Alert to all Local Pipedreamers!
Two new leads on bookstore possibilities:
Carlos Moreno has put me in contact with an SBA loan officer who, gasp, actually loans to small businesses! He's a fresh recruit to the job, so maybe he's yet to be turned to the dark side. I didn't believe Carlos the first time he told me he knew someone who'd be interested in lending me the dough. I've gotten so many "helpful tips" on where to seek funding, all of them ending up dead ends and wasted time, I didn't ever call the guy. But last time I saw Mr. Moreno, he told me about a small cafe that'd been given a loan by this guy. He said there's no reason, NO REASON, I wouldn't be able to get a loan as well.
On the route today, delivering to Impressions Deli at 4th and Main, I happened upon the owner outside, setting up tables on the sidewalk. After I dumped the papers, I asked him what he knew about the Kanbar deal. (Impressions is in the Oil Capital Building) He told me that they're planning a jazz club at 6th and Main, and of course apartments and hotels. He didn't know if they would all be high-end housing, though he was betting on it due to it's ultimate profitability. (Don't despair, young hipster poor! Kanbar is obviously not in this for the bottom line, he's in Tulsa.) The Pythian building, which is decadently art deco and three stories high, will be given the other ten stories that were originally planned for it in 1929, and then abandoned by the then owners. There's a pawn shop in there now, and a Quiznos, and Mr. Impressions Deli told me that Kanbar's already given the pawn shop a notice to vacate. (Again, if he's really not about the bottom line, will a boot soon be applied to Quizno's corporate ass as well?) And that he is interested in things like BOOKSTORES and other small shops to encourage people to live and work and browse in the neighborhood. I have the name and number of the leasing office.
Shivers, shivers, down my spine. Will my beloved bookstore soon be mine?
Carlos Moreno has put me in contact with an SBA loan officer who, gasp, actually loans to small businesses! He's a fresh recruit to the job, so maybe he's yet to be turned to the dark side. I didn't believe Carlos the first time he told me he knew someone who'd be interested in lending me the dough. I've gotten so many "helpful tips" on where to seek funding, all of them ending up dead ends and wasted time, I didn't ever call the guy. But last time I saw Mr. Moreno, he told me about a small cafe that'd been given a loan by this guy. He said there's no reason, NO REASON, I wouldn't be able to get a loan as well.
On the route today, delivering to Impressions Deli at 4th and Main, I happened upon the owner outside, setting up tables on the sidewalk. After I dumped the papers, I asked him what he knew about the Kanbar deal. (Impressions is in the Oil Capital Building) He told me that they're planning a jazz club at 6th and Main, and of course apartments and hotels. He didn't know if they would all be high-end housing, though he was betting on it due to it's ultimate profitability. (Don't despair, young hipster poor! Kanbar is obviously not in this for the bottom line, he's in Tulsa.) The Pythian building, which is decadently art deco and three stories high, will be given the other ten stories that were originally planned for it in 1929, and then abandoned by the then owners. There's a pawn shop in there now, and a Quiznos, and Mr. Impressions Deli told me that Kanbar's already given the pawn shop a notice to vacate. (Again, if he's really not about the bottom line, will a boot soon be applied to Quizno's corporate ass as well?) And that he is interested in things like BOOKSTORES and other small shops to encourage people to live and work and browse in the neighborhood. I have the name and number of the leasing office.
Shivers, shivers, down my spine. Will my beloved bookstore soon be mine?
posted by Jamie at 12:33 PM
1 Comments:
Jamie,
Hey I would like to chat with you a few minutes shoot me an email if you can zach@tulsaweddingzone.com (I couldn't find your email link or contact me info on the blog)
Thanks!
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