Kosmont Transactions Services (KTS) offers a unique and full range of services to public agencies and private entities that require public finance expertise including projects that advance real estate and economic development programs.
KTS specifically handles transactional business, such as public agency bond financings, that are regulated by government agencies. KTS provides transactional Financial Advisory services to public agency clients. KTS’ public finance services complement the broader array of economic development services that are separately provided by Kosmont Companies which services include real estate advisory, project finance, transaction structuring, developer negotiations, project planning, project implementation, real estate management and asset evaluations.
KTS’ unique blend of skill, innovation and entrepreneurship is what sets Kosmont apart from the crowd. Our Financial Advisory services are not “monoline” but instead tap into a broader array of financing devices and mechanisms that most public agencies do not always recognize are available to them. This type of ingenuity and creativity are the hallmarks of Kosmont Transactions Services and epitomizes our approach to every assignment. KTS is currently registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board as a Municipal Advisor and certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (“MBE”).
Kosmont Real Estate Services, dba Kosmont Realty (KR), a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is a full-service real estate brokerage firm, licensed in the State of California (License # 02058445). KR has extensive knowledge and experience of working with local government on real estate transactions between public agencies and private parties. KR’s long and successful track record of providing such services, helps to ensure positive outcomes in the technical and transactional practice of executing real estate transactions for both public agencies and private parties.
The KR team includes well-rounded and seasoned real estate experts who possess hands-on experience in both the public and private sector, which provides KR with a distinctive and unique balance and understanding of public sector priorities and private investment and development criteria. In each transaction, KR works to serve the client’s long-term strategic goals by helping them with asset management, planning, implementation, and execution. Particularly for public agency clients, KR seeks to increase their capacity for future deals and best serve their long-term interests by building and fostering key private sector transaction-based relationships and staying on top of the latest technological advancements and tools in the real estate sector.
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California Golden Fund (CGF) is a USCIS approved EB-5 Regional Center. CGF specializes in linking foreign investors with reputable project stakeholders to promote regional job growth and build stronger urban communities. CGF is dedicated to providing low-cost and flexible equity and debt financing to public/private and private sector projects which meet requirements of the USCIS EB-5 Investment Program by offering a wide-array of investment opportunities and logistical services for individual investors seeking to immigrate to the US.
Created in 1990 through the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1990, the EB-5 visa program provides United States citizenship for eligible foreign nationals who invest in a new commercial enterprise that will benefit the U.S. economy and create at least 10 full-time jobs per minimum investment. Investment minimums are set at $1,000,000 or $500,000 for projects located in a designated Targeted Employment Area (TEA).
he Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey is a nationally recognized annual report which provides information about the costs of operating a business by comparing taxes/incentives in more than 300- selected U.S. cities across 9 western states, focusing on the states where business relocation is the most active. The survey is considered an essential resource for the public and private sectors to assess competitiveness and make relocation/real estate decisions.
Kosmont Companies is the founding publisher of the 1995 first edition of the Cost of Doing Business Survey. It quickly became an recognized and essential tool for corporations, real estate developers, community planners, and public officials. In 2003, Kosmont selected the Rose Institute of State and Local Government as the publisher for future editions of the Survey, now known as the Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey. The Rose Institute of State & Local Government is a public policy research center at Claremont McKenna College that has established itself as a national leader in state and local government research. Since 2003, the Rose Institute has continued to expand the scope and accuracy of the Survey.