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1. California Consortium for Agricultural Export(CCAE)
Approved on April 18, 2002
Reaffirmed by USCIS: March 19, 2007
Address:
333 South Grand Avenue
25th Floor
Los Angeles, CA. 90071
Geographic Area:
Focus of Economic Growth Activity:
Nine counties in Central California known as the San Joaquin Valley. An agricultural investment program purchasing and converting fallow or row crop lands into permanent commercially viable fruit and/or nut trees and grape vines for the domestic and export markets, wineries, and elevator platform machinery manufacturing.
2. Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC)
Approved: February 28, 2003
Reaffirmed by USCIS: April 23, 2004
Address:
2600 Centre Square West,
1500 Market St.
Philadelphia PA 19102-2126
Geographic Area: Philadelphia County, PA
Focus of Economic Growth Activity:
Tourism convention and visitor services through the hotel, restaurant and hospitality industry; commercial office space renovation and leasing; merchandise import and export sales; investment in high-tech start up companies as well as information and bio-tech enterprises; and trucking and warehousing and transportation enterprises.
PIDC offers more than 20 loan and grant programs, largely funded by federal, state and local government sources. Although specific terms and conditions vary, most loan programs offer subordinated financing and below-market interest rates that are intended to encourage investment in Philadelphia. Use of loan funds is determined by the circumstances and may include real estate acquisition, construction, or machinery/equipment purchase.
3. South Dakota International Business Institute Dairy Economic Development Region (SDIBI--DEDR)
Approved: April 8, 2004
Reaffirmed by USCIS: July 18, 2005 and December 12, 2006
Address:
1200 South Jay Street,
Aberdeen South Dakota 57401-7198
Geographic Area: The 44 rural counties in eastern South Dakota
Focus of Economic Growth Activity:
Factory Dairy Farming, Dairy Processing, Heifer Ranches, Meat Packing and Processing, and hospitality sectors.
4. The Gateway Freedom Fund/AKA: Golden Rainbow Freedom Fund/American Life
Approved: February 5, 1996
Endorsed by USCIS (via case approvals): March 26, 2007
Address:
American Life Inc.
270 S, Hanford St.,
Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98134
Geographic Area:
1) As Golden Rainbow Freedom Fund, air cargo and manufacturing facility in Jackson County, Oregon;
2) As Gateway: City of Seattle Neighborhood Reinvestment Area in Seattle, Washington
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: air and ocean cargo facilities; and manufacturing; warehouses
American Life Ventures Everett, Washington
Address:
American Life Inc.
270 South Hanford Street,
Suite 100 Seattle.,
WA 98134
American Life Ventures, Tacoma, Washington
Address:
American Life Inc.
3223 Third Ave. South,
Ste. 200 Seattle,
WA 98134
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Acquire aging properties in older industrial areas near the central business district of selected cities in Washington State (Seattle, Everett, and Tacoma) to benefit from urban infill. Create a footprint of contiguous or nearby properties which, at a future date, could be sold to or developed for a corporate user as a site for a corporate campus, and which benefit from each other's development or renovation; so that the whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts. Make improvements to allow rental at reasonable rates to commercial tenants, while providing investors with a meaningful income return. Operate with the lowest possible risk by remaining free of debt, and owning all properties unencumbered by bank loans.
5. Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED)
Approved: December 2004
Address:
200 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Geographic Area: 77 Rural and Small Urban Counties in Iowa
Focus of Economic Growth Activity:
Dairy Farming.
6. Capital Area Regional Center
Approved: November 25, 2005
Address:
1801 K. Street NW.
Suite 201-L
Washington, DC 20006
Geographic Area: Legal boundaries of the District of Columbia (Washington, DC) and the contiguous adjacent areas of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia, and the city of Alexandria, VA.
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Mixed hotel, retail, office and residential space; a soccer stadium; conference center space, and industrial space.
7. The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Vernon Regional Center
Approved: December 27, 2005
Address: 4305 Santa Fe Avenue
1500 Market Street
Vernon, CA 90058
Geographic Area: The legal boundaries which constitute the city of Vernon, CA.
Focus of Economic Growth Activity:
Food Products processing and manufacturing; apparel manufacturing; transportation and warehousing; household furniture and furnishings.
(NOTE: HAS REQUESTED "VOLUNTARY TERMINATION")
8. Mayor's Office of Economic Development (New Orleans)
Approved: January 18, 1994
Reaffirmed by USCIS: February 16, 2007
Address:
3421 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 301
New Orleans, LA 70002
Geographic Area: Orleans Parish and the City of New Orleans
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Leasehold Improvements to Fixed Asset Commercial Buildings Sector; Mobile Medical Services Facilities Sector; Commercial Lodging, Hotels, and Hospitality Sector; Mixed-use Real Estate Construction-Reconstruction Sector; Mixed-use Residential Lease and Rental Properties Sector; Arts and Sciences Industry Sector; Harbor Facilities Sector; Gaming and Casinos Sector; and Marine Sector (Commercial Fishing, Processing, Packing, and Shipping Facilities)
9. Whatcom Opportunities Regional Center, Inc. (WORC, Inc.)
Approved: October 13, 2006
Address:
1305 11th Street
Suite 304
Bellingham, WA 98225
Geographic Area:
The legal boundaries which constitute Whatcom County, Washington.
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Capital investments and job creation in assisted living facilities for the elderly within Whatcom County
10. Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Approved: June 26, 1997
Reaffirmed by USCIS: March 19, 2007
Address: National Life Bldg., Drawer 20, Montpelier, VT 05620
Geographic Area: State of Vermont
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Export-related companies; tourism, hospitality and Commercial Resorts Development
11. Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Regional Center
Approved: April 13, 2007
Address:
Can Am Enterprises, LLC
32Court Street, # 1501,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Geographic Area: The contiguous geographic area encompassing twenty-three (23) counties of western Pennsylvania and the delineated Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs) within the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA); delineated TEAs within the city of Pittsburgh; and delineated TEAs within the Erie and Johnstown, Pennsylvania SMSAs.
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Tourism and hospitality; Technology; Transportation; Manufacturing and Trade; Health Services; Agriculture and Food Production; Higher Education; and Leasehold Improvements to Commercial Office & Mixed-Use Spaces
12. CMB Export LLC
Approved: August 15, 1997
Reaffirmed by USCIS: April 18, 2007
Address:
CMB Export, LLC
Midwest executive offices
4507 49th ave.
Moline, Illinois 61265
Geographic Area: CMB Export LLC development area which is related to former military bases located in the counties of Sacramento, San Bernardino and Riverside CA
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Export activity related to development of military bases; air cargo, sea port development as export centers
13. Global Century Development Group I, LP (Global Century)
Approved: April 18, 2007
Address: Global Century Development Group-I, LP
11205 Bellaire Blvd., SuiteB-33
Houston, TX 77072-2545
Geographic Area: The contiguous geographic area of Houston's Chinatown encompassing the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #15 (TIRZ), a 60-block area bounded by Preston Street on the North, Dowling Street on the East, St. Joseph parkway on the South, and Chartres Street on the West.
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Financing and developing commercial and mixed-use real estate within the GCRC geographic area in the following five (5) target industries: Hotel and Hospitality; Retail; Mixed Use Residential; Commercial Office; Restaurant & Entertainment.
14. Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC)
Approved: May 1, 2007
Address:
756 North Milwaukee Street,
Suite 400
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Geographic Area: The seven (7) counties of southeastern Wisconsin: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha (including Targeted Employment Areas within the cities of Racine and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: Business and professional services; Financial activities and business process services; Health services and medical technology; Manufacturing; Printing and printing support; Wholesale Trade and distribution; and Hospitality and Entertainment.
15. Alabama Center for Foreign Investment (ACFI)
Approved: June 11, 2007
Address:
RSA Union, 100 N. Union Street, Suite 682, 36104
P.O. Box 5079
Montgomery, AL 36103
Geographic Area: State of Alabama
Focus of Economic Activity: Heavy and light manufacturing; agriculture; High technology; construction; Hospitality, resort and service industries (hotels, restaurants, resorts, golf courses, entertainment, and the like); Schools, health care facilities, and infrastructure; and Cruise line support services.
16. Kansas Biofuel Regional Center, LLC
Approved: April 17, 2007
Address: Kansas Biofuel Regional Center, LLC
915 Wilshire Boulevard, #2050
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Geographic Area: Twenty-one (21) counties located in the southwest region of the State of Kansas.
Focus of Economic Growth Activity:
Building and operation of fuel grade ethanol production facilities within the geographic bounds of the regional center.
17. Southwest Biofuels Regional Center, LLC (SWBRC)
Approved: June 21, 2007
Address: 915 Wilshire Boulevard, #2050
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Geographic Area: The contiguous geographic area encompasses the 40 counties located in the northwest region of the State of Texas, and 9 counties located in the western region of the State of Oklahoma
Focus of Economic Activity:
Development and operation of fuel grade ethanol production facilities.
18. Los Angeles Film Regional Center
Approved: March 24, 2008,
Address:
Can Am Enterprises, LLC
32 Court Street,
Suite 1501,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Geographic Area: Los Angeles County, California.
Focus of Economic Activity:
The motion picture and television production.
19. Aero-Space Port International Group [ASPI Group]
Formerly Approved by Legacy INS: March 24, 1994
Address: 1600 Lind Ave. SW
Suite 220
Renton, WA 98055
Geographic Area: Within ASPI Group, located at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake
Focus of Economic Growth Activity: High tech, agricultural and other export products to Europe and Pacific rim countries through international air cargo facilities.
- California Investment Immigration Fund, LLC
Address:
12688 Chapman Ave, #3313,
Garden Grove, CA 92840
- Carolina Center for Foreign Investment RC
Address:
P.O. Box 2487, 101 N.
main St. #1400,
Greenville, SC 29602
- DBEDT Hawaii Regional Center
Address:
CanAm Enterprises, LLC
32 Court Street, Ste 1501
Brooklyn, NY 11201
- EB-5 America
Address:
1806 11th Street, NW.
Washington DC 20001
- El Monte Regional Center
Address:
10501 Valley Blvd.,
# 1888 El Monte,
CA 91731
- Dan Nip / Global Century Dev. LLC
Address:
11205 Bellaire Blvd.,
Suite B33 Houston,
TX 77072
- Gulf Coast Funds Management , LLC
Address:
202 East State Street,
Suite 700 Ithaca,
New York 14850
- Imperial Regional Center
Address:
150 N. Santa Ana Ave,
STE 300,
Arcadia, CA 91006
- Lake Buena Vista RC
Address:
1725 University Dr. # 450,
Coral Springs, FL 33071
- New York City Regional Center, LLC
Address:
299 Broadway
Ste 1518
New York, NY 10007
- Noble Coastal Ventures-- Louisiana Mississippi Regional Center
Address:
20203 Goshen Rd,
Ste 302
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
- Palm Beach RC
Address:
Phillips Pt., W. Tower,
777 S. Flagler Dr. #800,
W. Palm Beach, FL 33401
- Regional Center Management Los Angeles
Address:
270 S. Hanford St,
Ste 100
Seattle, WA 98134
- Regional Center Properties, Southern California
Address:
Regional Center Properties
5160 Birch Street,
Suite 200
New Port Beach, CA 92660
- South East Los Angeles RC (SELARC)
Address:
SELARC Development, LLC
2440 Hacienda Blvd. # 223
Hacienda HTS, CA 91745
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