MIAMI—Riviera Point Development Group sees a clear opportunity in the midst of volatile international politics and markets driving growth in the job-creating US Immigrant Investor (EB-5) program. After closing on a four-acre site at Southwest 145th Avenue and Southwest 27th Street in Miramar, FL this summer, the firm is set to begin building the 72,000-square-foot Riviera Point Corporate Center by fall 2015.

Under the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) program, EB-5 allows a foreign nationals interested in obtaining permanent US residency to do so by investing in a commercial enterprise that generates at least 10 jobs for US workers for two years. The EB-5 Visa then becomes permanent.

“Our region's economic upswing is fueling demand for new, corporate-caliber space in Miramar's established Interstate 75-Miramar Parkway business district,” says Rodrigo Azpurua, CEO of Riviera. “We see that demand converging with a compelling need among foreign investors who seek safe haven in the U.S. for their families and funds through the EB-5 program.”