Article: St. Louis Sheet-Metal Firm Touts Benefits of Expanding in City.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 26 -- When a manufacturer in the city starts bursting at the seams, it has more options than moving to the countryside and building a new plant, as many do.

Just ask the owners of Fabri-Tech Sheet Metal Inc. When they outgrew their shop on Vandeventer Avenue, they looked at dozens of sites across the metropolitan area for a new home. But in the end, they found just what they wanted in a nearly 80-year-old building just a few blocks away in the city.

Owners Douglas Kirberg and James Van Becelaere are well aware of the stereotypes of doing business in the city. But they say they have encountered no more ...

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