<B>By KAREN SUCHARSKI</B> <I><FONT SIZE=-1>Staff Reporter</FONT></I> A Monument manufacturer recently completed a $1.4 million, 27,000-square-foot,expansion and has more than doubled its local workforce in the last six years. The privately held Synthes U.S.A. makes orthopedic, maxiofacial, and spinalsurgical implants and instruments used in the healing of fractures in twomanufacturing facilities, one in Monument and one [...]

<B>By LAUREY LUMMUS</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> Northgate, one of the largest master planned communities in the Springs,is back in private hands. Italian developer Filipo Pola, who owns 950 acres of the area’s 1,500 acres,purchased the land for $4.2 million earlier this year from the ResolutionTrust Corp. The land had been in limbo for four years [...]

<B>By LAUREY LUMMUS </B><FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> Construction began this week on a newspeculative building, covering more than 31,000 square feet. The new sitewill be located at 880 Elkton Drive, in the Garden Tech Industrial Center. Construction costs for the building are estimated at $1.3 million. The builderfor the project is Springs- based Art Klein. Jim [...]

<B>By KAREN SUCHARSKI</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> Have you heard about a new company thatwill offer local and long-distance phone service and cable television inEl Paso County? You will. But it’s not any of the telecommunications giants who are currently dukingit out with U S West over prices for leasing local phone cables. It’s Texas-based OpTel [...]

<B>By LAUREY LUMMUS</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> Appliance Service Company, A Colorado Springs-based servicer of domesticand commercial appliances, is in the process of constructing a new building.The new site, which will be located at 3608 Betty Drive, is directly southwestof Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard. In 1984, owner Chip Reinhard purchased the company from his [...]

<B>By LAUREY LUMMUS</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> The first endoscopic ambulatory surgery center is under construction in ColoradoSprings. The center, which will be run by Gastroenterology Associates of ColoradoSprings LLP, has two physicians at the helm, Richard Folan, M.D., and SamuelIwata, M.D. The new center will be located at 1699 Medical Center Point.The surgery center will [...]

<B>By LAUREY LUMMUS</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> Northgate, one of the largest master planned communities in the Springs,is back in private hands. Italian developer Filipo Pola, who owns 950 acres of the area’s 1,500 acres,purchased the land for $4.2 million earlier this year from the ResolutionTrust Corp. The land had been in limbo for four years [...]

<B>By KAREN SUCHARSKI</B> <I><FONT SIZE=-1>Staff Reporter</FONT></I> Self-storage units have become more important recently as companies relocateto Colorado Springs and employees must store their worldly goods while theysearch for the perfect home. Danny Mientka, vice president of The Equity Group, an investment firm, hasfour storage projects between 10,020 square feet and 26,650 square feet inthe development [...]

<B>By LAUREY LUMMUS</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> The Edward Jones Co., a Wall Street investment firm, predicts the Wal-Martchain, which is already dominating the discount department store arena, ispoised to take on rivals for its grocery business as well. The Edward Jones Industry Report on retail says "Given the expected growthfor Wal-Mart and the company’s execution, [...]

<B>By KAREN SUCHARSKI</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> The owner of Colorado Laser Marking has branched out in the last year tofound Aspen Technologies, an integrated circuit assembly company. The two companies are currently side by side on Elkton Drive. But AspenTechnologies needs space to expand and will be moving to an 8,500-square-footfacility on List Drive where [...]