“Non-Traditional”
EB-5 Projects
Make
a Big Splash
by EB5 Investors Magazine Staff
Mixed-use real estate and hotel development
helped put the EB-5 industry on the map after
the economic downturn in 2008, but there are
plenty of projects other projects which offer a
unique alternative.
EB5 Investors Magazine interviewed two
regional centers1 that have completed projects
ranging from movie production to eco-friendly
food packaging, in addition to more “mainstream” EB-5 projects, and compiled their
answers to shed light on viable yet often overlooked EB-5 projects.
EB5 Investors Magazine: What are some of your
more successful non-traditional projects?
Mickayla Zinsli, Director, North Dakota / Minnesota EB-5
Regional Center: Of the projects in our pipeline, the most
unique is an eco-paper food packaging manufacturing project
in Devils Lake, ND. The company uses wheat straw as an
alternative to paper products (e.g. paper plates, napkins, etc.).
This approach is more eco-friendly because wheat regenerates
annually. Another project that comes to mind is an oil and gas
project located in the heart of The Bakken rock formation.
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