Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC (“Arctaris”), among the largest impact-focused Opportunity Zone fund manager nationally, released its 2025 Arctaris Impact Report: Building to Endure. Arctaris deployed $26M of capital, deepened its focus on affordable housing, and added nearly 5,000 broadband fiber passings. Read more in the report: Building to Endure: Investing in Housing and Community Revitalization
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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 Announces Successful Sale of Cold Storage Facility in Pennsylvania Opportunity Zone, Meeting Goal to Deliver 50-100 New Jobs to Braddock, PA
Arctaris Impact Investors Successfully Exits Investment Following the Renovation and Recapitalization of the Industrial Facility; Consumer Fresh Produce Will Reopen Facility in Braddock, PA, Bringing New Jobs to the Community
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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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Arctaris Leads $30M Opportunity Zone Investment to Transform Baltimore’s Shuttered Embassy Suites Into Affordable Housing
Arctaris is pleased to announce an equity investment in a $30 million opportunity zone hotel-to-residential conversion opportunity in downtown Baltimore. Arctaris Impact’s investment will be used to convert a formerly abandoned hotel into a vibrant 303-unit multifamily development, addressing the city’s pressing housing shortage. The transaction marks Arctaris Impact’s fifth investment in Baltimore.
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Opportunity Zones Are a Big Success. Let’s Make Them Bigger
Opportunity Zones have already invested over $100 billion in struggling communities, creating vibrant urban areas and new job opportunities. Now is the time to expand and make this initiative permanent. By expanding the program, Opportunity Zones have the potential to generate even greater economic growth and provide more benefits to underserved areas. Arctaris Managing Partner, Jonathan Tower, and Steve Glickman, co-founder and former CEO of the Economic Innovation Group, propose several ways to grow and enhance the already effective and impactful program.
Let’s make Opportunity Zones a lasting solution for America’s most neglected communities.
You can read the full whitepaper, originally published by Governing Magazine, here