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Bookend generations move to Spokane's core

Younger, older people fuel housing demand downtown

March 24, 2016

A recent housing and economic report reveals Spokane is experiencing a shift in demographics to both younger and older age groups, whose interest in the urban lifestyle is fueling the growth of downtown development projects in the areas of housing, retail

Kent Hull lines up major projects

Iron Bridge, Hayden developments envisioned

March 24, 2016

Mike McLean

Kent Hull, managing partner at Iron Bridge Office Campus, says his development companies are planning major projects in Spokane and Hayden that could total $70 million in construction value. The project closest on the horizon would be Iron Bridge IV, a 9

Yost, Gallagher combine construction companies

Merged business to move main office to larger facility

March 24, 2016

Mike McLean

Jeff Gallagher, owner of Gallagher Construction Group Inc., and Cory Yost, owner of Yost, Mooney & Pugh Contractors Inc., say they're merging their commercial construction contracting companies to form Yost Gallagher LLC. The merged company initially w

Coeur d'Alene Re/Max broker opens Spokane-area office

Satellite location to serve 11 Washington agents

March 24, 2016

Mike McLean

Re/Max Infinity Group, the Coeur d'Alene-based franchise of Denver-based Re/Max International Inc., has opened a real estate office in Spokane, says Colleen Kelley, the franchise owner. The office occupies 900 square feet of space in the Latah Creek Pl

Small Business Watch

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March 24, 2016

Staff Report

How does new talent regard you?

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March 24, 2016

Paul Read

The warnings are already being whispered here by economists: An upcoming challenge to our region's growth could well be labor shortages. What does that mean to you? Is your organization perceived as a great place to work? How do you stack up against you

Editorial: Immigration initiative should be shut down

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March 24, 2016

Staff Report

Any public rumblings in the Spokane community that have racial bias at their core-or the appearance of intolerance-stand to stymie efforts to recruit more jobs and visitors to the Spokane market. For that reason and others, an immigration-status initi

OP-ED: Similar paths shape GSI, DSP execs

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March 10, 2016

Kim Crompton

It's taken a while to get there, but Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Downtown Spokane Partnership appear to be in a good place, each organization now being led by a former Spokane County commissioner with deep-reaching local roots. Todd Mielke bec

Editorial: UW, GU alliance is good for Spokane

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March 10, 2016

Staff Report

The University of Washington is making good on its commitment to expand medical education in Eastern Washington with its recent partnership with Gonzaga University, and the Spokane-area health care sector, as well as the business community as a whole, sta

IntelliTect owners quietly build charitable legacy

Valley business funnels big portion of profits to causes

March 10, 2016

Kim Crompton

Mark and Elisabeth Michaelis, owners of IntelliTect Corp., a high-end software architecture and development company based in Spokane Valley, have made philanthropy-and particularly the fight against injustice and extreme poverty-a key element of their