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CPA firm focuses on health care clients, keeps growing

Spokane office of Wipfli offers consulting services aimed at rural providers

August 2, 2012

Mike Bell has been steeped in the health care industry for years, but not because he's been taking temperatures or writing prescriptions.Rather, Bell, certified public accountant and partner at the Spokane office of Edina, Minn.-based firm LLP,

Axia Home Loans increases presence with Valley branch

Bellevue-based lender also nearing lease deal for Coeur d'Alene office

August 2, 2012

Mike McLean

Bellevue, Wash.-based Axia Financial LLC, which does business as Axia Home Loans and operates a small office in Liberty Lake, says it has opened a Spokane Valley office recently and is looking to open additional branches in the Inland Valley office

Columbia Bank expands wealth management office

Tacoma-based company is adding five people in all to Spokane department

August 2, 2012

Jessica Valencia

Columbia Bank plans to expand its wealth management office in downtown Spokane. The bank announced last month it has hired Randy Casto as senior vice president and Spokane private banking team leader. It plans on hiring up to four more people to

Sterling plans to open two new branches

Spokane-based institution also is working to consolidate Bellevue offices, services

August 2, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Sterling Bank says it plans to open new branches in Pullman and Portland, Ore., and to consolidate a branch with other services in Bellevue, Wash.The bank will open its Pullman branch in early 2013, says Marty Dickinson, Sterling's

HomeStreet Bank expands, triples lending capacity in Spokane market

Seattle bank triples its lending capacity here, moves offices to larger quarters

August 2, 2012

Mike McLean

Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank, which has had a small Spokane office for 20 years, is on a four-state growth tear after returning to good health through an infusion of cash earlier this year, following three years of regulatory intensive care.The

STCU restructures lending departments to position itself for future growth

Spokane Teachers Credit Union revamps departments, adds staff

August 2, 2012

Linn Parish

Spokane Teachers Credit Union is restructuring its lending departments, in part to pursue what it sees as an underserved market in the commercial sector and also to prepare for an anticipated shift in residential lending demand.The big Liberty is

Sterling Financial adds vice chairman

DePillo, company's chief credit officer, recognized for efforts in turnaround

August 2, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Sterling Financial Corp. has appointed David DePillo, Sterling's chief lending officer, to a newly created role of vice chairman of the corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sterling Bank.DePillo, who gained extensive in as a

Workforce housing project rises - Art only

August 2, 2012

The Sprague Union Terrace, a $5 million, four-story, workforce-housing apartment structure, begins to take shape at 1420 E. Sprague. Spokane-based Inland Empire Residential Resources is developing the 37-unit project, and Walker Construction Inc.,

Small Business Watch

August 2, 2012

Attorney Schultz pares back practice, movesSpokane attorney Mary Schultz, who emphasizes medical negligence and employment discrimination legal work, has changed the name of her firm to Mary Schultz Law PS and has pared it down to a one-lawyer as

Quicksilver Media leases old Washington Photo building

By Kim Crompton

August 2, 2012

Of the Journal of Business

Quicksilver Media Spokane LLC, a television production company formed earlier this year, has leased the former Washington Photo building at 101 S. Division and says it plans to set up offices, a production studio, and art gallery space Mooring, a a