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What are the rules for designating a nearby parcel as Opportunity Zone?

What if a parcel is next to an Opportunity Zone, but with a road in-between and a bridge is connecting the two properties? Since one parcel is in an Opportunity Zone, does that allow the other to be considered OZ as well?


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  • Marko Belej
    May 23, 2022

    The regulations provide that if a qualified opportunity fund (QOF) or qualified opportunity zone business (QOZB) holds parcels of real property inside and outside an opportunity zone (OZ), then both parcels will be deemed to be located in an OZ if (i) both parcels are used in the QOF's or QOZB's business activities, (ii) the parcels are contiguous (you can ignore the road) and (iii) either the square footage or unadjusted cost basis of the parcel in the OZ is greater than the square footage or unadjusted cost basis, respectively, of the parcel outside the OZ. So in your case an answer depends on the relative sizes of the parcels.

  • Ronald  Weisfeld
    May 23, 2022

    The property must be in a designated Opportunity Zone, you cannot add any property to such QOZ.

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