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River City Guitars starts on South Hill

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March 29, 2018

River City Guitars, at 2910 E. 29th, on the South Hill, is Spokane's newest vintage guitar shop. Co-owned and operated by local musicians Bobby Kluss and Joe Chamberlain, the store specializes in the buying and selling of vintage electric, acoustic,

Sweet Peaks plans ice cream shop here

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March 29, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Sweet Peaks Ice Cream, of Whitefish, Mont., plans to open its first Spokane shop in May at 415 W. Main downtown. Company owners Marissa and Sam Dauenhauer started the business in 2010 and currently operate six shops. One is at 108 N. Fourth, in Coeur d

New Costco store project moves forward

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March 29, 2018

Samantha Peone

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, is constructing a new $15.6 million Costco Wholesale Corp. membership warehouse store, at 12020 N. Newport Highway, north of Spokane, where site work is well underway. The retail warehouse will occupy 167,000 square

Two South Hill retail centers approach launch

Planning, site work underway at Commons on Regal, Radio Tower Village developments

March 29, 2018

Mike McLean

Planning and permitting activities are continuing for two long-envisioned commercial centers on the upper South Hill. QueenB Radio Inc. is planning a center recently renamed Radio Tower Village on 17 acres of land known as the KXLY site on the west side

Mutu Coffee earns B corporation certification

Owner says company aspires to serve as an example for others here

March 29, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Mutu Coffee Roasters LLC, an organic and fair-trade coffee roaster, recently has earned a certification enabling it to become the first B corporation to be headquartered here in Spokane. B corporations are for-profit companies that pledge to achieve s

AllWest Testing & Engineering converts to ESOP

North Idaho engineering company posted record revenue in 2017

March 29, 2018

The owners of Hayden-based AllWest Testing & Engineering LLC have sold the company to its employees via an employee stock ownership plan. 'We feel like this rewards the staff that helped get the company successful,â€ says AllWest general manager and P

Wonder Adaptive Reuse project to be fully baked by mid-year

Redevelopment to include office space, food market

March 29, 2018

A representative of a real estate ownership group that plans to expand and convert the former Wonder Bread bakery building at 821 W. Mallon says the group hopes to have all construction work on the $12 million project completed in early summer. 'We wan

Atlas Staffing starts management consulting arm

New affiliate taps expertise of former hospitality exec

March 29, 2018

Atlas Staffing Inc., a Spokane Valley-based employment staffing agency, has started a subsidiary intended to help other businesses develop their internal cultures more formally, says Atlas owner and President Joshua McKee. Culturra Business Advisors In

Gold Reserve, Venezuela share optimism about Siembra Minera

Mine project is projected to generate $20B in profit

March 29, 2018

Spokane-based mining company Gold Reserve Inc. and the government of Venezuela have expressed optimism after initial test results in the South American nation show the Siembra Minera mine could prove to be as lucrative as the company has long believed.

Greenstone plans podium project at Kendall Yards

$50 million development to include two mixed-use structures, parking garage

March 29, 2018

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based real estate development company, has started the permitting process for a $50 million phase of construction in Kendall Yards urban village, on the north bluff of the Spokane River gorge northwest of downtown Spokan