Denver Business Journal articles from March 1997

Denver Business Journal archives from March 1997

Natural gas fuels oil shale debate. (Colorado)
March 7, 1997... Colorado's vast Naval Oil Shale Reserves have oozed their way back into the national limelight. This time, it isn't oil shale itself that has captured the attention of energy experts from Washington to the Western Slope. Instead, a feeding...

Wall St. savvy fills Vail board. (Vail Resorts Inc.)(includes related article)
March 7, 1997... 15 males count decades of deals Like Detroit with the Chevy Corvette, Vail Resorts Inc. has assembled a sleek board of directors built for power and speed. The common denominator among most of Vail Resorts' 15 directors is the ability not...

Healthy drive for power; Shwayder nears Senate's approval. (appointment of Patti Shwayder as executive director of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment)
March 7, 1997... Patti Shwayder, likely to finally be confirmed this spring as executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, has calmed the stormy seas that surrounded the agency when she took the job on an acting basis two years...

Washington scandal hits close to home. (Colorado Gov. Roy Romer's role in Pres. Clinton's re-election campaign finance scandal)
March 7, 1997... Gov. Roy Romer had better be on his guard. His status as an elder statesman of the Democratic Party is in serious jeopardy now that the Clinton administration's re-election campaign finance abuses have found a permanent home on the front pages...

'Hospitalists' challenge traditional care; new specialty of doctors spreads in metro area. (Denver, CO)(Special Section: Health Care)
March 7, 1997... In some quarters they're called "hospitalists" and in other places they're known as "intensivists" or some other name. Whatever name is applied, this relatively new medical speciality is spreading in the Denver area. Advocates of this new...

Panel probes PUC role in phone dereg. (Colorado Public Utilities Commission)
March 7, 1997... State lawmakers have stepped into the flap over whether the Public Utilities Commission is impeding competition in the local phone market. All the players - from PUC Executive Director Bruce Smith to representatives from U S West and most of...

Laser Storm debunks 'fad' concept; tag game shoots for a comeback. (Laser Storm Inc.)
March 7, 1997... Denver-based Laser Storm Inc. is on a mission to become a major player in the entertainment industry, while sparking more interest in laser tag. Laser Storm has had its share of recent problems. In December its stock plunged about 80 percent...

Study: state totes heavy tax burden. (Colorado)
March 7, 1997... Colorado gives local governments a bigger purse than most states when it comes to revenues. But newly released numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show that strapped local governments continue to press for more state money for education and...

SF group has heart set on buying Title Building. (San Francisco, CA-based Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group)
March 7, 1997... The Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group, a San Francisco-based chain of small, upscale hotels and fine restaurants, has narrowed its search for a property in downtown Denver to the Title Building at 17th and Champa streets. Kimpton owns and...

Transit agencies join forces for federal funds. (Colorado Association of Transit Agencies)
March 7, 1997... A group of 10 Colorado transit agencies are teaming up to ask for $14 million in federal funds to buy new buses and other equipment. "There really hasn't been a chance for us to get any kind of funds for transit. It is really important that we...

Growth in home care reflects industry changes; market matures with mergers, acquisitions.(Special Section: Health Care)
March 7, 1997... The astounding growth that has characterized the home health-care industry during the past 10 to 12 years is now being accompanied by ever-increasing levels of service sophistication and business savvy. The emerging market maturity is a...

Little-known Section 105 can save at tax time; health costs deductable, but there's a catch.(Special Section: Health Care)
March 7, 1997... It's tax time, and that usually means giving Uncle Sam a wad of hard-earned money. But some small-business owners have reason to cheer - they're deducting all of their healthcare costs, thanks to an obscure tax law. The little-known program,...

Legislators aid leasing companies by easing health insurance rules. (Colorado Legislature)
March 7, 1997... A compromise has been reached in the Colorado Legislature to allow employee leasing companies to continue to offer health insurance to their clients while satisfying concerns of the state Division of Insurance. The compromise isn't wholly...

Rocky Mountain Youth reaches out to children; Wolk sees statewide need for service. (founder Larry Wolk)(Special Section: Health Care)
March 7, 1997... Pediatrician Larry Wolk has developed a sort of drug cocktail for his professional happiness: six parts indigent care mixed with one part traditional practice. Wolk devotes about 85 percent of his pediatric practice to indigents and Medicaid...

Rate hike timing puts TCI on renewal tightrope. (TCI of Colorado)
March 7, 1997... TCI of Colorado finds itself in the unenviable position of raising rates for its 400,000 subscribers in Denver at the same time franchise renewal talks are beginning. On the face of it, rate increases have nothing to do with franchise renewal,...

TCI creating stock track telephony. (Tele-Communications Inc.)
March 7, 1997... Almost lost in the shuffle of its ever-changing plans and players, Tele-Communications Inc. shareholders are scheduled to vote March 12 to create a new tracking stock for the Englewood-based cable operator's telephone holdings. TCI shares...

Clock ticking on action for electric deregulation. (Colorado Legislature)
March 7, 1997... Four coastal states already have jumped on the electricity deregulation bandwagon, and Colorado's Legislature is debating whether to join them. Three bills are wending their way through the state Senate and House of Representatives this...

Altair strikes gold with mining device. (Altair International Inc.)
March 7, 1997... Officials from Cody, Wyo.-based Altair International Inc. are spending a lot of time in Colorado talking to local investment banking firms and industry insiders about a new technology that is revolutionizing the mining industry - the Centrifugal...

Investment managers taking interest in energy.
March 7, 1997... Oil and gas prices may have dropped from their historical highs over the past month, but Denver's financial community is still banking on the future of energy stocks. Throughout the past year, many of the nation's largest portfolio and...

CU program makes TV stars of engineers. (University of Colorado at Boulder's distance learning program)
March 7, 1997... Engineering professors at the University of Colorado at Boulder are getting a taste of television stardom - broadcasting their engineering management courses live to three very different audiences. Professors in the Lockheed Martin Engineering...

Competitors hope to milk phone book cash cow. (publishing of telephone directories)
March 7, 1997... Telephone directories are cash cows. Witness U S West Dex, the directory publishing arm of U S West Media Group, which remained among industry revenue leaders for the sixth year in a row in 1996, generating $1.3 billion in sales. But it's...

Tempe gets retail center. (Arizona State University establishes Tempe Center)
March 14, 1997... The gateway to Arizona State University soon could have a new face as officials prepare to redevelop a retail project known as Tempe Center at the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive. The 10-acre tract, which is owned by ASU,...

Desert Ridge land up for sale. (Arizona Land Department auctions Phoenix, AZ's Desert Ridge community)
March 14, 1997... In a deal that's expected to cash out at an exorbitant price, the Arizona Land Department is about to bring another 535-acre parcel to auction within the Desert Ridge master-planned community in north Phoenix. Although an auction dote hasn't...

Downtown scoped for neighborhood complex. (Columbus Realty Trust plans to construct new apartment building in Phoenix, AZ)
March 14, 1997... A Dallas-based apartment builder known for creating neighborhoods out of inner-city streets is looking to downtown Phoenix as the spot for its newest project. City officials confirmed this week that Columbus Realty Trust has been scouring the...

Doctors question competence of hospital CEO. (executive committee evaluates CEO of Phoenix Children's Hospital)
March 14, 1997... The executive committee of the medical staff at Phoenix Children's Hospital has given the hospital's chief executive a vote of "no confidence." The reasons behind the vote against president/CEO Leland Clabots are murky; doctors at the hospital...

Big pond, small fish, big splash: downtown revitalization falls to neighborhood groups. (commercial real estate development in downtown Milwaukee, WI)
March 14, 1997... As the composition of downtown Milwaukee's leadership evolves, a number of new initiatives aimed at revitalizing the city's central business district are being developed by groups whose voices have been heard only faintly in the past. More...

Crash course: designing cargo container is lesson in government contracting.
March 14, 1997... Among the images from last July's disaster in which TWA Flight 800 crashed into the ocean off Long Island, N.Y., was the TV news footage of the mangled pieces of an air cargo container being pulled from the water. Among the many theories to...

Doyle says state legislature can limit WHEFA bond sales. (Attorney General James Doyle; Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority)
March 14, 1997... Responding to a lawmaker's concerns about the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, state Attorney General James Doyle has determined the state Legislature has the legal authority to limit the size and use of bond issues...

Firms snag $53 million in IRBs. (industrial revenue bonds)
March 14, 1997... Before this year, the process of applying for industrial revenue bonds (IRBs) in Wisconsin resembled the process of buying tickets for a popular rock concert. You had to get up early to get a good place in line. Stephen Richman, a Milwaukee...

The future of Fitzsimons: former base to become biotech center. (Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver)
March 14, 1997... Several weeks ago, the top officers of the Techniclone Corp., an up-and-coming California developer of cancer treatments, spent the better part of a week in the Denver area talking to city leaders, scientists and the investment community. What...

Give Kids the World gets growth spurt, will double in size.
March 14, 1997... Give Kids the World is embarking on its last major expansion: a year-and-a-half building effort involving dozens of Florida companies that will double the size of the internationally famed village for terminally ill children. It can't come...

St. Patrick's lament: you can't give Irish whiskey away here. (customers of Central Florida pubs and bars prefer beer over Irish whiskey)
March 14, 1997... Although tradition calls for a shot of Irish whiskey on St. Patrick's Day to ensure good luck, Irish whiskey has fallen out of favor in Central Florida's pubs and bars - and will most likely be spending the holiday on the shelf. "For some...

Auditors question amusement ride regs. (audit of Florida's program of carnival rides)
March 14, 1997... Two years after a state audit pointed out problems in the way Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspects amusement rides, state efforts lack manpower, money and may not even be addressing the chief cause of carnival...

Peace among the Predators? (Orlando Predators)
March 14, 1997... Don Dizney, the former managing general partner of the Orlando Predators, and four of his partners have quietly settled a dispute over the team's tangled finances. The team was recently sold to an Arizona-based investment partnership, but the...

Jewel scouting Milwaukee sites. (Jewel Food Stores Inc.)
March 14, 1997... The long-rumored return of Jewel Food Stores to the Milwaukee area may be a step closer to reality. Retail sources said the food store chain and Osco Drug Inc., both owned by American Stores Co., Salt Lake City, is looking at as many as five...

Convention center, hotel top downtown agenda. (Denver, Colorado)
March 14, 1997... Catch 22: Which one will come first? A multimillion-dollar chicken-and-egg dilemma is hatching in downtown Denver, and its resolution will have a sweeping impact on the city's economy for years to come. The "chicken" in this case is the...

PhyMatrix delivers slap in face to Microtest Inc.
March 14, 1997... In a move even economic development advocates are calling a slap in the face, representatives from PhyMatrix Corp. have agreed to discuss a controversial development project that Microtest Inc. officials say will drive it out of Phoenix, but only...

Flak flies over new Denver area code. (criticism of city's proposed area code system)
March 14, 1997... Metro Denver's 303 area code will run out of numbers late next year, but the solution proposed by the numbering plan administrator of Colorado is drawing flak. New entrants in Colorado's local telephone market say the proposed plan is...

Boardwatch boss finds his calling on Internet. (Boardwatch Magazine founder Jack Rickard)
March 14, 1997... Boardwatch Magazine's founder Jack Rickard signs off his monthly bender on the state of the Internet using the title "Editor Rotundus." Though it's obviously meant as a self-deprecating jab at his expansive mid-section, the moniker also...

Florida Legislature tackling business initiatives: tort reform gets headlines; cruise ship taxes, battery fees get attention in 1997 session.
March 14, 1997... State officials may have placed education at the top of their agenda for the 1997 legislative session, but that didn't stop lawmakers from filing a flurry of business-related bills. Tort reform remains the top priority for Florida businesses,...

Bankruptcy blame put on golf course design. (Pohlcat Mountainview Golf Course owners file for Chapter 11 bankcruptcy protection)
March 14, 1997... Owners of Pohlcat Mountainview Golf Course, a 275-acre, 36-hole Valley facility, are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors, and they lay full blame on the course's designer, Valley-based PGA golfer Dan Pohl. Pohl, who...

Another cost containment commission? Bill would require PSC to review hospital construction projects. (Public Service Commission)
March 14, 1997... The state Public Service Commission (PSC) would regulate hospital construction projects and rate increases under a bill that will be introduced by a state legislator. Sen. Russell Decker, a Schofield Democrat, plans to introduce two bills to...

Big banks, small businesses pairing up.
March 14, 1997... As little as six months ago, large banks sometimes treated small-business accounts as a liability. Start-ups, or companies with fewer than 10 employees, tend to keep small balances and make numerous deposits each month. But banks are realizing...

Oil-pit violators targeted by EPA aerial surveys: evaporation ponds kill 2M birds a year.
March 14, 1997... Look out, Colorado oil producers: Big brother is getting ready to conduct more "fly-bys." Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Fish & Wildlife Service told The Denver Business Journal they are gearing up for...

Relocation more than a change of address. (corporate relocation)
March 14, 1997... A corporate relocation is more than a change of address; it is a visible symbol of corporate health and intent. Moving to lesser quarters says you are experiencing hard times and are scaling down; moving to grander quarters suggests you are...

Complex formula defines today's vibrant downtown: entertainment, tourism add to mix.
March 14, 1997... I had the good fortune last year to land a job downtown. Though I spend too much time cooped up in my windowless cubicle and too little time strolling the 16th Street Mall, I love working downtown. Simply put, it's where much of the action is....

Fraud - the software feature your firm didn't order.
March 14, 1997... After months of long hours, voluminous memos, endless meetings and last-minute glitches, your company's new software application is ready to go. A virtual switch is thrown, and hundreds of workstations gleam with a new, friendly home screen,...

Mandated health options defeated on third read. (members of Arizona House of Representatives vote against HB 2170)
March 14, 1997... Small-business interests celebrated the defeat of a bill this week that many believed would have hiked their already-burdensome health insurance rates. However, supporters of the bill say they are not abandoning their efforts just yet. Hb...

Understanding emotions may smooth relocation: some entrenched employees have a low comfort with change.
March 14, 1997... Chuck was having difficulty concentrating at work. He'd wake up at 3 a.m. unable to go back to sleep. Tension mounted. Because of his company's growth, it was relocating. The move was well thought out and planned. Yet something was distressing...

Is your Web site making you any money? Here's how it can.
March 14, 1997... Over the past two years, it seems like just about every business you can think of has developed a Web site on the Internet. So why even ask how to make money on the Internet? Surely, prudent business managers wouldn't rush to pump hard cash into...

Arizona's attraction dissected in survey. (Phoenix, AZ's tourist spots)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... Phoenix may once have been viewed as a vast desert wasteland, but its image is changing fast. And as people's perception of the Valley broadens, so too must the promotion dollars the tourism industry spends on selling the state. A recent...

Journal Sentinel tries to move forward after Meisner resignation. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Martin Keiser becomes new senior VP after resignation of Mary Jo Meisner)
March 14, 1997... The new editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that unlike his predecessor, he can watch the bottom line and be passionate about news at the same time. Martin Kaiser was promoted from managing editor to editor of the daily newspaper,...

Pavilions' entertainment adds to downtown mix: free shuttle critical to center's location. (Denver Pavilions)
March 14, 1997... Free bus. That's what most Deriverites think of when they hear "16th Street Mall," downtown insiders say. And the addition of the Denver Pavilions to downtown probably won't change that image. The 350,000-square-foot, $101.5 million retail and...

Outlook good for finding capital. (Arizona small business financing)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... Access to capital is on an upswing for Arizona businesses. Early fiscal 1997 saw the state continue its climb in government-guaranteed lending. A record 262 loans for a total $78 million were backed by the Arizona office of the U.S. Small...

Indoor air quality - expensive retrofits.
March 14, 1997... After a successful postponement of the OSHA Standards for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), there is a new standard floating out there in the arena of air quality legislation that COULD drastically affect the commercial office building industry. The...

Four Seasons hotels enter vacation-ownership field. (Four Seasons Hotels Ltd.)
March 14, 1997... Four Seasons Hotels Ltd., headquartered in Toronto, has jumped onto the vacation-ownership bandwagon, striking a deal with the Miami-based Interval International exchange network. There's no word yet on whether Four Seasons, which has plans to...

Utility merger opponents use delays to shift debate. (Madison Gas & Electric Co. expresses dissatisfaction over Primergy)
March 14, 1997... Lately, all talk of game plans and strategies centers on the Green Bay Packers' drive to Super Bowl XXXI. But another industry has seen its share of strategic end runs and tactical blitzes recently. Welcome to the smash-mouth, trash-talking...

Internet domain name sellers want big bucks for key names.
March 14, 1997... The potential for reaching throngs of new customers via the Internet has spawned a new generation of electronic brokers - domain name sellers. Companies looking to hop on the Net call, them Internet name scalpers, while trademark lawyers call...

A bicultural dynamo on and off the field. (Enrique Morones, San Diego Padres' director of Hispanic and multicultural marketing)
March 14, 1997... He runs to success for himself and Padres For Enrique Morones, there is only one speed: full throttle. "He's the Energizer bunny. He just doesn't stop," says Gil Partida, president of the Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce. Morones,...

Get through the financing maze. (business financing management)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... In financing, there isn't any one way to go. An owner of a company with financial needs will first decide between debt financing - borrowing the money - and equity financing, which raises cash in return for an ownership stake in the business....

Manufacturers hope to make up job losses in '97. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin manufacturing industry)(Industry Overview)
March 14, 1997... Manufacturing job losses in the Milwaukee area in 1996 may be won back this year as employers shake off a sluggish year and anticipate modest growth. "They are increasingly more confident," said Bret Mayborne, economic research director for...

Neighborhood groups see master plan as 'critical' to downtown. (urban planning in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
March 14, 1997... With housing, hotels, retail developments and transportation topping the priority lists of many trying to foster a new era of downtown prosperity, attention has focused on the need to create a master plan for downtown development. "There's a...

Fed procurement dollars for women drop $70M in '96. (women-owned business establisments)
March 14, 1997... WASHINGTON - Changes in the federal procurement policy are having a dampening effect on women-owned businesses. An analysis by The Business Journal of the distribution of federal procurement dollars shows women-owned businesses received almost...

Uptown neighborhood readies for renovation: firm's plans for St. Luke's progress. (redevelopment of St. Luke's Hospital in Denver's Uptown neighborhood)
March 14, 1997... The ragged remains of a wind sock still stand ready to direct helicopter landings on the roof of the old St. Luke's Hospital. By mid-April, the wind sock and the building below it will be replaced by a hole in the ground and the promise of a...

Software Technology introduces new airport security system.
March 14, 1997... After TWA flight 800 exploded off Long Island killing 230 people last July, the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security called for beefed-up airport security. The commission wants to see anti-terrorism steps, such as...

Credit line smooths out big wrinkles. (working capital management)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... Growth is the goal of most companies, but it also comes with a price - and a working capital loan is often one of the best ways to help keep the cost of that growth in check, as owners of Phoenix-based Biomedic Clinical Care learned. President...

International trade promotion group elects new president. (Wayne Kline elected president of Greater Central Florida International Affairs Commission)
March 14, 1997... Wayne Kline of the Central Florida Development Council (CFDC) has been elected president of the Greater Central Florida International Affairs Commission (GCFIAC), a group that promotes international trade in a 10-county area of Central Florida....

Excel Communications masters new possibilities. (Excel Communications Inc.)
March 14, 1997... When executives from Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co., Columbia, S.C., contacted Milwaukee s Excel Communications Inc. to learn about producing a 1997 leader's conference, the creative services department at Excel must have cursed its luck....

Builder banks on name. (real estate loan manangement by Hancock Homes)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... When Greg Hancock decided to leave Hancock Homes, he knew he wanted to start another homebuilding operation that would keep both him and the "family name" active in the market. Perhaps no one, even Hancock himself. expected that he would have a...

High-tech companies need outside financing to fuel growth.
March 14, 1997... To prosper and grow, nearly all high-technology companies must at some point obtain financing from outside sources. Because technology start-ups typically have little in the way of "hard assets" that banks and financial institutions prefer,...

Trouble waiting to happen: sex, drugs, rip-offs, pose challenges for small business.
March 14, 1997... How do small businesses deal with issues of sexual misconduct, substance abuse and theft without breaking the law themselves? Experts say "very carefully." Suppose a manager is sleeping with a subordinate, or a receptionist is indulging in...

International financing.(Arizona Money; The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... What is it? There is a special set of financing options to help businesses secure and fund orders from companies in foreign countries. Choosing the right type of international trade financing can make or break a deal, so it is important to...

Can a White Knight save Great Western Bank? (Washington Mutual offers to save Great Western Bank from takeover by H.F. Ahmanson & Co.)
March 14, 1997... Washington Mutual might be better deal for San Diegans The fight for Great Western Bank is reminiscent of the recent one for First Interstate Bank. After Wells Fargo Bank made its initial takeover attempt, First Bank System Inc. came in as a...

Treadway dives into international arena. (Treadway Industries Inc.)(Arizona Money: The Complete to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... Owners of Treadway Industries of Phoenix have learned about international financing the hard way - they figured it out as they went along. "I didn't know anything about international finance, but we decided we wanted to step up our presence...

It's a whole new image for Navy housing. (renovated Navy homes in San Diego County, California)
March 14, 1997... Renovated homes create 'Neighborhoods of Excellence' in San Diego County In a word, they were "shabby." That's how longtime Linda Vista resident Bob Williams used to describe the Chesterton Navy homes in his neighborhood. These days,...

Phoenix firm finds its match in bank. (bank loan management by Phoenix Heat Treating Inc.)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... Bank loans can be a tough thing for a small business to get, and sometimes it gets even tougher when you need them most, as owners of Phoenix Heat Treating Inc. have learned. The company, which has been around since 1963, had built itself up to...

Hazards booklet: don't sell your home without it.
March 14, 1997... The sale of a home containing a common environmental hazard is a lawsuit waiting to happen. What can the broker do to avoid liability? Thanks to special legislation, the answer is simple - deliver the Environmental Hazards Booklet to the buyer....

Fearful of repeat of '80's feeding frenzy that crashed market: houses are selling, but some agencies are cautious.
March 14, 1997... After several months of brisk sales, the San Diego housing market is on the move. This time, however, real estate agencies are quietly nervous, if not fearful, of a repeat of the feeding frenzy that brought down the market in the late '80s....

This 'deal junkie' usually a winner. (Eddie Lynch, co-manager of Westcor Partners, Phoenix Suns, Arizona Diamondbacks and Lynch-Marsh LLC)
March 14, 1997... Life has been one big game for Eddie Lynch - both on and off the field. That's how close friend and sports mogul Jerry Colangelo describes his long-time business partner, a man who is winning at a real-life game of "Monopoly." Lynch is...

SBA programs. (US Small Business Administration loans for Arizona's small business enterprises)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... What is it? U.S. Small Business Administration loans are federally backed loans for small businesses and usually range from $100,000 to $750,000. The SBA guarantees between 70 percent and 90 percent of the loan. Lenders can continue to...

Tripaper finds financial help through SBA. (Triggiano Enterprises Inc.; US Small Business Administration)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... Vito Ancona started his company, Triggiano Enterprises Inc., in 1991 with a $55,000 second mortgage on his house. Since then, he has moved twice into larger facilities and closed out 1996 with $9.5 million in sales. And on the road to growth,...

SBA options go beyond loan-guarantee program. (US Small Business Administration loan programs)(Arizona Money: The Complete Guide to Small Business Financing)
March 14, 1997... In addition to its loan-guarantee programs, the U.S. Small Business Administration offers a number of specialty and advocacy programs. More information is available from the SBA office in Phoenix: Arizona District Offices 2828 N. Central...

TIF loans: a boon and a concern. (tax incremental financing)
March 14, 1997... The Mariner Building in downtown Milwaukee has been vacant for four years, and, without the help of a loan through tax incremental financing, it will likely remain that way, according to developer John Ogden Jr. Projects like Ogden's proposed...

Interest rates will fuel 'solid' new year; real estate mortgages likely to mirror 1996. (Milwaukee real estate industry)
March 14, 1997... Real estate mortgages likely to mirror 1996 Low interest rates and a stable economy proved a winning combination for residential mortgage lenders in 1996. With a status quo economic outlook for 1997, lenders anticipate that demand for home...