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Westway nabs $6.3 million in four projects

Bridge work includes pedestrian, roadway facilities around region
Jeanne Gustafson
Westway Construction Inc., of Airway Heights, has begun work on $6.3 million in projects at four Pacific Northwest locations, including a $3.8 million federal project to construct a new bridge over the Little Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho.In
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Masonry office builds bigger facility here

Montana concern needs more space for branch
David Cole
Anderson Masonry Inc., of Bigfork, Mont., is building a 5,500-square-foot office and shop building at its branch office in Spokane Valley, says Ian Anderson, project manager for the company.Anderson Masonry is a masonry contracting company that
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Freedom Truck building rises on West Plains -Art only

Freedom Truck Centers Inc., of Spokane, is developing a $7 million 47,000-square-foot dealership building on the West Plains, at 10311 W. Hallett Road, where it plans to consolidate its Spokane-area operations. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane,
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Tomato Street restaurant owners remodel, expand

Italian establishment's waiting space to grow; inside undergoes update
David Cole
The owners of the Tomato Street restaurant at 6220 N. Division have begun a complete renovation inside and outside the North Side eatery and also are expanding it. In the expansion, 1,200 square feet of floor space will be added to the Italian a
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—Rendering courtesy of Bernardo Wills Architects PC

Garco wins West Side jobs totaling $50.2 million

Spokane firm to build total of 11 structures at two military facilities
Mike McLean
Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has landed contracts that together total $50.2 million at two military compounds in Western Washington.In one job, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Garco a $20.7 million contract to build
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—Staff photo by Kim Crompton

Rejuvenating a landmark

California owner of Northtown Office Building has spent $1.4 million in recent years
Kim Crompton
Spokane's tallest North Side office structure—the nine-story Northtown Office Building, at 4407 N. Division—is going through somewhat of a rebirth, following a multiyear series of improvements costing more than $1.4 million.The high in
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Small Business Watch: October 1, 2009

Founder's daughter takes the helm at United Lithographers Brandy Donough has taken over ownership of United Lithographers Inc., of Spokane Valley, due to the sudden death in June of her father, Ray Tyson-Flyn, who started the business
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Lloyd's ManPans experiment 'promising'

Spokane Valley maker of pans taps consumer market, to sell directly
David Cole
Lloyd Industries Inc., a Spokane Valley maker of pizza pans and other equipment primarily for the restaurant industry, says its experiment this year to introduce a product aimed at consumers—some rugged cookware called ManPans—is showing
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U.S. agency here to move

Social Security offices to relocate to Iron Bridge
Mike McLean
The U.S. Social Security Administration has leased 37,000 square feet of space in the Iron Bridge complex, at 1401 E. Trent, and plans to move its two Spokane offices there, says a real estate agent involved in the lease.The agent, Mike of & 3
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Ex-owners of fitness center seek bankruptcy protection

They say loss of credit line forced sale and filing
Jeanne Gustafson
Todd and Beth Mathison, the former owners of West Plains Fitness, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection here.The Mathisons say they were forced to sell that business, located at 1515 S. Technology Lane, last summer when a lender the of
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