Article: Matchmaker: firm crunches building project numbers to determine construction feasibility.(Competitive Edge: INSPECTION AND VALUATION INTERNATIONAL INC.)

Workout sessions of the nonathletic kind were common in the wake of the 1990 recession. Banks reclaiming partially completed buildings as developers defaulted on their construction loans would "work out" the details of repayment and decide what to do with the abandoned project.

As a workout consultant, Carl de Stefanis had his hands full. His company, White Plains-based Inspection and Valuation International Inc. (IVI) was called on by banks to determine the cost to complete the defaulted projects. In addition, they would evaluate whether the bank should use the current developer to finish the project, bring on a new developer or to sell it.

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