15 years down the trail, “The Dealmaker from Dallas” keeps on lending

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It’s been more than 15 years since Norris Lozano pulled on cowboy boots with a business suit, but the spirit of the “Dealmaker from Dallas” lives on in Los Angeles.

That article, first published in Green Biz, helped explain how small business loans could be leveraged to create sustainable benefits for communities.

In the years following that story, Lozano led teams that brought hundreds of millions of dollars in green building and sustainable energy projects to fruition – several of which are already architectural icons.

But there’s a new chapter to the story. Now heading BusinessUS, a non-bank lending company he founded and leads as CEO, Lozano is designing a small business lending platform to bring new financial resources to the heart of the American economy: small business.

The through-line? Most of those innovative financing projects were fundamentally small business real estate loans. And many BusinessUS loans will be, too.

The Bottom Line: you can bet innovation is part of the plan.