The Big Players

The USCIS list of approved Regional Centers has been updated twice this week (8/23 and 8/26), but not with any new centers. So I’ll take a moment to note a few players that sprawl through the list: American Life, a grand-daddy on the list (since 1996) and now behind ten Regional Centers around the country; CanAm Enterprises, which handles a relatively high volume of investment through its centers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and Los Angeles; and America’s Center for Foreign Investment, currently the largest center geographically with an area covering most of five states.

American Life (www.amlife.us)
Principal: Henry Liebman

• Regional Center Properties, Inc.
  California (Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties)
• Regional Center Management Los Angeles
  California (Los Angeles area)
• Riverside PUMA Area Regional Center
  California (Riverside County)
• American Life Investments, LLC
  Florida (Miami-Dade County)
• Atlanta EB5 Regional Center LLC
  Georgia (Atlanta MSA)
• Buffalo Regional Center
  New York (Buffalo-Niagara Metropolitan Statistical Area in Erie and Niagara Counties)
• American Life, Inc. – Lakewood Regional Center
  Washington (City of Lakewood)
• American Life Ventures Everett, Washington
  Washington (City of Everett)
• American Life Seattle RC | Gold Rainbow | Freedom Fund
  Washington and Oregon (Jackson County, OR and Seattle, WA)
• American Life Ventures, Tacoma, Washington
  Washington (City of Tacoma)

CanAm Enterprises (www.canamenterprises.com)

• Hawaii Regional Center
• Pennsylvania Regional Center
• Los Angeles Regional Center
• Philadelphia Regional Center

America’s Center for Foreign Investment, LLC (www.acfi-usa.com)
Principals: James DeBates, Boyd Campbell, Ron Drinkard

• Alabama (entire state)
• Tennessee (entire state)
• Mississippi (38 counties along the north, east, and south borders of the state)
• Georgia (52 counties in the north and center of the state)
• Florida (41 counties in the north of the state)

According to Michael Gibson of USAdvisors.org, of the over 100 Regional Centers only a handful of the largest centers account for about 90% of all EB-5 investment offerings. American Life reportedly claims up to 1/3 of all EB-5 investment, followed by the CanAm-managed regional centers, CMB, Vermont, South Dakota, CCAE, and (a more recent player) NYC Regional Center.