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Birch Presents at ICIC Event

Ben Cummings was a guest speaker at the ICIC event held at Harvard University.  The University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park was a featured case study for ICIC’s white paper on EB-5 and investment in inner cities.  A link to the ICIC website and full report is below.

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Birch in China

Birch Capital Managing Director, Bruce Ricciuti, spent a week in June in several China cities meeting with investors and migration agents.  Several meetings took place over five days in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen.

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Pictured in attached photo are Bruce Ricciuti, investor, and Birch Consultant Quincy Zhao.

 

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Ricciuti & Lee Visit The Point

Birch Capital’s Bruce Ricciuti, and Miller Mayer Partner, Carolyn Lee toured The Point, Fenway, Boston site during the AILA National Convention in June.  Birch will raise $50 million towards the $200 million mixed use project. Ms. Lee serves as project immigration counsel.

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Steve Samuels Rocks The Fenway

Birch has teamed with Samuels & Associates on financing The Point in Boston’s historic Fenway neighborhood.  Please see the attached Wall Street Journal on Steve Samuels.

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Birch Richmond Virginia Regional Center

Birch Capital LLC was approved by the United States Citizens & Immigration Service (USCIS) on January 24, 2014 for a Regional Center in Richmond, Virginia, the Birch Capital Richmond Virginia Regional Center, pursuant to the laws and regulations pertaining to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.

We have identified several investment opportunities within the City, however, seek additional investment opportunities.  The focus of our due diligence investigation has been additional phases of the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, a biomedical research facility. Birch Capital has been in discussions for the development of a clinical/research building in or adjacent to the BioTechnology Park.

 

 

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Birch MD BioPark Regional Center Approval

The University of Maryland, Baltimore was founded in 1807 as the first public medical school in the United States. The urban campus includes the University  of Maryland Medical Center, the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the world’s first Shock Trauma Center, and the Institutes for Genome Sciences and Human Virology, along with numerous related public and private sector healthcare and medical uses.  The State of Maryland has a workforce of 34,000 private sector bioscience employees.  There are more than 40 life science research-intensive federal institutions within an hour’s drive of the BioPark.

Wexford Science and Technology has planned, developed / redeveloped, financed, constructed, and leased over 2,500,000 square feet of commercial space, a majority of which is highly specialized life science research and research support office space for major universities.  Additionally, the firm has over 500,000 square feet of space currently under development for major universities and research based institutions, and has 6,500,000 square feet of remaining development potential in client research parks.

 

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Birch North Carolina Regional Center

Birch North Carolina EB-5 Regional Center – Wilmington, North Carolina Convention Center Hotel Project (Embassy Suites/Hilton Hotels)

Project Summary

Total Project Cost – $32,000,000

Bank Loan & Developer Equity – $23,000,000

Total EB-5 Investment – $9,000,000

Number of EB-5 Investors – 18

Number of Jobs Projected – 338

Number of Jobs Required – 180

  • USCIS Regional Center Approved
  • Located in an approved Targeted Employment Area (TEA) – only $500,000 investment, plus offering expense fee of $40,000
  • Construction to begin early 2014 for completion in 2015
  • Project is located in downtown Wilmington, N.C., adjacent and connected to the new Wilmington Convention Center
  • 174-room hotel with full-service restaurant and meeting spaces will carry the Embassy Suites (Hilton Hotels) flag
  • Experienced and successful hotel development team
  • Endorsed by Wilmington, N.C. city government
  • Project will be substantially funded (72%) by developer cash equity and bank loan.