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Itron Inc. garners contract with AKSA Energy in Turkey

Company to provide about 745,000 meters over a three-year span

August 2, 2012

Liberty Lake-based manufacturer Itron Inc. has garnered a three-year contract with AKSA Energy, which it describes as the largest private gas utility in Turkey. Through the contract, the value of which wasn't disclosed, Itron will provide and to

Revita Rehab buys Valley physical therapy practice

Company to double staff, triple its leased space at clinic

August 2, 2012

Treva Lind

A holding company for Revita Rehab LLC, a Spokane-based rehabilitative services provider that specializes in a proprietary treatment method for back, neck, and shoulder pain, has bought the assets of a Spokane Valley clinic, Progressive Physical of

Conservabox makes a conserving move

August 2, 2012

Treva Lind

Packing for a move usually leads to the hunt for cardboard boxes—lots of them—but one Spokane couple has created what they call an eco-friendly alternative with Conservabox LLC, a Spokane-based online reusable-box rental and wife Bob and

Bekins Moving & Storage to shut down Spokane operations

Moving, storage company lays off employees; has been operating here for 83 years

August 2, 2012

Jessica Valencia

Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Bekins Moving & Storage Co. plans to wind down its Spokane Valley operations during the next several months.Meantime, American Van Service Inc., located at 7704 W Geiger Blvd. in Spokane, is negotiating with Bekins

Greenstone Corp. affiliate proposes $9.5 million apartment complex at Kendall Yards

Affiliate at Kendall Yards seeks permits to build 64 units; 20 more are eyed

August 2, 2012

Mike McLean

An affiliate of Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. is proposing to construct an apartment complex with 84 living units, which would be the first rental residential units to be built within the Kendall Yards urban of

Hanna & Associates advertising agency to open Florida office

Hanna starts brand work for supermarket chain, aims for casinos there

August 2, 2012

Mike McLean

Hanna & Associates Inc., a longtime Coeur d'Alene-based advertising company, plans to open an office in Florida, which it hopes will be a launch point for expanding its services in the Southeast, says Dayne Hanna, president, CEO, and founder of the

City of Spokane works to bring down 'silos'

Permit center, change in culture is imminent, division director says

August 2, 2012

Linn Parish

You can't see it when driving along Spokane Falls Boulevard, but according to Jan Quintrall, the silos are coming down at City Hall. Quintrall, the city of Spokane's director of business and development services, says the city plans to develop a

Columbia Medical buys physicians' practices

Columbia Medical adds five physicians, 15 staff to its health care network

August 2, 2012

Treva Lind

Columbia Medical Associates, a Spokane-based physicians' group that Group Health Cooperative acquired last year, has bought the assets of two specialty doctor practices here.Kelly Stanford, Columbia Medical's president and Group Health vice of 1

Office tenants go bargain hunting in Spokane area

Landlords offering rent concessions to stay competitive

August 2, 2012

Mike McLean

Many commercial-property landlords here are offering rent concessions in the form of reduced rates or periods of free rent to attract and retain tenants, who are shopping the market and willing to move for better deals or more desirable space, some

Servatron Inc. diversifies, is on track for $30 million in sales

Higher revenues projected as company broadens reach

August 2, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane Valley-based contract manufacturer Servatron Inc., which moved into new quarters in March, is on track to boost its annual sales to $30 million as the company has diversified and added new key accounts, says President Tod Byers. That is