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Local News - Local News - December 20, 2012
Big Spokane Convention Center addition draws flurry of inquiries
Convention center addition expected to attract at least six design-build candidates

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

The convention center expansion, as shown here, would fill in much of the space toward the riverbank.
The convention center expansion, as shown here, would fill in much of the space toward the riverbank.
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The Spokane Public Facilities District has seen a flurry of early interest in its planned $60 million-plus convention center expansion and expects to whittle down a short list of design-build candidates early next month, says Kevin Twohig, executive director of the PFD.

Twohig says about 100 companies have requested information regarding the district's call for qualifications for the project, and he expects to receive statements of qualifications from at least six design-build team...


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