Israel: A land of new Arizona tech sector opportunities

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Airobotics Ltd. By Steve Zylstra | Phoenix Business Journal It’s not often that you can fly more than 7,000 miles and back only to be left with the sensation of being re-energized when your plane lands on the last leg of the journey home. But that’s exactly how I felt upon my return from Israel last week. …

When Rose Law Group became its own zoning attorney

When we became our own zoning attorney.  Rose Law Group Reporter 1.  Yesterday at about 5 pm we noticed a giant pole being erected right outside our office window. More specifically right outside Jordan’s balcony.  No notice. No idea what was happening or why. 2.  Turns out it was a 20-foot pole with a 12-inch width, a part of a …

Proposed Opportunity Zone guidance: Can investors move forward?

By Dan Gauthier, who is a Transactional Attorney at Rose Law Group working on a lot of opportunity zone projects. The following does not represent legal advice. Potential investors have been anxiously awaiting guidance from the Treasury Department on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017’s Opportunity Zones Program (“Program”). The first round of such guidance was issued last Friday …

New ‘Opportunity Zone’ tax-break rules offer flexibility to developers; RLG Founder and President Jordan Rose comments

By Richard Rubin | Wall Street Journal The Trump administration proposed guidelines Friday that will help investors use a new tax incentive that encourages development in low-income areas. The Treasury Department designed the rules for the Opportunity Zone program to give businesses enough flexibility and certainty to start making major investments, said senior department officials. The program, with bipartisan roots, was a small …

Development plans near Chandler airport raise concerns

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents several businesses at Chandler airport By Madeline Johnson | Arizona Republic Residents in the Lantana Ranch neighborhood near Chandler’s airport are upset over a proposed warehouse and distribution center they fear will overload the road with semis. About a mile away, the city’s Airport Commission raised concerns about a cabinet-maker that wants to open shop. Both projects …