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New Legislation May Give Opportunity Zones New Attention

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Opportunity Zones (OZs) and their tax incentives haven’t been getting much notice these days in either business or legal media. If pending legislation passes, this will likely change and bring new attention to this...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

A Lawyer’s Approach to Real Estate Investment

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Jonathan Wishnia, Chair of the Mortgage & Structured Finance practice at Lowenstein Sandler, and real estate investor, talks with Lowenstein commercial real estate lawyers Stacey Tyler and Stephen Tanico on today’s episode of...more

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Bipartisan Bill Proposes Changes to Opportunity Zone Benefits

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If you acquired or built a senior living facility that is located in an opportunity zone, or are considering doing so, a recent bipartisan bill introduced in Congress proposes making changes to the opportunity zone rules. ...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Proposed Bipartisan Amendments to the Opportunity Zone Statute Could Have a Significant Effect on Current and Potential Investors

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Late last week, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives introduced an expansive bicameral bill, titled the Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act (the “OZ Bill”). This proposed...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Call to Increase Transparency Of Opportunity Zone Program

From the date of its inception, the Opportunity Zone Program has been criticized for its lack of transparency and reporting requirements. The original version of the law included reporting requirements, but some of those...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Invest In Qualified Opportunity Funds Before Year End to Beat Deadline

While investments in Qualified Opportunity Funds may continue to be made well after the end of 2021, the 10% tax reduction on the capital gains invested in the Qualified Opportunity Fund will be gone by December 31, 2021. If...more

Williams Mullen

Ding Dong, the OZ Ground Lease (May Be) Dead!

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As a practitioner who regularly advises clients on qualified opportunity zone (OZ) matters, I have spent the bulk of the past three years discussing ground lease structures. Developer clients initially cringed at the notion,...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

A Guide to Raising Capital for Real Estate Transactions

The pool of individuals and businesses that own or are interested in acquiring real estate investments has never been deeper. With a plethora of asset types ranging from single-family homes to downtown skyscrapers – with...more

Winstead PC

Additional Short-Term Relief Granted for Qualified Opportunity Funds and Investments

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As a result of the continuing COVID-19 impact on qualified opportunity funds (“QOFs”) and prospective investors therein, the IRS recently issued Notice 2021-10 (the “Notice”) in order to grant additional relief to QOF and...more

Stinson LLP

IRS Extends Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds

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On January 19, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-10, further extending relief for qualified opportunity funds (QOF) and their investors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IRS had provided relief last year in Notice 2020-39, and...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Internal Revenue Service Provides Additional COVID-19 Related Relief for Opportunity Zones Investors

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On January 19, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2021-10 (the “Notice”), which provides relief for Opportunity Fund investors from certain deadlines and testing requirements. The relief provided by the...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Extends Previously Issued Relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds and Their Investors

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2021-10 on January 19, which extends relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) and their investors as a response to continued challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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Opportunity Zone Deadlines Extended By COVID-19 Disaster Declarations (UPDATED)

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On January 19, 2021, the IRS published guidance in Notice 2021-10, extending critical deadlines and rules relating to investments in qualified opportunity zones. First, any investors facing a deadline between April 1, 2020,...more

Allen Matkins

Extensions of COVID-19 Relief for Opportunity Zone Funds

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In IRS Notice 2021-10 (the New Notice), the IRS granted relief to Opportunity Zone Funds because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Notice generally extends the relief that had previously been granted pursuant to IRS Notice...more

Lowndes

IRS Extends Much-Needed Opportunity Zone Relief

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This week, the IRS issued Notice 2021-10, which extends the June 4, 2020 relief that the IRS previously granted to opportunity zone investors and qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) in response to the ongoing COVID-19...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Provides COVID-19 Pandemic Relief for Qualified Opportunity Zone Investments

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With the issuance of Notice 2020-39 (the Notice), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided relief for Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds (QOFs) and for investors in QOFs. While the relief provided in the Notice does not...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Additional Relief to Qualified Opportunity Zone Investors Impacted by COVID-19

In early April, the IRS provided relief to taxpayers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by postponing due dates with respect to certain taxpayer and government acts.  See Notice 2020-23. Earlier this month, the IRS granted...more

Blank Rome LLP

Applying the Opportunity Zone Program in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In December 2019, the Treasury released final regulations for the opportunity zone program (the "Final Regulations") to refine and clarify certain aspects of the first two sets of proposed regulations and to make the rules...more

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Opportunity Zone Funds And Investors Get Relief In Light Of COVID-19

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On June 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service published Notice 2020-39 (Notice) which provides relief to qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) and their investors in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a summary, and more...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

IRS Grants Additional Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds

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On June 4, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-39, which provides important relief to qualified opportunity zone investors (“QOZ Investors”), qualified opportunity funds (“QOFs”) and qualified opportunity zone businesses...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

IRS Further Extends Qualified Opportunity Zone Deadlines

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In Notice 2020-39, the IRS extended a number of deadlines for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program. For a detailed explanation of the rules applicable to the QOZ program, see our discussion of the final QOZ...more

Sullivan & Worcester

IRS Provides Relief to Opportunity Funds and OZ Investors

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As part of its continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2020–39 (the “Notice”). The Notice provides welcome relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds (“QOFs”) and...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

IRS Provides Relief on Opportunity Zone Deadlines

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On June 4, 2020, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS issued Notice 2020-39 to provide relief regarding various deadlines applicable to the federal opportunity zone program....more

Lowndes

IRS Provides Much-Needed Opportunity Zone Relief

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On June 4, the IRS provided some much-needed relief to opportunity zone investors and qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the IRS published Notice 2020-39, which...more

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China launches pilot scheme for C-REITs: the era of REITs "with Chinese characteristics" begins

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On 30 April 2020 the People's Republic of China (China or the PRC) announced a pilot scheme for establishing real estate investment trusts (REITs) dedicated to the infrastructure sector, dubbed as the "real" China REITs...more

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