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What does Inland Investment Group do?

Playa Vista Equities in an investment holding company that invests in private and publicly-traded companies. PVE also provides private investment management services to individuals and institutions, including Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds, Credit Funds, and EB-5 Immigrant Investor Funds. Additionally, we own and operate a USCIS-approved EB-5 Regional Center that covers the entire State of California.
What does Inland Investment Group do for each EB-5 project?

We are a full-service EB-5 asset management firm that exclusively represents the EB-5 investors for each EB-5 Project. Our primary responsibilities are: Conduct our Quality Audits, which consists of extensive due diligence on potential EB-5 Projects, in order to determine if each Project meets our immigration, return-on-investment, and risk mitigation standards. Based on our most recent 2020 figures, only 1.4% of potential EB-5 Projects which approach us for capital passes the Quality Audit. Once the EB-5 Project is determined to have passed our Quality Audit, we begin managing the EB-5 capital raise on behalf of the EB-5 Project. This also includes assembling the job-creation report, EB-5 business plan, and offering documents. When EB-5 capital has been deployment into the EB-5 project, our primary function as a member of the development committee (required for every EB-5 Project we take on) is to oversee the Developer and project operations to ensure capital is being allocated in accordance to the EB-5 business plan. Manage the distribution of profits to EB-5 investors, as well as the return of their initial capital investment. Our goal is to represent you so you can feel confident that you've invested in the right EB-5 Project and comfortable knowing we are monitoring all aspects of the process on your behalf.
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President

Buck Johns

Mr. Johns, an Eagle Scout, graduated as the Outstanding Senior with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1964. Mr. Johns received the 1976 Distinguished Engineer Award and was inducted, in 1977, into the University of Arkansas Engineering Hall of Fame as its youngest member.

In 1986 Mr. Johns founded the Newport Beach headquartered development organization, Inland Group, Inc. and, subsequently, Inland Energy, Inc., for the purpose of concentrating on entitlement and development activities for real estate, infrastructure and energy related projects.

In 1994, Inland Energy founded the High Desert Power Project (HDPP) and subsequently partnered with Baltimore Gas and Electric (later Constellation), the nation’s oldest utility, to develop the $650 million HDPP in Victorville. The California Energy Commission granted the construction and operation permit for HDPP on May 3, 2000 and construction commenced in April 2001.

In March of 2001, the California Department of Water Resources signed a 10-year contract for the facility’s output for $3.6 billion. In April, 2003 the plant came on line ahead of schedule and on budget. HDPP went on to win Power Magazine's highest award as International Power Plant of the Year in 2003.

In 2006, Mr. Johns led Inland into the growing EB-5 investor visa market which led to Inland Investor Group's successful EB-5 program with current projects totaling more than $100 million.

Executive Vice President

Tom Barnett

Mr. Barnett joined Inland Energy, Inc.in 2003 as Executive Vice President after more than 15 years with Constellation Energy Group, where he served as a Vice-President in charge of power plant development in the Western U.S. Mr. Barnett has been in the power plant development field for more than 25 years and has developed projects in a dozen different states. Most recently, he led the successful development of Constellation’s 830 MW High Desert Power Project (HDPP) in Victorville, CA. In 2003 HDPP was awarded “Power” Magazine’s prestigious Power Plant of the Year for 2003. The editor of “Power” specifically cited Mr. Barnett’s development effort as a key reason for the award. Mr. Barnett led Inland Energy’s efforts to develop hybrid solar/gas power plants for communities in Southern California. In 2006 he joined Inland President Buck Johns in developing a successful EB-5 investor visa program for Inland. Together with Mr. Johns, he has made numerous trips to Vietnam to encourage participation in Inland's program.

He holds an M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia and served as an officer with the 82nd Airborne Division, retiring as a Major in the Army Reserves.