Arctaris Annual Impact Report: Stepping Up for Communities and Investors

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Arctaris Secures $60 Million New Markets Tax Credits Award from U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund to Boost Industrial and Manufacturing in Underserved Communities

BOSTON, MA — January 15, 2026 — Arctaris Impact Investors, a Boston-based national impact investment firm, proudly announces that its affiliate, Arctaris Impact CDE, LLC, was awarded $60 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). This prestigious award will empower Arctaris to finance transformative industrial and manufacturing projects, driving economic growth, job creation, and revitalization in low-income and underserved communities across the United States. Arctaris Impact CDE was previously awarded a $30 million NMTC allocation from the CDFI Fund in 2022.

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No Time to Wait, Why Investors Should be Looking at OZ Funds Right Now

By Jonathan Tower, Founder and CEO of Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC

The U.S. Congress recently made the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program permanent, which is reason to celebrate. In a few short years the OZ legislation has proven itself to be one of the most successful economic development programs ever. There are now plenty of reasons why investors should want to commit to OZ’s today, before the new legislation takes effect in 2027.

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Arctaris Releases Annual Impact Report, Stepping Up for Communities and Investors

Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC (“Arctaris”), the largest impact-focused Opportunity Zone fund manager nationally, released its 2024 Arctaris Impact Report: Stepping Up for Communities and Investors. Arctaris deployed $97M of capital across 7 transactions in real estate, broadband and operating companies, the most ever deployed by Arctaris in a single year. We invested $30M through the New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) program to businesses, 94% of which were minority-owned businesses.

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Arctaris Impact Investors and Housing Diversity Corp. Announce Opening of LA County’s Largest Master-Leased Affordable Housing Development

Opportunity Zone investment reflects the power of collaboration between public, private, and philanthropic sectors to address the city’s housing crisis

LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2025 — Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC(“Arctaris Impact”) and Housing Diversity Corporation (“HDC”) today announced the opening of Liv DTLA, an eight-story, 227-unit affordable housing development designed to address Los Angeles’ severe housing shortage. The project was co-sponsored and developed by HDC, a Seattle-based large-scale multifamily real estate manager, while Arctaris Impact, a national impact investment firm with a 15-year track record in underserved communities, provided critical project funding.

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