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Riverfront Park plan, financing are up for vote

Spokane Park Board expects plan to pass

June 5, 2014

Spokane Park Board members will meet next week to deliberate and vote on the $60 million master plan as it exists today and a finance package to renovate Riverfront Park that, if approved, will go to the Spokane City Council for approval before it can be

Staples store moves are central to three projects

Party City, Destination XL will enter Spokane market

June 5, 2014

Mike McLean

Staples Inc., the Framingham, Mass.-based office supply retail chain, is making two of its Spokane-area outlets smaller, says a commercial real estate agent with some knowledge of the projects. Meantime, Party City Corp., a Rockaway N.J.-based party supp

Kaiser plant owner eyes second phase of demolition

Former Mead Works site prepped for business park

June 5, 2014

Katie Ross

New Mill Capital LLC, the owner of the large former Kaiser Aluminum Corp. Mead Works smelting plant property north of Spokane, is readying for the second phase of demolition at the long-shuttered plant, says Ken Hoff, site manager. Hoff says he hopes bi

City, vendors look to resolve food-truck fracas

City says it's confident it can resolve mobile vendors' concerns

June 5, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Players in the Spokane food truck-regulations fracas were meeting this week to try to iron out some of the issues around a proposed ordinance governing how, when, and where mobile food truck vendors operate in and around the Spokane area. Ben Stuckart,

Growth strategy amply energizes Schweitzer Engineering

Sales projected to exceed $1 billion within five years

June 5, 2014

Mike McLean

Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. is plugged into an aggressive growth strategy as it increases its lines of products and services and expands its markets, says Luis D'Acosta, SEL's chief operations officer. The 30-year-old comp

Unico buys Rock Pointe campus

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June 2, 2014

Staff Report

Unico Properties LLC, a Seattle-based real estate investment company, announced this afternoon that a joint venture in which it's involved has bought the Rock Pointe Corporate Center, on downtown Spokane's periphery. The 11-acre Rock Pointe campus,

Avista agrees to sell Ecova

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May 29, 2014

Staff Report

Avista Corp., of Spokane, announced plans this afternoon to sell its energy-management subsidiary Ecova Inc. for $335 million in cash to Cofely USA Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of French multinational utility company GDF SUEZ. Avista spokeswoman Dana Anders

Delta to add four Spokane-Seattle roundtrip flights

Alaska Airlines to bolster its service between the cities

May 27, 2014

Staff Report

Delta Air Lines announced today plans to add late this year four daily, roundtrip flights between Spokane and Seattle, among other expanded service to and from the Emerald City. Starting Nov. 3, Delta plans to have flights departing Spokane Internation

Refinancing pitch looks like good plan

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May 22, 2014

Staff Report

A refinancing plan being proposed by the city of Spokane as a way to reinvigorate Riverfront Park and improve streets is financially intricate enough that voters might have a difficult time grasping exactly how it would work. And given the readiness of t

WSU students recognized for hydrogen-fuel station

Team's concept said to cut construction costs

May 22, 2014

Washington State University

A group of Washington State University students has designed a plan for an innovative and economical fueling station that it believes could help make environmentally friendly, hydrogen-powered cars a viable option for future transportation. The idea took