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Power Brokers: Local masters in the art of the deal

“Experience taught me a few things,” Donald Trump writes in The Art of the Deal. “One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know.”

The five local art-of-the-deal masters CBT has selected have in-depth knowledge unique to their own arenas—business brokerage, commercial real estate, construction, public policy and commercial development.

POWER COUPLES Prominent partnerships perform balancing act in business, home

The five couples the Columbia Business Times selected as Columbia’s most prominent agreed years ago to love each other for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.

Rose blazes new media trail

The art of selling real estate has always included a bit of showmanship, but Aaron…

Critters keep trapper busy as housing spreads to woodlands

As subdivisions continue to spread into rural areas, varmints like moles, mice and opossums that…

Finditcomo.com Web site finds its niche, connecting local sellers to buyers

Dissatisfied with traditional newspaper classified advertising and having experienced similarly disappointing results with eBay transactions,…

Regency Hotel project encouraged by national chain, Columbia city manager

Owners of the downtown Regency Hotel are close to securing the $17 million they need…

Multi-use building project left in limbo by unofficial moratorium

Jon “T.K” Livingston wants to raze his three aging rental properties just east of the…

REDI outlines state of manufacturing in Columbia

When Collins & Aikman closes its auto parts factory on May 11, it will be…

Commercial pathology lab expands to four-state area

When a doctor or nurse draws blood or takes a tissue sample at a hospital…

Brookside Square design promotes old-fashioned neighborly interactions

When Barry and Mandy Mazuch began searching for a second home to accommodate their growing…

Retirees boost local economy in workforce, housing market

Many cities, including Columbia, actively enhance their community’s livability for retirees, the fastest-growing segment of…

COLUMBIA’S PROMINENT BUSINESS FAMILIES

SAPP The Sapps were among the early settlers of Boone County, and about 150 Sapps…