Ginsberg Jacobs Weighs In On Opportunity Zones 2.0

Law360



With the July 1 opening of the 90-day window for state governors to designate census tracts under the revamped Opportunity Zones program, Taylor Johnson positioned client Ginsberg Jacobs as a national resource on how the new rules could reshape private investment. TJ reached out to Law360 to offer an interview with Darryl Jacobs, a co-founder and partner with the firm whose practice focuses on Opportunity Zone transactions and other federal tax credit programs, to discuss whether enhanced incentives would successfully direct capital into rural and low-income communities. In the resulting feature, Jacobs explained that the revised eligibility standards are designed to reduce investments in already-gentrifying neighborhoods and better target communities the program was originally intended to serve, while acknowledging the stricter criteria may also result in fewer qualifying projects.



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