Green for Green

Gar Lippincott can't decide whether his Atlantic American Partners is in the immigration business or the commercial real estate finance business.

The confusion is understandable: Atlantic American operates in both camps, using foreign EB-5 investment capital to fund development of high-profile projects throughout the region.

On the real estate side, the company has been involved in more than two dozen high-profile projects, including the $98 million 915 Franklin apartments under construction in downtown Tampa, the $39.5 million Channelside apartments in Fort Myers and the 10-story Current hotel underway on Tampa's Rocky Point.