REAL ESTATE: Wheeler seeks opportunities north of the border

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — There may not be gold in them thar’ plains, but Wyoming is apparently a land of opportunity in the commercial real estate business.

Wheeler Commercial of Fort Collins, a commercial brokerage and land-development firm, has opened an office in Cheyenne. Bill Neal, a principal in the firm that’s now developing Rigden Farm in Fort Collins, thinks Cheyenne holds promise at the north end of the Front Range.

“We see it as the crossroads of two interstate (highway) systems,” Neal said, referring to I-80 and I-25. “The decision by Lowe’s to go to Cheyenne got a lot of attention. We’re…