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1 THE EB-5 PROGRAM AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING 2015 ULI FALL MEETING Latest Foreign Import: EB-5 Financing October 7, 2015 Debbie A. Klis, Esq.
2 Agenda Overview of the EB-5 Investment Visa Program and its Requirements Types of EB-5 Projects and Ways to Use the EB-5 Program The Regional Center and Job Creation EB-5 Successes Criterion for EB-5 Real Estate Projects The Benefits of the EB-5 Program 2
3 The EB-5 Investment Visa The EB-5 Visa for Immigrant Investors is a U.S. employment-based (EB) visa created by the Immigration Act of 1990 to stimulate economic activity and job growth, while allowing eligible aliens to become permanent residents. The EB-5 Program provides a method of obtaining a Green Card for foreign nationals who invest money in the United States. This Program enables a foreign national to obtain permanent residence status more expeditiously than would most other options. The EB-5 Program has evolved into a low-cost source of alternative financing for U.S.-based projects. - To obtain the visa, individuals must invest at least $1,000,000 creating at least 10 jobs full-time (35 hours) for qualified employees. - By investing in certain qualified investments or regional centers with high unemployment rates (i.e., "Targeted Employment Areas ), the required investment amount is $500,000. 3
4 EB-5 Investment Requirements Investment Amount - The investor is required to invest $1,000,000 (or a reduced amount of $500,000, if the investment is within a Targeted Employment Area (TEA), i.e., 150% of the national average unemployment statistic). Job Creation Requirements - Each investor must create 10 full-time U.S.-based jobs from their investment. - Job creation can be through both direct and indirect jobs. Source of Investment Funds - Investor must demonstrate the EB-5 Visa investment capital is from a legal source, acquired, directly or indirectly, by lawful means (e.g., no criminal acts). - Investor must document the path of the funds with bank statements plus supporting documents to establish the source. - Investor can demonstrate a valid "pattern of income" such as through income tax records and savings records to prove funds were accumulated over time. 4
5 Types of U.S. Projects Using EB-5 Funds Real Estate Investments Most projects pursued by Regional Centers involve real estate including: - office and retail buildings - shopping centers & strip malls - hotels, conference centers, dorms, ski villages and ski resorts - casinos, shipyards, senior care - big box stores and sports stadiums - apartments, condos and singlefamily home developments - solar-plants and wind farms - other mixed-used developments Private Equity Investments Originally, EB-5 project money was used for loans to businesses that demonstrate a new commercial enterprise or a troubled business, in industries as diverse as: - manufacturing plants, fishing businesses, dairy farms and IT technology firms - medical device companies, hospitals, and universities - major motion picture films - other business seeking working capital with job creation to support the investment 5
6 Key Ways to Use the EB-5 Program Form your own Regional Center - Loan to your own project(s) - Loan to third-party projects Procure a loan from an USCIS-approved Regional Center - Confirm the RC s approval in the project s geographical area - As of 2013 Policy Memo, pre-approved labor codes not required Rent a USCIS-approved Regional Center - Per a rental agreement for a fee or a % of a project s revenues - Actual partner in a joint venture proposed by an outside party Direct Investment by an EB-5 investor directly in a project 6
7 The Regional Center Most EB-5 investment occurs through a Regional Center, which is - An economic entity involved with the promotion of economic growth, regional productivity, job creation, and increased capital investment. - An entity that has received Regional Center designation from the USCIS following the submission of documents supported by an economic report, showing: How the regional center will promote economic growth in a region, How, in verifiable detail (using economic models), it will create jobs directly and indirectly through capital investments, and The amount and source of capital committed to the regional center. Regional Centers match foreign capital and local developers in need of funds. More and more, the developers are launching their own Regional Center to cut out the middleman. 7
8 Job Creation is a Key Factor Direct Jobs - Identifiable jobs within a new commercial enterprise - Permanent full-time jobs defined as a minimum of 35 hours per week over the course of that project - Construction jobs exceeding 24 months Indirect/Induced Jobs - Jobs shown to be created collaterally, or - Jobs shown to have resulted from the investment in the new commercial enterprise - To include the indirect/induced jobs, the project must be funded through a regional center 8
9 Regional Center Basics Investor must invest 100% of the $1,000,000 ($500,000 in a TEA plus an admin fee currently approx. $53,000). Money can go: To the project immediately To escrow and release subject to a holdback To escrow and release upon a benchmark Regional Center administers the EB-5 projects New Commercial Enterprise investors subscribe to this entity Job Creating Entity recipient of the EB-5 funds that creates the actual jobs 9
10 Pros & Cons of Using an Existing Regional Center The benefits to the developer of using an existing Regional Center: - Avoidance of the time and expense associated with setting up a Regional Center (approval time right now is approximately 9 months) - Developer s only responsibility is to negotiate the investment for the project from the Regional Center - The Regional Center is responsible for locating foreign investors The downsides to the developer of using an existing Regional Center: - Regional Center might reject the project or might require unfavorable terms and high fees & interest rate, and/or proceed at a slow pace - Regional Center would receive the profit spread between the 0.5-1% pref to the EB-5 investors + marketing fees ( %) and the % (or more) interest charged to developer - Developer is missing the opportunity to have a Regional Center in place to fund a pipeline of future real estate projects 10
11 Advantages of Creating a Regional Center Regional Center certification provides legitimacy for the project, which may help in marketing to foreign investors. Regional Center designation is a one-time designation allowing future projects to be marketed without incurring delays. A project may be pre-approved by USCIS. In addition to funding their own projects, Regional Centers can profit by funding projects developed by others. May count indirect and induced jobs plus direct jobs, in meeting the 10-jobs-per-investor requirement. The Regional Center is an asset that can grow geographically 11
12 Disadvantages of Creating a Regional Center Regional Center certification takes between 9 and 12 months. - Regional Center certification is not the same as approval of any particular Regional Center project unless the application included an actual project vs. an exemplar project. Newer Regional Centers find it a bit more difficult to compete in their marketing efforts with long-existing regional centers with a track record of many immigration approvals The costs of locating investors have increased in recent years - Annual marketing fees of 2-4% of funds raised Regional Centers have ongoing filing requirements with the USCIS to avoid de-certification 12
13 Summary of EB-5 Program Successes Since 2008, the EB-5 Program has generated $11.92 billion in foreign direct investment. The EB-5 Program contributed $9.62 billion to gross domestic product from while supporting an average of 29,300 jobs per year, making the EB-5 Program a valuable tool for job creation and economic growth. For I-526 petitions, from July September 2014, USCIS received 3,240 petitions; 1,100 petitions were approved and 73 were denied. According to the latest statistics released, the I-526 approval rate has reached all-time high of 94%! For I-829 petitions, from July September 2014, USCIS received 977 petitions; 642 petitions were approved and 48 were denied. The most updated I-829 approval rate from the fourth quarter of 2014 is 93%. A very high percentage. 13
14 Criterion for EB-5 Real Estate Projects (1 of 2) Is your real estate development project appropriate for EB-5 funding? Real estate development projects with a tight timeline are preferred as job creation is dependent on the completion of the project. Best to avoid real estate developments that are not in a TEA. Infrastructure phases can be separated into separate EB-5 projects. Projects with public/private financing are preferred but not mandatory. Projects with new job creation are preferred by the USCIS as compared to remodeling of an existing building with increase in size. Residential projects work especially when construction periods exceed two years, and the geographic area has a high indirect job multiplier. Projects in perimeter states seem easier to sell than in Middle America. 14
15 Criterion for EB-5 Real Estate Projects (2 of 2) It is preferable but not required that before raising EB-5 funds: - Horizontal development is completed. - Loan commitment from a bank for some of the project costs. More and more senior lenders are comfortable with EB-5 funds in the project Banks are even designing EB-5 bridge lending platforms for developers whilst awaiting EB-5 funding - Anchor office and retail tenants have committed to leasing the spaces and area vacancies in comparable surrounding buildings are low. Construction jobs count if the construction period two years. If the project s completion is protracted, best to bring in EB-5 money later in the project in fact, okay to us EB-5 money to repay bridge debt or equity. The USCIS does not approve indirect job creation for remodels. New structures are most favorable for both direct and indirect job creation. 15
16 Residential EB-5 Projects Residential EB-5 projects are growing in popularity Assuming no or very few direct jobs on the premises of the apartments, condos or housing development, job creation numbers for residential projects rely on: - Two year construction period to make use of the construction jobs in the job count If one project s construction period is less than two years, considering bundling one or more projects as one project (must have the same developer) Still doable even with less than a two-year construction period - Approved hard and soft costs to benefit from the indirect and induced jobs created in the regional center 16
17 EB-5 Program Benefits to the Project The EB-5 Program can be used as an alternative funding source When traditional forms of capital come up short or are too costly and would affect the ROI, developers seek low-cost funds. Investors receive a de minimis pref (0.5% to 1.0% lately), which makes this investment a low-cost source of funding. Investors pay an upfront administrative fee ranging between $50,000 and $60,000 each to cover the program promoter's broker costs. Marketing agents in the foreign countries market the project and locate eligible investors for a portion of the administrative fee and an annual percentage (1.0% to 4.0% lately). EB-5 funding works well along side Historic Tax Credits, New Markets Tax Credits, Bonds, TIFs, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, etc. 17
18 Status of the EB-5 Program Congress passed a short-term extension on September 30 th to prevent the EB-5 Program from expiring. The Continuing Resolution will extend the EB-5 Program through December 11, The extension affords the House and Senate time to develop proposed EB-5 program legislation further. Myriad bipartisan-supported Congressional extension bills were proposed so far in 2015 in anticipation of the expiration of the last extender bill: 18
19 New Legislation In March, Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Mark Amodei (R- NV) introduced H.R. 616, the American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act, which would make the EB-5 Program permanent, while also making reforms and enhancements to the program. In June, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and ranking member Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced S. 1501, the American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act that would reauthorize the EB-5 Program for five years, while overhauling it with oversight tools, security enhancements, and anti-fraud provisions to make the program more transparent. In July, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), ranking member of House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration/Border Security, and Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) introduced Entrepreneurial Business Creating Jobs Act of 2015, to reauthorize the EB-5 Program permanently and introduce reform measures. 19
20 Pending Legislation 1 of 3 Senators Grassley & Leahy s bi-partisan American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act bill would -- extend the program for 5 years to Sept. 30, increase the minimum investment amount to $800,000 for investments in a TEA and $1.2 mil for investments not in a TEA. - The minimum investment amount will adjust every five years. - The minimum investment in a TEA cannot be less than half, nor more than three-quarters of the non-tea minimum. implement Regional Center Oversight and Compliance measures for regional center principals. Change the TEA consisting of a single census tract that has 150% of the national average unemployment rate 20
21 Pending Legislation 2 of 3 Job Creation -- An investor in a commercial enterprise affiliated with a regional center can use jobs predicted to be created indirectly to satisfy up to 90% of the job creation requirement. It is not clear if the NCE must have direct employees, or economically direct employees, as calculated by an economic model such as RIMS II or IMPLAN can be counted. This is a significant change from current practice. - A maximum of 30% of the total jobs that are created can be created as a result of non-eb-5 investment, even if the non-eb-5 investment represents more than 30% of the project s funding. This is a significant change from current practice. - EB-5 investors can use economic models and valid forecasting tools that are accepted by the BEA. We presume this means at least RIMS II. 21
22 Pending Legislation 2 of 3 Changes in Processing -- Pre-approval of projects mandatory. - The Bill sets a limit of 120 days for the processing of exemplars, and allows for premium processing with an additional fee. - Processing times for an I-526 petition are limited to 150 days, on average, and I-829 processing is limited to 180 days. Source of Funds -- Administrative fees must be sourced. - 7 years of tax returns mandatory for investors. - Gifted funds allowed only from spouse, parent, child, sibling, or grandparent. - Capital based on loans to be collateralized on investor s personal assets. Loans must be obtained by a reputable bank or lending institution that is properly chartered or licensed under laws of state, territory, or country. 22
23 For Questions and Additional Information Debbie A. Klis, Esq K Street, NW, 12 th Floor Washington, DC Tel or 4800 Montgomery Lane, 7 th Floor Bethesda, MD Tel klisd@ballardspahr.com 23
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