The Tempe Land and Improvement Company was formed to sell lots in the booming town.

In 1889 the Asheville Loan, Construction, and Improvement Company, began to develop the neighborhood.

These houses were for the working-class employees of the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company.

The first city hall was a frame building built in 1884 by the Marion Land and Improvement Company.

Founded in 1877 by the Florida Winter Home and Improvement Company.

Many buildings were erected during this period of growth by the Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company.

The land was purchased and developed by the Montclair Town and Improvement Company in 1885.

In 1903, the mill side was purchased by the Huntington Land and Improvement Company.

In 1886, the Aguan Navigation and Improvement Company issued its first paper money.

A year later, the Improvement Company installed an electric plant with a six-hundred-light capacity in the basement.