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Smelter plan raises power issue

PUD's industrial electricity demands still in question

September 8, 2016

The manager of the electric utility that would supply the recently announced silicon smelter planned in Usk, Wash., 50 miles north of Spokane, is anxious to know more about the potential big-power customer, Edmonton, Alberta-based HiTest Sand Inc. Colin

Small Business Watch

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August 25, 2016

Staff Report

Gamers Arcade Bar, a bar offering a variety of video games, has opened in a 1,000-square-foot leased space at 321 W. Sprague, says Adam Norwest, co-owner of Tacoma, Wash.-based parent company Bark Entertainment LLC. Norwest, whose company also owns Spoka

Investor group buys building on East Second Avenue

Company plans to remodel, possibly expand structure

August 25, 2016

Kim Crompton

A partnership named 504 East Second Partners LLC has bought a single-story, 6,000-square-foot building at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Sherman Street and plans to renovate it and possibly expand it to accommodate one or more tenants.

Taco Time building on North Ruby set to become a Starbucks cafÃ©

Remodeling to start soon, opening planned for spring

August 25, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Utah-based Wadsworth Development Group & Property Management, which owns the Taco Time fast-food restaurant at 1310 N. Ruby, says the building soon will be converted into a Starbucks outlet. Parker Robertson, Utah-based project manager for Wadsworth, sa

Quilting Bee starts work on new building in Spokane Valley

Barn-style structure to be finished early next year

August 25, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Valley-based retailer The Quilting Bee Inc. has started construction of a $1.4 million building at 16002 E. Broadway. The company plans to move to the new facility from its current location at 12117 E. Mission early next year.

Townhome-style rental project rises in Hayden

$6.5 million development includes 55 housing units

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

Level Ground LLC, of Post Falls, is developing 55 townhome-style rental units with a total construction value of $6.5 million in the Avery Estates subdivision in Hayden. The project will include nine buildings, each with four to eight living units, on 5

BOMA Spokane reports increase in its membership

Group hopes to surpass 100 members by year-end

August 25, 2016

Kevin Guthrie, president of the Building Owners & Managers Association Spokane, says the nonprofit has experienced a bit of a renaissance this year and is on pace to surpass 100 members this year. Guthrie, a senior property manager at Kiemle & Hagood Co.

New fire station planned at Liberty Lake

$3 million project expected to wrap up by end of 2017

August 25, 2016

Kim Crompton

The Spokane Valley Fire Department says it plans to construct a new fire station at Liberty Lake to replace one on the north side of Interstate 90 that's not as ideally located for responding to calls. The new Station 3, also called the Liberty Lake St

Providence starts work on $14 million St. Joseph Care Center project

Two floors of care center to undergo renovation

August 25, 2016

Construction started this month on a $14 million project at Providence St. Joseph Care Center that involves remodeling the entire first and second floors. Seattle-based MG2 Corp. designed the project, and Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane

Avista advances downtown campus for 100 workers

Complex would house linemen near city's core

August 25, 2016

Spokane-based Avista Corp. has taken the preliminary steps to begin what company officials say will result in the development of a downtown campus that will employ more than 100 workers. The company wants to eventually build a 42,000-square-foot electric