Michael Bogle and Mike Cashin to Speak on Opportunity Zone & Brownfields Issues at Charleston Metro Chamber Event

CHARLESTON, SC—Developers, municipalities and investors can use a variety of federal and state programs to create profitable real estate investment opportunities in locations they may not initially consider for development.

For example, federal and state brownfields programs provide substantial funding for cleaning up and redeveloping polluted and contaminated tracts of land. And now, the new federal Opportunity Zones program provides significant capital gains tax incentives to investors that put money into designated low-income areas. The Opportunity Zones program creates jobs and wealth in these communities, while providing investors with attractive tax savings.

Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys regularly guide real estate developers, investors and municipalities in both brownfield projects and Opportunity Zone investments. And on Feb. 25, Womble Bond Dickinson partners Michael Bogle and Mike Cashin will take part in a Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce presentation on “Business in your Backyard - Brownfield Redevelopment & Opportunity Zones”.

Joining Bogle and Cashin will be DHEC State Brownfields Manager Robert Hodges, Terracon Brownfield Grant Coordinator Becky Horace, Town of Central Town Administrator Phillip Mishoe and Terracon National Brownfield Program Director Belinda Richard.

Attendees will learn about the federal and state brownfield programs, their grant funding, tax incentives and the application of the new Opportunity Zone regulations to brownfield properties. 
The panel also will discuss how the brownfield grant funding has been used by an Upstate town to ignite its revitalization.

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Michael Bogle guides companies complex US environmental litigation matters, including CERCLA/cost recovery actions, toxic tort actions and cases involving impacted property. He also helps clients comply with state and federal environmental regulations. Bogle also guides companies in buying, selling and remediating contaminated properties, negotiating access agreements, and reviewing environmental aspects of real estate transactions, including voluntary cleanup contracts under the South Carolina Brownfields Program.

Mike Cashin has advised public and privately held entities on complex tax planning and structuring matters for more than a decade. His legal practice includes counseling clients on federal opportunity zone regulations, structuring considerations, and tax benefits associated with opportunity zone investments.