Promised Land Opportunity Zone Fund
Promised Land Opportunity Zone Fund
- Unique opportunity to participate in a large-scale opportunity zone investment vehicle of US farmland.
- Private investment fund focused on acquiring and improving farmland in qualified opportunity zones ("QOZs") in the United States, as designated under U.S. tax provisions enacted in 2017.
- Actionable opportunity with an
- Initial Portfolio composed primarily of fixed rate leases (~90%).
- Expected initial property level NOI yield for 2022 of +3.7%.
- Geographic focus in rural, agriculturally dependent communities to spur economic revitalization and job creation.
Promised Land OZ is the leading rural development partner for Opportunity Zones located in American farming communities.
Fund I: An overview of McCotter Farms PLOZ
Owen Peele, the current tenant for McCotter Farms PLOZ, shares about his involvement in Promised Land's staple investment farm.
Owen Peele, the current tenant for McCotter Farms PLOZ, shares about his involvement in Promised Land's staple investment farm.
What Is a QOZ?
QOZs are certain economically distressed communities in the United States where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. The Fund was created to acquire, improve, and stimulate economic development of land located in QOZs.
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Tax Benefits¹
- Capital gains tax deferred until the earlier of sale or 12/31/26.
- Permanent reduction of 10% of gain if held for at least 5 years.
- Exclusion of Future Gain: Permanent exclusion of the appreciation of the opportunity zone investment if held for at least 10 years.
Farmland Benefits
- Lower incremental capital required for improvements compared to QOZ real estate developments.
- Capital improvements (e.g. irrigation, drainage, or storage) increase farm productivity and generate higher rents.
Strategic Collaboration
Strategic Collaboration
Highly Experienced Farm Property Manager
- Partnering with Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI), a large scale, sophisticated farm owner and industry’s leading REIT.
- Owns and manages over $1.0 billion of farmland assets across all main US markets and crop varieties.
- Over 20 years of farmland investing experience.
- Active deal-sourcing network and established underwriting capabilities.
Favorable USA Farmland Supply/Demand²: Growing Population and Shrinking Farmland
Expert Leadership
John S. Heneghan
PRESIDENT, LAST LEAF VENTURES, LLC
John S. Heneghan is the President of Servant Financial, Ltd., the Manager of Last Leaf Ventures, LLC, and the Manager of the Fund. Mr. Heneghan has substantial experience covering large family and multifamily offices providing advice on Alternative Investment Management. Prior to Servant Financial, Mr. Heneghan held executive leadership roles spanning both public and private accounting and finance roles. Mr. Heneghan holds a Bachelor of Science (High Honors) in Accounting from University of Illinois – Gies College of Business.
Christian Zann
CIO & FOUNDER, SOURCEROCK CAPITAL
From 2004 to 2019, Mr. Zann was a portfolio manager at Balyasny Asset Management and became a partner in 2007. He ran both energy and industrials allocations at BAM and was consistently a top profit generator. Within BAM, Christian launched and managed the ZIE fund from 2014 until 2019 as an outside portfolio.
Professor Bruce J. Sherrick, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR, TIAA CENER FOR FARMLAN RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Dr. Sherrick helps make crop insurance programs work better for crop producers across the United States. Through the farmdoc program at the University of Illinois, he helps inform producers and policy makers on a wide array of contemporary issues affecting agriculture. As a member of the Farmland Technical Advisory Board, he coordinates the required calculations that support the use-value farmland assessment system in Illinois. He helps build information systems for agricultural asset markets that utilize big data and novel computational strategies to better understand farmland values.
Joe McAdams
EXECUTIVE AT EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES (RETIRED)
Mr. McAdams is an expert consultant in the MH/RV industry. His current clients include Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), Brown and Brown, Campers Inn, and Costco Auto Buying Services. Beginning in 1991, Mr. McAdams was CEO of the Affinity Group which offered ancillary products and services to the RV industry and had an annual revenue of about $450 million. He purchased Thousand Trails, the largest private membership camping organization in the United States, in 2006. Thousand Trails had 82 RV resorts and 135,000 member families when it was purchased by ELS. Joe then became the President of Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) which had over 5,100 employees and annual revenues in excess of $500 million.
Steven J. Thayer, M.B.A., J.D.
PARTNER AT HANDLER THAYER, LLP, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Throughout his career, Mr. Thayer has been heavily involved in the formation, financing, and operation of business enterprises in a variety of industries both domestically and internationally. Mr. Thayer advises businesses on their formation issues, capital structures, private placement offerings, and other business contracts. He advises family offices and hedge fund managers, and he also assists businesses with routine business transactions.
Kellee James
VP AGRICULTURE FOR ARGUS MEDIA, FORMER FOUNDER AND CEO OF MERCARIS
Kellee James has spent 20 years building markets for environmental assets in the agriculture and energy sectors, including carbon and water markets as well as identity-preserved grain & oilseed commodity markets. She is the founder of Mercaris, an agtech company and price reporting agency that provides independent analysis of organic and non-GMO crops. Kellee sits on the Board of Oregon Tilth, one of the largest certifiers of organic farmland in the US and was a White House Fellow under the Obama administration.
Ailie Elmore, M.S.
INVESTMENT ANALYST & DIGITAL CONTENT CREATER FOR PROMISED LAND
Ailie is an investment analyst and digital content creator for Promised Land. Ailie grew up on a row-crop farm in central Illinois and also works as a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She combines her love for writing with her passion for agricultural investing and economics. She assists with investment research, economic analysis, and data analytics, particularly with respect to farm acquisitions for Promised Land Opportunity Zone Fund.
Paul Pittman
CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FARMLAND PARTNERS
Paul Pittman has served as FPI’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since its initial public offering in April 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Pittman directly operated a 13,000-acre grain farm in Illinois and Nebraska and began investing in farmland in the mid-1990s. Early in his career, he was a lawyer and investment banker in London and New York City.
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The past performance of Promised Land Opportunity Zone Fund I, LLC or the Fund does not guarantee future results. In considering any performance information contained herein, prospective investors should bear in mind that past or projected performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, and there can be no assurance that any Future Events or investment opportunities described herein will achieve comparable results, that target returns, if any, will be met, that the Fund will be able to successfully implement its investment strategy or that any investment will demonstrate each of the risk mitigating characteristics described herein. Future investments will be made under different economic conditions and will include different transactions than in the past. Any investment herein is subject to various risks, only a limited number of which are outlined herein. An investor may bear a loss and results may vary from those shown.
No assurances can be provided that the Fund will qualify as a Qualified Opportunity Fund or that, even if it does qualify, the tax benefits of the QOF Program will be available to any particular investor in the Fund.
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(1) Material prepared for informational purposes only. Not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax advice. Consult your own tax advisors before engaging in any transaction.
(2) Source: USDA Census Data and ourworldindata.org.
(3) Source: NCREIF Farm Index.
