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You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

Identity Verification

You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

Identity Verification

You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

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You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

Identity Verification Copy

You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

Identity Verification

You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

Identity Verification

You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

Identity Verification

You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

Identity Verification

You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

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You have successfully completed all the lessons in this course. Please verify your identity by entering in your State Recognized ID number or your full name to take the final exam.

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Environmental Concerns And Opportunity Zones

  • How to choose sites for optimal business objectives. 
  • Once you have targeted some qualified Opportunity Zones for real estate development, your first objective is to evaluate how and if that parcel can accommodate your business objectives and potential building use. 
  • How to manage environmental and physical building risk. 
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently targeted 149 communities to receive $64.6 million in funding for brownfield cleanup, almost three-fourths of which were Qualified Opportunity Zones. 
  • How to manage project completion and budget. 
  • The degree of success when investing in opportunity zones will depend on optimization of site selection for use and occupancy, understanding and pricing in all environmental and physical risks associated with the site, and ensuring timely construction progress and budget. 

Community Involvement And Opportunity Zones

  • Qualified Opportunity Funds raise capital with the intention of fostering improvement in the lower-income or economically disadvantaged neighborhoods of the investment, while considering all the potential risks and implications. 

  • Gentrification is a major consideration when infusing capital gains from a QOF into an Opportunity Zone
    • Of the top 100 most gentrified Opportunity Zones, 75 are within urban areas    
    • The highest percentage of OZs are located in Rust Belt metropolitan areas
    • OZs in tech hubs and hotspots are also experiencing high rates of gentrification  
    • Most of the least-gentrified OZs are located in Sun Belt cities

  • Recruiting and developing local area talent with commitment to DEI practices can stimulate the involvement of local markets and business practices, in effort to lessen the negative aspects of any gentrification occurring.