Long-term sustainable demand and, as a result, resistance to market fluctuations creates a compelling investment opportunity at this current stage of the cycle.

Pei gave "this century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms," said the jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which Pei won in 1983.

"We've been hearing apartment building transaction volume in the city has slowed, which would make sense since potential buyers may be waiting for more certainty in order to figure out how best to price assets."

The two communities are in Granite City and Godfrey, which are submarkets of the St. Louis metropolitan area.

The apartment complexes, with a total of 3,911 units, are in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois and Texas.

The number of EB-5 visas issued annually to Latin Americans looks likely to surpass 2,000 within the next three years -- double the total in 2018, according to Julian Montero, a lawyer at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr.

"As an industry, if certain core infrastructure is put in place, seniors housing will have a very bright and fulfilling future," says Robb Chapin, Bridge Investment Group.

Qualified Opportunity Zones were created as a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the act). They were designed to encourage investment and real estate development in distressed communities, by offering significant income tax savings and deferrals for investment in such areas.