# Abteen Vaziri: Why Dallas Is Leaving Development Dollars on the Table From Foreign Investors

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Podcast: [Dallas Dirt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dallas-dirt-6728242)
Published: 2024-10-01T05:26:32+00:00
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In this episode of Dallas Dirt, Candy Evans sits down with Abteen Vaziri, founder and CEO of Uptown Companies Incorporated, and a recent New York transplant on a mission to transform Dallas's real estate landscape. Vaziri's explains the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, designed to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Vaziri also discusses the dynamic between public and private sectors in fostering real estate growth. He highlights successful models of public-private partnerships like the resurgence of the Statler Hotel project that benefitted from multiple funding sources, including EB-5 financing and historical tax credits.

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