Business Programs

Commercial Facade Improvement Program

The City of Lauderdale Lakes's Commercial Facade Improvement Program (CFIP) is designed to improve commercial storefront property located in Community Redevelopment Agency target areas. Support funding is made available on a competitive basis to qualified owners on a one-to-one public to private basis. 

For more information on the program, view the CFIP Information Document.
  
View the Storefront Design Guidelines for specific details about the architectural guidelines.  
   
Foreign Trade Zone Program

Companies that operate within the designated foreign trade zone can implement more effective economical solutions for cargo storage, merchandise manipulation and manufacturing needs through incentives that offer the opportunity to:
 
     *    Defer, reduce or eliminate Customs duties on products admitted into the zone
     *    Save on taxes and improve bottom line results
     *    Expand in the United States and Abroad
     *    Boost competitiveness domestically and internationally 
 
For more information on the designated FTZ area, view the Foreign Trade Zone Map.

For more information on the foreign trade zone, view the FTZ Information Document.

Opportunity Zones Program

In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was adopted.  This Act includes the  establishment of an Opportunity Zones Program to provide tax incentives, including a temporary deferral on capital gains taxes, when investors reinvest those gains in qualified opportunity funds. The funds must be invested in low-income communities from designated census tracts in the Opportunity Zone.

Attached is a map showing the approved Opportunity Zones within the City of Lauderdale Lakes. To schedule a meeting with our Opportunity Zones Coordinators, please contact the Economic Development Division at 954-535-2492.

For more information on the designated Opportunity Zones, view the Opportunity Zone Map.