Reporters barred from China event seeking investment in Kushner project

Developers seeking to raise $150 mn funding for project from investors through EB-5 visa programme

Organisers barred journalists on Sunday from a publicly advertised event in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment in a US real estate project linked to the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law in exchange for immigrant visas.

The two-tower luxury apartment complex in New Jersey, One Journal Square, is being developed by KABR Group and the Kushner Companies, which until recently was headed by senior White House advisor Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump’s daughter Ivanka.

The developers are seeking to raise $150 million, or 15.4 per cent of funding for the project, from investors through the EB-5 visa programme, according to marketing