2012年 2月,波士顿千人春节联欢晚会

with Boston Mayor -Tom Menino. 与波士頓市長

On Feb. 4th, A Chinese Organization of New England organized a big banquet with 1000 people to Celebrate the 2012 Spring Festival. Many government officers, including Boston Mayor  Tom Menino、Congressman Michael Capuano、Stephen Grossman、Elizabeth Warren、Aaron Michlewitz 麥家威、Bill Linehan 林乃肯、Donald Wong、Senator Anthony Petruccelli、Senator Sonia Chang Diaz、Transportation Minister Richard Davey, joined the banquet and gave their best wishes to China and the Chinese people who live in the New England area. Many Chen families, including President Frank Chen and Ziyuan Chen gave the short speeches. Other successful business people including the President Patty Chen of PattyC Property Group were also invited to join the banquet to celebrate Chinese new year.

2月4日,纽英仑至孝笃亲公所举行了盛大春节联欢晚会, 分別在中國城『喜臨門大酒樓』及『龍鳳大酒樓』同步舉行慶典,兩大酒樓共招待了上千嘉賓及陳胡袁三姓宗親,筵開100席。邀请了很多政要,包括波士頓市長Thomas Menino、現任教哈佛大學並參選聯邦參議員之Elizabeth Warren教授、麻州財政廳長Steve Grossman、參議員Sonia Chang Diaz、眾議員黃子安及Aaron Michlewitz等政要均應邀致詞賀年。陈氏大家族,包括长老陳毓禮和陳毓璇. 一些成功商业人士出席并表达了祝福, 包括派蒂克房地产集团总裁陈艺平 也应邀参加并一同庆祝新年。

 
                                with Uncle Frank Chen,  与陳毓禮

 

 

2011年 12月, EB5商业房地产投资会议

(Jia Hu edited 胡佳稿)

The Artisan Business Group hosted a national real estate conference.  There were many experts there discussing about EB-5 finance for commercial real estate.

The federal EB-5 Regional Center Pilot Program has been created to
allow foreign investors to invest in commercial enterprises in the
U.S. in exchange for a chance for them and their families to become
legal permanent residents in the U.S. As a result of this unique
federal program, several billion dollars in investment has brought
into various commercial real estate projects and tens of thousands of
American jobs have been created throughout the country.

Read more about this conference at Daily Markets:
http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2011/08/29/the-national-commercial-real-estate-eb-5-finance-and-investment-forum-announced-in-orlando-florida/

2011年底,Artisan Business Group 举行了全国房地产EB5投资绿卡移民会议。 许多专家会出席并讨论关于EB-5商业房地产的投资问题。
“联邦EB- 5区域中心的试点项目已经创建,并允许外国投资者在投资商业企业的同时连同家人有机会成为美国合法永久居民。 这个特殊的联邦项目为美国商业房地产项目带来了数十亿的美元并为美国创造了数万个就业机会。“

 

11月2011与移民局局长的对话与解读

(Jia Hu edited 胡佳稿)

Recently, the president Patty Chen had joined three conversations meeting  in two months about the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program with the Director of USCIS, Alejandro Mayorkas, who has done an excellent job of highlighting the importance of the EB-5 visa program in a fast pace, and senior members of the USCIS leadership team. These conversations demonstrated USCIS had made important progress to EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. It lets USCIS hear more voices from investors and make improvements, also lets our company, as a investor representative, have a chance to state the concerns to USCIS directly.  

The first conversation was in the middle of September, 2011, focusing on economic development in the context of the EB-5 (Immigrant Investor) program. They also think this kind of small group discussion complemented the existing quarterly EB-5 engagement program. The following day, Patty had another conversation with them, also a more in-depth discussion, about discrete policy issues related to the EB-5 program. The last conversation was a month later, President Patty asked Alejandro why USCIS decided to accelerate the approving projects to 15 days in Regional centers, and what the influence will be to the existing processing time to EB-5 visa applicants, in particular the time of I-526 petitions. All these questions will have direct impact to the EB-5 investors, either from business decision aspect or from investing aspect.

USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas mentioned USCIS has engaged with internal and external stakeholders to learn of their concerns regarding current adjudication policies and practices. USCIS also seeks stakeholder input on these foundational issues before providing greater detail and addressing additional issues. This draft memorandum is a work in progress, and it is shared now to obtain valuable real-time input and to define a collaborative approach with the stakeholder community. The draft memorandum is not operative and will not guide adjudication decisions until it is published in complete and final form. Current policy memoranda continue to guide our adjudications.In response to the stakeholders input, USCIS had announced the adjudication process reforms, including:

  • The introduction of direct e-mail contact between the Regional Center petitioners and the USCIS adjudication team. This reform already has been instituted;
  • The introduction of accelerated process and premium processing for certain applicants and petitions;
  • The use of an expert Decision Board to assist adjudicators in rendering final adjudications on Regional Center petitions;
  • Hired economists with business analysis expertise to help guide and support the USCIS adjudication team;
  • Hired a consulting firm to help further reengineer the EB-5 adjudication process to deliver greater efficiencies.
近日,美亞商旅集團(PattyC Property Group)總裁陳藝平女士参加了与移民局局长亚历杭德罗(Alejandro Mayorkas )和移民局 (USCIS)领导班子的高级成员关于EB – 5投资移民计划在两个月内进行了3次直接对话的会议。这是USCIS对现有EB-5项目的重要改进,移民局更清楚投资人的要求和处境。同时也给了美亞商旅集團一个机会最为投资人的代表,表达投资人的观点和担忧。移民局局长Alejandro Mayorkas本人对加速EB – 5签证计划做出了杰出的工作。

第一次谈话发生在2011年9月中,主要集中讨论EB – 5投资移民计划所处的大经济环境。同时双方都认为这种能与投资人进行直接对话补充了现在3个月才一次的参与计划。第二天,与移民局局长又进行了一次更深入的对话,主要就EB – 5计划相关的具体政策问题进行了讨论。最后一次谈话是 在11月9日,帕蒂向移民局局长提出她的疑问,移民局怎么样尽快实行15天加快审批区域中心的项目,以及对现在EB – 5 (條件綠卡)签证申请处理时间的影响,尤其是I – 526处理时间的影响。因为这些都将直接影响到投资申请人的决定,不管是从商业决策的角度还是投资的角度来说。具体情况可参看美亚商旅集团网页这项措施到底能减少多少申请等待时间(www.PattyCProperty.com), 获拨打美亚咨询电话781-690-3107

对话中,移民局局长提到移民局正加强内部和外部的利益相关者的参与,让其了解他们关于当前的审判政策和相关做法。移民局还征询利益相关者在这些基本问题上的看法和要求,以便提供更细节的解决问题的方法。这个备忘录草案目前还在修改中,是共享的。USCIS可以获得宝贵的实时要求,还可以实时与利益相关者合作。要注意的是备忘录草案并不会影响移民局目前的决定,直道它以完整的和最终的形式发表后。对于回应利益相关者的要求,移民局已宣布在备忘录的新的改革措施:

•建立区域中心的申请者和移民局裁决团队之间的直接电子邮件联系方式。这项改革已经被立法;
•对加快申请进程和优先申请进行了详细介绍;
•使用专家决策委员会,以协助区域中心申请的最终判定;
•聘请有商业分析经验的专业经济学家,帮助引导和支持美国移民局裁定团队;
•聘请了一家咨询公司,以帮助进一步重新设计EB – 5评审过程来提高效率。

移民局还将进行其他的改革。(这些具体的措施到底会给EB-5项目的申请带来多少变化,详情请咨询美亚集团,电话联系方式781-690-3107。)同时移民局审查了各种目前EB – 5政策,并决定将所有的备忘录合并成一个总体政策备忘录,而且备忘录将吸取利益相关者的建设性意见并反映之前颁布的各种备忘录的经验教训。由于问题的大数量和复杂性,移民局将使用不断更新的方式来做这个单一的EB – 5政策备忘录,靠不断征求意见来保证政策备忘录草案的前进。请聯繫:

PattyC Property Group

美亚商旅集团-波士

Office@pattycproperty.com

www.PattyCProperty.com

 话: 781-347-4891

中国免费拨美国电话:400-626-0899 然后拨899-102-8066-#

北京 136-9111-7821
 

10月12日2011, 陈艺平应邀到波士顿学院演讲

(Jia Hu edited 胡佳稿)

 

Since March 29th, been invited to Northeastern University,  On Oct 12th, Patty Chen also was invited to give a presentation by Boston College Chinese Students and Scholars Association. After a brief introduction by the CSSA host, Patty talked about life and career in the US. The first topic was about how students stay temporarily or permanently in the US in terms of visa and job. Patty also talked about how students involve deeply in the US society in terms of language and culture difference. In the end, Patty demonstrated credit card use, car use and real estate purchase and investments in US. The students were very satisfied about all the questions had been answered. Patty has given some gifts to the students. The speech ended with a warm applause.

 

继3月29日应邀在东北大学中国学生学者联谊会演讲后,10月12日,陈艺平(Patty Chen)又应邀到波士顿学院中国学生学者联谊会演讲。在主持人简要介绍Patty后,她开始谈论美国的生活和职业生涯。Patty谈论的第一个主题是关于新生如何暂时或永久留在美国的签证和工作方面的问题。Patty还谈到如何在语言和文化方面融入美国社会。第三个主题是关于在美国如何使用信用卡,购买汽车,购买房地产以及在美国投资。学生们非常满意Patty 解答了所有的问题。Patty 还给学生发放了礼品。最后大家以热烈的掌声结束了Patty的这次演说。

 

2011年 10月,房产投资美國绿卡

(Jia Hu edited 胡佳稿)

 U.S. immigration will implement within 15 days of fast EB5 Immigrant Investor priority review

美国移民局拟近期内实施15天通知结果的EB5投资移民优先快审

2011年9月8日华盛顿消息, 美国移民局正在着手进一步对EB-5投资移民项目的收案和审案流程进行调整。本公司-派蒂克房地产集团总裁陈艺平(Patty Chen)应美国移民局(USCIS)邀请,参加了此美国移民局局长Alejandro Mayorkas的电话会议,并向美国移民局官员提出几条中国个人投资者最关心的问题和建议.美国移民局在2011年5月就提出了优化EB-5处理流程的基本方案,即: 15天通知结果,增加为EB-5投资移民的申请者提供优先快速审理的服务,构建移民申请者与美国移民局直接沟通渠道,在移民局评审官员进行个案审理期间为申请者提供面试机会。经过对相关利益人士反馈的评估,美国移民局正在制定阶段性计划,执行相关提议,在近期内,有望实施基本方案的为EB-5投资移民的申请者提供优先快速审理的服务。

 

1.  Full article is in http://etfdb.com/2011/can-the-china-real-estate-etf-survive-bubble-fears/

 Can The China Real Estate ETF Survive Bubble Fears?

中国房地产ETF能否在泡沫经济中存活?

Over the past decade, China has become an incredible economic force, surging from an investment afterthought to one of the key nations for trade in the world today.  The country is currently the world’s second biggest economy from a GDP perspective and exports more products, in dollar terms, than any other nation on earth. Yet, with incredible growth comes difficult choices as well; inflation in the country has begun to settle at uncomfortable levels with recent readings putting the year-over-year change above 6%(more in the above link).

在过去的十年中,中国已成为一个令人难以置信的经济力量,但是伴随其增长的还有艰难的抉择。通货膨胀到达让人不安的水平,年变化近6%。高涨的价格和中国相对松懈的反应对策可能导致比许多分析家预测的更严重的后果。问题的根源在中国政府及其他们强烈的恐惧,担心经济增长速度的大幅下降会带来经济急剧放缓。为得到民众的更多支持,中国政府采用“新加坡模式”,把经济高速增长作为首要任务。 由于这一政策以及各种投资的限制,许多中国人觉得他们别无选择,只有把自己的钱投放到楼市。这使得全国信贷占全国GDP的200%,在短短的三年内番了近一倍。由于信贷的滥用,房子现在价格高的离谱,与个人收入相比,在一些沿海地区比例甚至达到22:1。投资者应注意,这个比例远远超过以往任何美国楼市泡沫经历。 中国房地产ETF(TAO)随着AlphaShares中国房地产指数(用来衡量和监测公开交易的公司的表现)在过去两周已经失去了接近13.5%的价值。这些沉重的损失超过任何时间的任何其他产品,这表明对中国房地产市场的担心已浮出表面(全文在以上#1 link).

 

2.    http://www.voanews.com/english/news/economy-and-business/US-Cities-Entice-Foreign-Investors-With-Green-Cards-130485943.html

US Cities Entice Foreign Investors With Green Cards

 美国城市积极吸引外国投资者

Regions within the United States, hit hard by the economic recession are actively seeking foreign investors to help create more jobs. In exchange, the U.S. government is giving permanent residency, known as green cards, to the investors and their families. Quite a few investors from China are taking advantage of this opportunity(more in the above link).

 美国一些受经济衰退影响严重的地区正积极吸引外国投资者来为他们创造工作机会。作为交换,美国政府会给予永久居住权,也就是绿卡给投资者及其家属。不少投资者表示会好好把握这次机会。

Lancaster, 坐落在洛杉矶以北一小时车程的地方, 以其充足的阳光和太阳能建筑而闻名, 失业率却高达17%,几乎是全国平均水平的两倍。代理市长szeto表示他们将依赖中国来的投资者为他们解决失业问题。

中国投资者徐兴平(音译)准备投资10千万美金为他在南加州的分销中心选址。徐先生符合获得美国签证EB5的要求,即在高失业区投资超过50万美元,并在两年内创造10个工作机会。Lancaster 政府希望他们的城市足够吸引人从而引进更多的工作机会和外资(全文在以上#2 link)。

 

2011年 9月27日,

波士顿市长曼宁诺与房地产开发商

(Jia Hu edited 胡佳稿)

 

1) Boston Mayor-Thomas Menino 波士顿市长曼宁诺

 

2) Patty Chen with John E. Drew, President of The Drew Company

Sept. 27th, at  the NOIAP’s meeting-Windows on the Waterfront, which was about real estate projects in a new Innovation district of the Boston Seaport, our company’s  president Patty Chen intruduced the EB5 investment program to the Boston’s real estate developers of the Innovation district.   David Manfredi, a founder of Elkus Manfredi Architects, described the “promise” of this new district as: a vibrant, new mixed use neighborhood; a neighborhood driven by innovation; a place to live, work, play, shop, dine, learn and visit. At the event, Mayor Menino wanted, and now sees forming, a 24-hour, mixed use area that will attract both families and entrepreneurs.. Seaport Place had developed 1 million sq. ft. of office space and a full service hotel. Another 600,000 sq. ft. came along with Manulife’s headquarters.  After a few years waiting, Joe Fallon built the first office building on Fan Pier, a speculative 526,000 sq. ft. tower at One Marina Park Drive.  

 

9月27日,陈艺平(Patty Chen)在NOIAP波士顿海滨窗口的会议,这是关于波士顿海港一个新的创新区房地产建设项目。我公司总裁陈艺平(Patty Chen)向创新区的开发商介绍了EB5移民投资。Elkus Manfredi的创始人大卫曼弗雷迪(David Manfredi),描述了对这个新地区的“承诺”:一个充满活力,新混合使用的邻里;以邻里为目的的创新项目;一个集工作,玩乐,购物,用餐,学习和访问的地方。在活动中,市长曼宁诺(Menino)表明,他希望这个24小时混合使用区将吸引各类家庭和企业家。海港广场已开发100万平方英尺的办公空间和全方位服务的酒店。还有宏利总部(Manulife)的60万平方英尺。几年之后,乔伦(Joe Fallon)建了风扇码头上的第一个办公楼,并在滨海公园径上建了和一个占地526000平方英尺的塔。

3) Boston’s Developers At NAIOP meeting. L: John E. Drew, President of The Drew Company; Stephen Karp, chairman of New England Development; John P. Fowler, Director of HFF; David Manfredi, Partner of Elkus Manfredi Architects Ltd; Charles D. Reid, Vice President of Boston Global Investors, LLC; Edward G. Nardi, President of Cresset Group

 

Boston Hub developers going with apartments

波士顿海港开发商与开发公寓

A top Bay State developer said he’s not convinced that new condos will ever be built again in downtown Boston, especially since everyone is switching over to apartment towers in the wake of the luxury real estate market collapse.

“I assumed our 21-story residential building would be condominiums,” said Stephen Karp, chairman of New England Development, who expects to break ground on the Northern Avenue project at Pier 4 next spring. “But that market has changed so much over the past few years … we don’t think it will come back for a long time, and we don’t know if it will ever come back.”

Karp — who made his remarks to a packed meeting of the commercial real estate group NAIOP at the Renaissance Hotel yesterday — joined a panel of Seaport developers cheering the successes of Boston’s rejuvenated waterfront with a host of new restaurants and offices. But the enthusiasm was tempered with the realization that waterfront condos will have to wait.

Charles Reid, executive vice president of Boston Global Investors, the Boston-based group that expects to start construction next year on Seaport Square, a 6.5 million-square-foot, mixed-use development including residences, offices and retail shops, said the market is not ready for new condominiums. “The biggest four-letter word — beside bank — is condo,” Reid told the Herald. “No lender will finance condominiums right now. Our first phase will be 1,100 apartments.”

Developers say the glut of luxury units and sluggish sales have kept lenders at bay. Three major luxury projects in the downtown have struggled to sell out their buildings. The W Hotel & Residences on Stuart Street has sold just 46 of 123 units, the nearby Clarendon, closed on 66 of 107 units while 45 Province in Downtown Crossing has 44 of 150 units sold, according to the Warren Group.

John Drew, president of the Drew Co., who is planning a 2012 ground-breaking for Waterside Place — which includes a supermarket and 236 residential units across from the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center — said he switched the project from condos to apartments due to market changes.

But Drew said condos could be a part of future development. “Right now, there’s no interest by lenders in projects with hundreds of condos,” he said. “But the markets run in cycles and at some point, they will be back in favor.”

公寓的中心开发

一位高级海湾区的开发人员说,他不相信波士顿中心不会再建共管公寓大楼,特别是别墅地产市场崩溃,每个人都搬到到公寓楼居住后。

“我们的21层住宅楼将会是共管公寓”,新英格兰地区发展主席斯蒂芬卡普说,“我们原本计划在明年春天将开始4码头的北大街项目。但是,在过去的几年中地产市场变化太大,我们估计市场很长一段时间恢复不了,而且我们也不知道它是不是还能回到以前的水平。”

卡普昨天刚在万丽酒店商业地产集团NAIOP的会议上发完言,就加入了港口开发小组,为波士顿海滨的餐馆和办公楼重新焕发活力而庆祝。但是,海滨公寓的建设的长时间等待让我们的热情不得不延缓下。
波士顿环球投资执行副总裁查尔斯里德预计明年启动建设海港广场计划,一个650万平方英尺,包括住宅,写字楼及零售店铺的项目。他同时表示市场还没准备好迎接新的共管公寓。里德告诉导报“:”最大的四个字母的单词 – 除了银行(bank) - 是共管公寓(condo)。 “现在没有人会贷款给共管公寓。我们将在第一阶段建1100公寓。“

开发商说贷款人的钱都压在过剩的豪华房子及其萧条的销售。在市中心的三个主要豪宅项目一直都在努力出售自己的大厦。Stuart街上W酒店的123个住宅单位只售出了46个。附近的克拉伦登的销售关闭时,107个住宅单位只卖出66个。同时根据华伦集团的报告,45号Province街上150个住宅单位也只售出44个。

德鲁有限公司的总裁约翰德鲁,计划2012年开始海湾广场项目,其中包括从波士顿会展中心对面的一家超市和236个住宅单位。 他说由于市场的变化,他选择了公寓套房而不是共管公寓。

但是德鲁说共管公寓可能是未来发展的一部分。 “现在,贷款人对有数百个公寓的项目一点兴趣也没有”他说。 “但是市场运行都有周期,将来的某天,共管公寓会重新得到人们的喜爱。”

 

2011年 9月2日, 与波士顿重建局主任彼得米德在波士顿市举行会议

(Ken C. edited Ken C.稿)

On September 2nd, 2011 Patty, Sally (advisor), Steve (advisor), and Kenneth of the PattyC Property Group met with the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) Director Peter Meade and his Chief of Staff, James Tierney at Boston City Hall. Patty Chen introduced the company and explained the ongoing EB5 immigration investment projects and how we could help in future developments. Mr. Meade mentioned some projects that we could work together with including the redevelopments of South Boston.

2011年9月2日,美亚商旅集团(AABT-Boston)的母公司-(PCPG)派蒂克房地产集团 (PattyC Property Group) 陈艺平(Patty ),莎莉(Sally),史蒂夫(Steve),和锺进财(Kenneth)在波士顿市政厅会见了波士顿重建局(BRA)总监彼得米德(Peter Meade)和他的参谋长詹姆斯蒂尔尼(James Tierney)。陈艺平介绍了PCPG及其正在进行的EB – 5投资移民项目,同时还介绍了PCPG在将来能够帮助波士顿发展的重要作用。米德先生提出将来有机会会和PCPG合作一些项目,比如南波士顿地区的重建工作。

from left: Sally, Peter Meade, Patty, Steve,  Kenneth

 

2011年 8月,为房产投资绿卡移民,湖滨物业未来的设计和建设

 

from R: Nader T. Dean of MIT; Doreve N. owner of Nicholaef Architecture firm;  Patty Chen,president PattyC Property., property developer ,  Lorne McDougall, Lawyer of EAPD LLP
从右 :麻省理工学院建筑设计院主任纳德据特哈尼(Nader Tehrani); 尼克拉夫建筑公司的 老板 一夫尼克拉夫(Doreve Nicholaeff); 总裁陈艺平; 公司开发商; 律师事务所的合伙人洛恩麦克杜格尔

 (Jia Hu edited 胡佳稿)

On August 24th, 2011 at the headquarters office of the PattyC Property Group, the president Patty Chen had a meeting with the developer of the Ohio Property; Dean of the Department of Architectural Design at Dean of MIT, Nader Tehrani; owner of Nicholaeff Architecture Firm, Doreve Nicholaeff, and partner of law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Lorne McDougall. They all provided design and building ideas for the future development of the Lake front property.

2011年8月24日,在美亚商旅集团PCPG总部办公室,总裁陈艺平会见了资产公司开发商, 麻省理工学院建筑设计院主任纳德据特哈尼(Nader Tehrani), 尼克拉夫建筑公司的 老板 一夫尼克拉夫(Doreve Nicholaeff),和Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LPP律师事务所的合伙人洛恩麦克杜格尔(Lorne McDougall)。他们就将来湖滨产业的发展提供了设计和建设的思路。

 

2011年 8月,到俄亥俄州查看EB5房地产绿卡投资项目; 参加芝加哥5万人领导高峰会议

PattyC Property Group visited the site of their possible next EB5 investment project. This is intended to be a 4 season mixed use resort community located in Ohio on Lake Erie.

PattyC集团参观了他们可能成为EB – 5投资项目的现场。这是位于俄亥俄州伊利湖滨,要建成一座4季节混合使用的度假区。

 

2011年 7月,本公司帮助中国学生来美国波士顿Tufts University 塔夫茨大学第2届英语暑期班

AABT-Boston brought Chinese students to Tufts University for the English Program stretching from July 17th to August 13th. The students were very happy and learned a lot from this one month program which included activities such as visiting Boston’s famous attractions (The Freedom Trail, JFK Library and Museum, the Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, and Fenway Park) and allowing them to travel to America’s finest cities including New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Some student’s parents also came to Boston to go sightseeing with them.

2011 年7月17日至8月13日,美亚商旅集团-波士顿(AABT-Boston) 带来中国学生参加了塔夫茨大学英语暑期课程。有些学生家长也一同来到了波士顿。 与其它各国学生在一起,中国学生非常乐意寓教于乐的学习英语强化课程和参加下午的精华景点活动,如访问波士顿的自由足迹,肯尼迪图书馆和博物馆,科学博物馆,新英格兰水族馆,以及芬威公园著名景点,并前往美国最好的城市游览,包括纽约市,费城和华盛顿特区。 中国学生都说收获非常大, 只觉得一个月过的太快了。