There are only about 30 urban continuing-care retirement communities, many built in the 1980s, according to Joan Annett, who handles senior living financing for the Cain Brothers, an investment banking firm.

Shearson established an Asset-Backed Securities Group this year to handle such financing.

Thomas F. Pergola, a Chemical Bank vice president who handles financing of owner-occupied buildings, said Chemical Bank closed some $130 million worth of owner-occupied transactions last year, up from $110 million in 1992.

Earlier he worked for 31 years at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, where he organized and became executive vice president for the Special Finance Division, which handled leveraged financing for the company.

She handled financing, leasing and marketing and met her future business partner, Neil Klarfeld, who ran construction and property management.

From 1938 to 1962, Western's properties were published under a partnership with Dell Comics, which also handled the distribution and financing of the comic books.

Among other projects with Latham and Watkins Bentley handled the acquisition and financing of Pepperdine University's Malibu Campus.

This gives notaries a singular advantage in gauging the property market, thus allowing them to appraise property, conduct transactions, and handle taxes and financing.

In a way, since we can make decisions directly, it is easier to handle public financing.

It buys and sells vessels, handles financing and bookkeeping, and handles insurance placement and handling of claims.