New Jersey Entrepreneur Secures Financing to Buy Cold Stone Creamery Franchise

Need money to purchase a Cold Stone Creamery franchise? Banco Popular North America has a history of making these loans and they are guaranteed by the SBA.

Want to borrow money to buy a Cold Stone Creamery franchise? If so, here's a 2006 SBA franchise loan that you should know about. Banco Popular North America was the lender and the entrepreneur was based in Ocean City, New Jersey.

SBA Loan Borrower

COLD STONE CREAMERY
OCEAN CITY, NJ 07712

SBA Loan Lender

BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA
7 W 51ST ST, BETWEEN 5TH & 6T
NEW YORK CITY, NY 10019

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

722213 - Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars

Loan Approval Date

5/11/2006

Loan Approval Gross Amount

$377,000

Loan Approval from the SBA

Of the total $377,000 loan amount, the SBA guaranteed $282,750.

More Information on This SBA Loan

The borrower borrowed this money for a new business. This loan was used to buy a Cold Stone Creamery franchise. At the time of the loan, the company had only one employee. The SBA loan documents indicated that the loan would help generate 19 new jobs and retain 20 existing jobs.

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SBA 7(a) Loans can be used for nearly any business purpose, such as commercial real estate, construction or renovation for owner-users, business acquisition and start-up, franchise refinancing, refinancing for existing debt, equipment purchases, working capital, and inventory.

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