Land development in Anchorage, AK

CIRI is a long-time minority broadcast, wireless and wireline telecommunications investor. It is one of the nation's leading minority owners of broadcast properties and is a provider of personal communications systems services. CIRI works through a joint venture with T-Mobile USA, which owns more than 36 PCS licenses and offers wireless telephone service in markets throughout the United States, including Seattle, Denver, Indianapolis, San Antonio and Austin, Texas, and Kansas City. The company's Alaska tourism division owns and operates several of the state's leading marine day cruise companies and lodges. These include Kenai Fjords Tours, Prince William Sound Cruises & Tours, the 200-plus room Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge, the 100-plus room Seward Windsong Lodge and the remote Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge on Fox Island in Resurrection Bay.

Incorporated in 1972, Eklutna Inc. manages a variety of investments, including shopping centers, office buildings and residential developments. Based in Eagle River, Alaska, the company's services include project pre-planning, estimating, design coordination, engineering coordination and project management. Eklutna Inc. has completed various projects in commercial and industrial development, such as Matanuska Electric Association land purchase, and land leases and trades. Some of its clients in government agencies comprise Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Anchorage Economic Development Corp.