In Brief: Office for 504 Loan Program Opens in Bronx

A Certified Development corporation, the Bronx Initiative Corp., was opened this month to lend to small businesses in the Bronx.

The group will work with banks to lend money for commercial real estate or major equipment purchases through the SBA's 504 loan program.

Under this SBA program, an entrepreneur makes a 10% down payment, a bank or other lender finances 50%, and the SBA finances 40% of the purchase amount.

- Sara Nathan

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