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Helium shortage deflates sales

Medical facilities given top priority for temporarily scarce gas

July 19, 2012

Buying party balloons at some stores may rise to new heights of difficulty as helium suppliers here deal with a worldwide shortage of the gas at least until September.Higher demand and lower production globally could deflate availability farther

Brett-led groups buy buildings on Havermale Block

Portion of downtown block to be reconditioned

July 19, 2012

Mike McLean

A pair of real estate investment groups headed by Spokane sports team owner Bobby Brett recently bought two three-story buildings, a one-story former garage structure, and 27,600 square feet of parking in the histo ric Havermale block downtown, a a

Real Estate Roundup

July 5, 2012

Mike McLean

Ten Capital Investment Advisors LLC, a financial planning concern, has leased 3,000 square feet of space in the Chase Building, at 601 W. Main, and plans to move there from leased quarters at 510 W. Riverside. Jon Jeffreys, of NAI Black, handled &

Canyon Bluffs apartment developer refinances $13.1 million mortgage

July 5, 2012

Mike McLean

Love Funding, a Washington, D.C.-based lender, says it has refinanced a $13.1 million loan for Canyon Bluffs Apartment Homes, a 192-unit, market-rate apartment complex in southwest Spokane.Love Funding modified the financing through a Federal on

Credit union plans to raze old South Hill bar building

United Health Services CU bought structure with plans to expand its parking lot

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

A currently vacant building on Spokane's lower South Hill that most recently housed a bar and grill is slated to be razed later this summer to make way for a parking lot addition for a nearby commercial building. Both of the buildings are owned

Physical therapy practice builds South Hill office - Art only

July 5, 2012

Physical Therapy Associates PS, of Spokane, has started work on a $2 million building at the northeast corner of 27th Avenue and Southeast Boulevard, on Spokane's South Hill. The practice plans to move into a portion of the building late this year.

$4.5 million in street jobs slated to start this month

Projects to get under way are located on South Hill, in U District, on North Side

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

With the summer construction season now in full swing, the city of Spokane recently awarded an estimated $4.5 million worth of competitively-bid construction contracts for a handful of street-work projects expected to begin this month.The city's

Union Pacific completes North Idaho line upgrades

$10.9 million job involved 95-mile segment of rail between Eastport, Athol

July 5, 2012

Treva Lind

Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific Railroad recently has completed a $10.9 million infrastructure upgrade for 95 miles of a rail line that runs between the small communities of Athol and Eastport in North Idaho. This Union Pacific railroad line to

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New buildings envisioned at Kendall Yards - Art only

July 5, 2012

Buildings for the Inlander newspaper and Spa Paradiso are planned to be among the first commercial buildings in the Kendall Yards mixed-use development, northwest of downtown Spokane. Each building is valued at $1.2 million, and work is expected to

Community college starts renovation of stadium, field

$2 million-plus in work is planned this summer at 40-year-old structure

July 5, 2012

Treva Lind

Renovation work totaling more than $2 million is getting under way at the Spokane Falls Community College stadium and sports field.AM Landshaper Inc., a Spokane-based landscape contractor, started this month on a portion of the project under a a