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The IMN Opportunity Zone Forum being held in Chicago on September 19th. Listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM20 when registering for a 20% discount Silverback Development recently announced it has raised $50 million in capital to seed a new Opportunity Zone Fund. The capital will be used to accelerate its expansion to markets including Louisiana and North Carolina. Silverback currently has four OZ sites which include Astoria, Long Island City, South Bronx and Stamford, Connecticut. Joining the podcast to discuss Opportunity Zones is Craig Bernstein, Principal of OPZ Bernstein, a subsidiary of The Bernstein Companies, a Washington, DC based real estate investment management firm. Prior to founding OPZ Bernstein, Craig the Chief Investment Officer of White Star Investments, a prominent single-family investment office in Bethesda, MD.