EB-5 Immigrant Visa program extension signed into law — without any changes....
Hotel lawyer with great news for developers: the EB-5 immigrant visa financing program has been renewed — approved by Congress and signed by the President. It is being continued without change through...
View ArticleHotel Lawyer at the ALIS hotel conference in Los Angeles — A turnaround in...
Hotel Lawyers with first signs of a sea change in investor sentiment about the hotel sector - As our team of hotel lawyers returns from the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (or ALIS) in Los Angeles,...
View ArticleEB-5 financing accelerates in 2016 and favors (1) Hotels, (2) Mixed-Use and...
Hotel Lawyer in Los Angeles at the latest EB-5 Summit - If you have been thinking about tapping into EB-5 financing for your development project, this is the time to make your decision and act quickly....
View ArticleFederal Judge Takes Decisive Action to Protect Hotels from ADA Abuse by a...
In a rare and decisive action, a Central District Court Judge dismissed an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit filed by an Arizona disabled plaintiff who has recently filed a wave of over 70...
View ArticleThe 2016 LIIC Top Ten: The annual survey of lodging investment trends and...
(Denver, CO) For well over a decade, the members of the hotel industry’s preeminent think tank, “LIIC – The Lodging Industry Investment Council,” are annually surveyed to develop a list of the major...
View ArticleIndustry fundamentals are good now and will continue to improve
Hotel industry fundamentals are good, and will continue to improve. But the hotel industry is being punished by the disconnect between the investment community of Wall Street and actual performance of...
View ArticleWhy NOW may be the best time for developers to start EB-5 financing
Is there a serious risk that EB-5 will expire September 30, 2016? Anything is possible when Congress is in session, but none of the experts we talk to believe that the EB-5 program will be allowed to...
View ArticleA Primer on EB-5 and Key Issues in its Renewal
What is the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program? The EB-5 immigrant investment visa program provides a “fast track” to obtain permanent U.S. residency (a “green card”) to qualified foreign investors...
View ArticleHow the Marriott-Starwood merger will affect you. . .
Global Hospitality Group® survey results: What does all the recent consolidation in the hotel industry mean to different stakeholders? Marriott closed its acquisition of Starwood on September 23, 2016,...
View ArticleEB-5 financing for developers extended. Obama signs “Continuing Resolution”
On December 9, 2016, President Obama signed the “Continuing Resolution” passed by Congress to extend funding of the federal government until April 28, 2017, by which time it is expected that Congress...
View ArticleHotel Lawyer: Where is the hospitality industry headed in 2017?
The Lodging Industry Investment Council (LIIC) met in Los Angeles during the American Lodging Investment Summit 2017 and our friends from Hotel News Now (HNN) were on the scene. Some of us were asked...
View ArticleWhat’s happening with EB-5 financing for new development projects? Is it...
Unless Congress acts in time, a critical part of EB-5 financing will lapse on April 28, 2017 - The Regional Center program was enacted in 1992 as a “pilot project.” Since then, it has been renewed or...
View ArticleThe Lodging Industry Investment Council’s Top Ten: investment trends and...
For well over a decade, the members of the hotel industry’s preeminent think tank, “LIIC – The Lodging Industry Investment Council,” are annually surveyed to develop a list of the major hotel...
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