Last week, I attended Scaling Up: What to Know Before You Expand, a small business forum hosted by the Alaska SBDC at the Alaska Experience Theater. The event brought together entrepreneurs, advisors, and investors to share practical insights about growing a business in Alaska. The program opened with Kelly Ann Cavaretta, Seward Business Advisor and owner of Salted Roots and the Flamingo Cocktail Lounge, who shared her personal “expansion story.” Following her remarks, Ginny

This edition marks the two-year anniversary of The Spire Spotlight ! Thank you for reading, and a quick pat on the back to Hugh and me...

The why of things is very important. As I write this, it’s Friday afternoon of Memorial Day Weekend. I’m sitting, well, standing, at my...

This month, Spire had a deal fall through due to volatility and uncertainty in federal funding, federal grants, and state and federal...

Did you know that the new air traffic control tower at Anchorage’s Ted Stevens International Airport will soon become the tallest...

This time last year, I took my shot and tried to predict what might happen in 2024. I’ll do the same for 2025, but first, allow me to...

Intelligence and Smarts are over-rated.    Wisdom, prudence, and maturity are other things entirely, are related to brain computing power...

Just Try to be Prudent!   I don't really have a good sense of the detailed magnitude of the national debt. I did read something yesterday...

It’s an interesting phenomenon.  Strangers will call or (worse) text about a leased space or a building for sale.  For most of them, they...

Hugh and I recently sold some land in Houston, Alaska, and I couldn't help but be reminded that Alaska is such a unique place to live and...

"FED Chair Jerome Powell surprised Wall Street with a half-point interest rate cut Wednesday, September 18th to 5%, the first cut of its...

My early professional life was unconventional, in terms of choices. My father, the main influence on my college choice and my main career...

A few months back, I read an article. It’s entitled “The mysterious tyranny of trendy baby names”. It was published 6-21-24 in the...

Exciting opportunity in UMED! This 7,263 sf building on an 8,650 sf B1-A zoned lot offers prime exposure on Northern Lights Blvd. It...

Spire Commercial’s newest B3 General Business zoned listing is in the heart of Eagle River! Featuring 10 overhead doors—yes, you read...

I’ll keep this short. (As a preface, we only know our experience at Spire Commercial, your mileage may vary, and we welcome other...

A lot of things in real estate are non-intuitive concepts with an iceberg’s worth of context, history and process. Title. Chain of...

A wise Environmental Geologist once said, “I’M LOOKING FOR MONEY, AND IT SMELLS LIKE DIESEL.” Tons of people have recognized that, to be...

We grew and so did he." In late 2022, Hugh and I met with Grayson Cornelison, a young high school student, at SeteamDot on Benson....

Is it Regan or Reagan? Spire Commercial’s newest listing is the Regan Building, located just outside Wasilla city limits and not to be...