With the new rules in place, there is a level a certainty of the requirements that must be followed, and the future of EB-5 is not the risky post-apocalyptic wasteland predicted by some prior to the new regulations.

Over the last three years, many regional centers approached the changes proposed in the new regulations as if it were the end of the world. How would they actually operate in true rural areas and in actual urban distressed areas without gerrymandering census tracts in order to qualify?

On September 16, 2014, CMB Export, LLC was notified that CMB Infrastructure Investment Group VII, LP and the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System would be awarded the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) Excellence Award.