Retail

Holiday sales outpace 2015, Spokane retailers say

More seasonal employees brought on this year as well

December 1, 2016

Following a busy Thanksgiving shopping weekend, a number of Spokane-area retailers say they are on track for stronger holiday sales this year than they had last year. The National Retail Federation said in October that it expects sales in November and

Mall visitors get parking availability app

Valley shoppers can use new feature at that site

December 1, 2016

Samantha Peone

Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc. says it has expanded a digital parking tool to most of its regional shopping centers in the U.S., including the Spokane Valley Mall. The tool uses heat maps enabled by GPS to identify available parking spaces

Boot Barn debuts first Washington state store in Spokane Valley

Western, work-wear chain opens near Costco store

December 1, 2016

Mike McLean

Boot Barn Holdings Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based chain of Western clothing and work-wear stores, has selected a Spokane Valley location for its first retail outlet in Washington state. The recently opened Boot Barn store occupies 10,900 square feet of sp

Red Lion Hotels takes quantum jump

Hotelier's growth resonates with investors, analysts

December 1, 2016

Linn Parish

Having secured the nationwide presence it once coveted, Spokane-based hotel chain operator Red Lion Hotels Corp. is looking to expand its footprint further, says company President and CEO Gregory T. Mount. Specifically, Mount says, Red Lion's recently

North Idaho convenience store erects new Hayden outlet

Multitenant retail structure also planned near U.S. 95

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

Dan Duvall, who owns three convenience stores in Kootenai County, is constructing a fourth store in Hayden, where he's also planning to develop a multitenant retail building. The 5,500-square-foot, $1.5 million convenience store, to be named Lancaster

Remodel to convert former Skippers into Dickey's

Cd'A restaurant opening has yet to be scheduled

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

A former Skippers restaurant near the Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d'Alene is being converted into a Dickey's Barbecue Pit restaurant. The new restaurant's owner, Mark Engberson, is a Spokane-based franchisee for both Dickey's Barbecue Pit and Wing

Restaurant, coffee shop poised to be Matilda tenants

Tenants are now leasing apartments on upper floors

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

Two retail tenants are lined up so far for ground-floor commercial space in the Matilda building that's nearing completion in the University District. Also, many of the upscale apartments in the upper three stories are leased or reserved, say the leas

Bedrosians Tile & Stone begins building store in Spokane Valley

$2 million project follows acquisition of Oregon Tile

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Bedrosians Tile & Stone Inc., a porcelain tile and stone importer and distributor based in Anaheim, Calif., has started work on a new 41,000-square-foot building at 19119 E. Broadway for a Spokane Valley store. Eddie Bedrosian, the company's Anaheim-ba

Free People store to open in downtown Spokane

Outlet here will be third Urban Outfitters affiliate

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

Free People LLC, a women's clothing and accessories store affiliated with Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters Inc., plans to open a store in the former J.C. Penney building downtown, building permit information on file with the city of Spokane shows. T

Downtown Spokane Partnership, city to curb meter feeders

City Council wants to free street parking for shoppers

November 17, 2016

The city of Spokane and the Downtown Spokane Partnership want to get meter feeders off downtown's core streets and create more room for shoppers and visitors in the city's center. The Spokane City Council has directed the city's Parking Services De