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Isaac Marcushamer.

Legal · Players

Attorney Isaac Marcushamer on the Dark Side of EB-5 Financing

By Matt Grossman

The EB-5 visa program has been a source of cheap real estate financing and has been ripe with fraud. Some new federal updates aim to make it more expensive for investors and harder to use in pricey cities like NYC.

Design + Construction · Sales

Visa, Revised: Why EB-5 Is Getting Pricier and Harder to Use in Big Cities

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

3 Hudson Boulevard.

Moinian Group Targeting $350M in EB-5 Capital for 3 Hudson Boulevard

By Cathy Cunningham

Illustration: Mark Giaimo/for Commercial Observer

Features · Legal

Condition Red: How to Vet a Multimillion-Dollar Real Estate Deal

By Rey Mashayekhi

New legislation for the controversial EB-5 visa program might be out as early as this fall.

Reform Is Finally on the Horizon for Scandal-Ridden EB-5 Visa Program

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Bill Rudin stands for a photo at his office at 560 Lexington Ave. on Tuesday March 10th , 2015. Photo by Kristy Leibowitz for Commercial Observer

Video: Bill Rudin Tackles REBNY, Times Square and Brooklyn Navy Yard

By Max Gross

Rick Lazio.

Washington Beats Campaign Silly Season With New Tax Package

By Rick Lazio

Senators Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images).

EB-5 2.0? Not Even 1.1 – For Now

By Jeanne Calderon and Gary Friedland

EB-5 and the American Dream

By Jeanne Calderon and Gary Friedland

Larry Silverstein

How Will Silverstein Fund 2 World Trade Center?

By Ely Razin

Chinese Investors Prefer TEA

By Jeanne Calderon and Gary Friedland

The plots where Quinlan's Remsen Street project will rise

Finance · Construction

Quinlan, Lonicera to Build Brooklyn Heights Rental With $50M in Debt, EB-5 Equity

By Guelda Voien

Stephen Rosenberg (Photo: Francesco Sapienza/Commercial Observer).

Greystone Founder and CEO Stephen Rosenberg Talks Avoiding the Herd

By Damian Ghigliotty

EB-5 In Peril?

By Guelda Voien

The future of EB-5 Funding. (Illustration by Roy Scott)

New York City and the Future of EB-5 Funding

By Danielle Schlanger

A rendering of China City of America

EB-5: Ambitious China City Project Sits in Limbo

By Scott Klocksin

Hotel Indigo.

Finance · Construction

Developer Scores $20M in Construction, EB-5 Funds to Redevelop Hotel

By Guelda Voien

Don’t Get Burned: Tax Pros Minimize Risk for Foreign Investors

By Al Barbarino