Retail

MetroPCS grows market presence in Spokane area

Prepaid wireless service looks for more retail sites

October 6, 2016

AllianceTel Washington LLC, a MetroPCS cell phone service dealer with principals based in Texas and California, is expanding in the Spokane market with two recent retail-space leases here, says Colin Conway, a commercial real estate broker with Spokane-ba

Popeyes restaurant chain to erect North Side outlet

Eatery selects site near Sportsman's Warehouse

September 22, 2016

Mike McLean

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the Dunwoody, Ga.-based fast-food restaurant chain, plans to enter the Spokane market with an outlet on Spokane's North Side, says a real estate broker handling the land lease at the future restaurant site. The broker, Chris

One Tree Hard Cider: Good times for hard cider

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September 22, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Now in its third year of operation, Spokane Valley-based One Tree Hard Cider LLC plans to keep expanding by extending its distribution area and creating a second tasting room here. The company increased production this year hoping to increase sales, a

Franchisee opens first Mattress Depot on the South Hill

Seattle retailer also looks to develop Valley presence

September 22, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

A franchisee of Mattress Depot USA, a Seattle-based mattress retailer, has opened the chains's first Spokane-area store. The store is located in about 2,400 square feet of leased retail space in the Regal Plaza shopping center, at 3104 E. Palouse Hig

Retail sales increase by 7 percent in Spokane County

Some businesses, though, report construction impacts

September 22, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Taxable retail sales throughout Spokane County increased 7 percent through the first half of this year, compared with the year-earlier period, county budget and finance office statistics show. Through six months, businesses in Spokane County had $4.6 bi

Fred Meyer tests new retail strategy at Spokane-Cd'A stores

Company puts $22 million into its four area stores

September 22, 2016

Mike McLean

Fred Meyer Stores Inc. is investing $22 million to convert its four Spokane-Coeurd'Alene area stores into a new nationwide model for its parent company, Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., and Kroger's family of superstore brands. The biggest changes will b

Wake Up Call coffee shop planned at Division, Nora

Logan neighborhood outlet will be company's seventh

September 8, 2016

Mike McLean

Wake Up Inc., the parent company of the Spokane-Valley-based Wake Up Call coffee shop company, has leased a 14,200-square-foot corner lot at 1814 N. Division, where the company plans to construct its seventh outlet. Christopher Arkoosh, who co-owns Wake

Neighborhood retail buildings planned at Kendall Yards

Project includes 'little hotel,' restaurant, deli

September 8, 2016

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based developer of the Kendall Yards development northwest of downtown Spokane, plans to begin construction this fall on a pair of two-tenant retail buildings. The structures, tentatively called Nettleton Corners, are

Businesses along Monroe Street resist 'road diet'

Owners say project could be devastating

September 8, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The city of Spokane has begun work on design plans for a project that it says will improve safety, enhance the streetscape, and reconfigure traffic on North Monroe Street. Although the $4.1 million project isn't due to start construction until 2018, it

Remodeling to start soon, opening planned for spring

August 25, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Utah-based Wadsworth Development Group & Property Management, which owns the Taco Time fast-food restaurant at 1310 N. Ruby, says the building soon will be converted into a Starbucks outlet. Parker Robertson, Utah-based project manager for Wadsworth, sa