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Urban Array Opportunity Fund | Urban Array Impact Ventures

The Opportunity Zone Fund Directory is a compilation of publicly-announced funds formed to attract investment in Opportunity Zones (OZs). NCSHA is tracking only multi-project OZ funds. To learn more about a fund included in this directory, click on the name.

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Directory Stats as of February 27, 2024:

248 Total Funds ā–  $50.19 Billion Total Anticipated Investment ā–  56% of Funds Target Investment in Affordable Housing and Community Development

Opportunity Zone Case Studies

Fund NameUrban Array Opportunity Fund
Fund Manager or Organizer(s)Urban Array Impact Ventures
Fund Size$50,000,000
Fund-Related Websiteurbanarray.org
Investment Focus
Commercial Real Estate, Community Revitalization, Economic Development, Renewable Energy Investment, Small Business Development, Workforce Housing
Geographic Focus
California, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Texas, Washington, Regional Or Local
Additional Fund Details

The Fund identifies properties to rehab and rebuild and entrepreneurs to incubate and facilitate in the newly renovated spaces.

Supported by UAF and working in conjunction with building equity company Hanns & Erving, properties purchased by the Fund are rehabbed and rebuilt for entrepreneurs being incubated through business accelerator E.G. Woode. This allows UAOF to minimize costs of UAF and entrepreneurs in Opportunity Zones.

The specific investment principles followed create centers for innovation and growth enabling:

Individuals to build themselves while growing their community
Investors to make an impact while growing their portfolio

As assets are grown they may be sold back to the community members who contributed to them or UAF, allowing the fund to exit their position in the asset.

In order to maximize tax incentives and returns, investors' money is locked into the fund for 10 years. Dividends may be paid. Management fees of 2 and 20 are donated to, and used to pay the salaries of, UAF development and management teams.

The Fund has four main goals:

Be a catalyst for high-growth businesses and asset development
Serve an essential function in developing centers of entrepreneurial growth within the greater Chicago area
Support the Social Impact Investing activities of The Foundation under no obligation to participate in every project undertake
Provide measured returns for investors by growing its asset base at very low cost

Organization Details

The Urban Array Foundation is able to leverage a number of technological advancements in order to offer attractive opportunities to the UAO, including but not limited to:

Social Enterprise Asset Management (SEAM) system
Simple and scalable After-Action-Reporting process
Process and resource management synergies
Closed-loop equity management

The Urban Array Opportunity Fund is the first iteration of what we believe will grow to be a world-changing investment class. The Fund will support the activities of the Urban Array Foundation by lending seed investment to the community-driven projects that the Foundation empowers using the open source SEAM platform.

Fund Contact....
NameMarquis Davis
Job TitleManaging Director
Phone(646) 881-4818
EmailEmail hidden; Javascript is required.


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Case Studies: Opportunity Zone Investment in Affordable Housing and Community Revitalization

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