEXAS
Southwest Bio-Fuel Regional Center, LLC (SWBRC)
Address: 915 Wilshire Blvd, Suite #2050, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 380-2898
Justin M. Lee, President and CEO
Development and operation of fuel grade ethanol production facilities.
Global Century Development Group
Address: 11205 Bellaire Blvd. Suite B-33,
Houston, TX 77072
Email: dnip888@sbcglobal.net
Mr. Dan Nip, President,
H. Richard Sindelar III, Esq. Tindall & Foster, P.C.
April 18, 2007 the United State Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved a Houston Immigrant Investment Regional Center project. The project is located in the City of Houston’s established Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #15 (TIRZ).
VERMONT
Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Address: National Life Bldg., Drawer 20,
Montpelier, VT 05620
Phone: (802) 828-3211
Website: http://www.dca.state.vt.us
Kevin Dorn, Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development
WASHINGTON
American Life - Gateway Freedom Fund
Address: American Life Inc., 270 S. Hanford St., Ste. 100,
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 381-1690
Website: www.AmLife.us
Email: info@americanlifeinc.com
Henry Liebmann, President
henry@americanlifeinc.com
American Life Inc. is the general partner of the Gateway Freedom Fund, whose regional center was founded in 1996. This regional center is also called the Golden Rainbow Freedom Fund. It comprises the industrial district immediately south of downtown Seattle, commonly known as SODO.
Whatcom Opportunities Regional Center
Address: 5694 Correll Drive, Suite 104
Ferndale, WA USA 98248
Phone: 360-201-3933
Website: http://www.worc.biz/
Email: info@worc.biz
Immigrant Investor funds invested in WORC, will be used to develop and operate retirement facilities in Whatcom County, Washington.
Aero-Space Port International Group [ASPI Group]
Address: 1600 Lind Ave. SW, Suite 220,
Renton, WA 98055
Phone: 206-241-8000
Website: http://www.aspigroup.com/
Email: Achen@aspigroup.com
Andy Chin, President
WISCONSIN
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC)
Address: 756 N. Milwaukee Street, Suite 400
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone/fax: 414-287-4100
Website: http://www.mmac.org/
E-mail: tsheehy@mmac.org
Timothy R. Sheehy, President
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