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Red Iguana

GAF Creates Multi-Layered Financing to Help a Family Owned Restaurant Expand The Cardenas Family has been serving Mexican food in the Salt Lake Valley since 1965. They started with the Casa Grande Restaurant, which operated for 20 years before they opened Red Iguana...

Second Use

GAF assisted a Community-Focused Salvage and Reuse Business Open its Second Location.   Originally operating in one location in Seattle, Washington, the business model at Second Use is designed around environmental stewardship. The company’s vision is to reuse instead...

The Running Shop and Hops

NDC GAF helps a Family Owned Shoe Shop Expand in a Unique Way A family owned business turned to NDC GAF for assistance in expanding its shoe shop. Located in Morgan Hill, California, husband and wife team of Paul & Renee Rakitin opened the Running Shop in 2013. ...

Ventbike Tech, LLC

GAF helps a minority owned, full service repair shop refinance its existing debts, providing large savings and creating permanent working capital. Ventbike Tech LLC (VTL) is a full-service motorcycle, snow blower and generator repair shop, which was started in 2012....

Evergreen Fire and Security

GAF Assists a Security and Fire Detection Company Purchase Property to House its Growing Business A very fast growing security and fire detection company turned to GAF for low cost financing to assist it in consolidating its headquarters from two locations into one...