Alaska Entrepreneur Secures Financing to Buy Cold Stone Creamery Franchise

Need a loan to buy a Cold Stone Creamery franchise? Keybank National Association has a history of making these loans and they are guaranteed by the SBA.

Getting money to buy a Cold Stone Creamery franchise is doable. In 2001, Keybank National Association issued an SBA franchise loan to an entrepreneur in Anchorage, Alaska. Because Cold Stone Creamery was registered with the SBA's registry of franchises, this Alaska small business loan was issued on an expedited basis.

SBA Loan Borrower

COLD STONE CREAMERY #48
ANCHORAGE, AK 99503

SBA Loan Lender

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
127 PUBLIC SQ
CLEVELAND, OH 44114

Note that at the time it made this loan, this bank had achieved Preferred Lender Program (PLP) status from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). PLP is the highest status given by the SBA to qualified lending institutions and gives the lending institution full authority to determine eligibility and credit worthiness of an applicant and to approve loans without prior review by the SBA.

SBA Loan Program Type

This loan was issued as a general business loan.

NAICS Code

422430 - Dairy Product Wholesalers

Loan Approval Date

3/27/2001

Loan Approval Gross Amount

$247,000

Loan Approval from the SBA

Of the total $247,000 loan amount, the SBA guaranteed $185,250.

More Information on This SBA Loan

The borrower borrowed this money for an existing business. This loan was used to buy a Cold Stone Creamery franchise. At the time of the loan, the company had 20 employees. The loan application indicated that the loan would help generate 7 new jobs and retain 20 existing jobs.

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