BETHESDA, MD—Locally-based Phillips RealtyCapital expects to end this year with $1.4 billion or soin transactions. A few of these deals were financed withEB5 capital, an intriguing new source of fundingfor commercial real estate projects.

One example is MRP Residential and Florida Rock Properties'Capitol Riverfront mixed-use project, which has closed on a totalof $82 million of construction financing for their CapitolRiverfront mixed-use project. Of that amount, $17 million in the form of preferred equity has been provided viaEB5 capital, arranged by Phillips Realty.

Another example is Doug Jemal's spec project at 1000 F St., CFOJoe Tilley tells GlobeSt.com. "Our EB5 capitalgroup will be providing that funding for that project as well," hesays.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.