{"id":1359,"date":"2025-11-03T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brickellsold.com\/blog\/eb-5-visa-program-helping-fund-south-florida-development\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:44:31","slug":"eb-5-visa-program-helping-fund-south-florida-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickellsold.com\/blog\/eb-5-visa-program-helping-fund-south-florida-development\/","title":{"rendered":"EB-5 Visa Program Helping Fund South Florida Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Florida developers are increasingly looking to EB-5 funding to fill gaps in their capital stacks, as foreign investors rush to participate before the program expires. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The visa program, which provides green cards to investors and their immediate families whose funds lead to the creation of 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers, has a minimum threshold of $800,000 for investment in rural areas or areas with high unemployment. That goes up to $1.05 million for projects outside of Targeted Employment Areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

EB-5 financing typically accounts for between 20 and 30 percent of a project\u2019s capital stack, replacing preferred equity. The funds are a loan, so if it all goes according to plan and the project is completed, it\u2019s a win-win for investors and developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we look at the people from Latin America coming in [to the U.S.], most of them are coming to get an education for their children, and sometimes the parents don\u2019t even come over,\u201d attorney Jill Jones, who has been involved in more than 600 EB-5 projects, said. \u201cThe parents will apply for the green card for the family. They\u2019ll send over their college-age children and purchase a condo for them to live in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The program has been around since 1990 \u2014 yet experts predict a last-minute scramble driven by the demand for legal immigration. It\u2019s unknown if it will be renewed, especially as the Trump administration pushes its golden visa program through. The golden visa, with a starting price tag of $1 million, is more expensive and the visa-seeker does not get any of that money back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cA lot of foreigners want to get in before it\u2019s too late. There\u2019s a premium on legal immigration.\u201d <\/span>
Attorney Ronnie Fieldstone <\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Developers and investors are keeping a close eye on two deadlines: grandfathered provisions expiring at the end of September 2026 and the expiration of the regional center program a year later in 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on immigration through mass deportations and aggressive ICE raids, the U.S. is \u201cstill the country of choice\u201d for immigrants, said attorney Ronnie Fieldstone, a partner at Saul Ewing.<\/p>\n

Fieldstone, who has represented developers and regional centers involved in more than 450 EB-5 projects that have raised more than $8 billion, said that after September 30, 2027, the investment amount will increase based on cost of living.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of foreigners want to get in before it\u2019s too late,\u201d Fieldstone said. \u201cThere\u2019s a premium on legal immigration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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