Quark deal sealed in a minute

CHEYENNE – Every economic-development officer in America is looking for the deal that literally falls into his or her lap, but a deal made in a minute?

That was the case when Fred Ebrahimi, CEO of Quark Inc., came to Cheyenne looking for land for a new sales and distribution center and sat down with Jack Crews, president of Cheyenne LEADS, the economic-development arm of Cheyenne and Laramie County.

“Negotiations took less than one minute,” Crews recalled. “I pointed out some comparable sales. His reply was, ‘Is that fair?’ and I said, ‘Yes it is,’ and he said, ‘That’s OK with me.’…