Retail

Preparing for the Globe's next era

Pawn 1, Spokane Barre lease upper-floor space

August 27, 2015

A development group that acquired the historic Globe Hotel building last fall expects to complete a thorough renovation and restoration project there and welcome new commercial tenants on the second and third floors of the three-story building in coming w

Pawn 1 set to open three more outlets

Spokane chain soon to expand to 19 stores

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Pawn 1 Inc., the Spokane-based pawnshop chain, has big growth plans, including moving its corporate offices downtown next month and opening three new stores to bring its total store count to 19 by spring, says Mark Lax, the company's president and major

North Side spa retailer moves to larger space

Apollo to consolidate its two stores at Valley location

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

Apollo Spas, a Spokane-born hot tub and spa equipment manufacturer and retailer, is moving its former North Side operations to larger quarters near Interstate 90 this weekend and also plans to consolidate its longtime Spokane Valley operations there by ea

Virtual wedding planner already poised to expand

New Cd'A-based startup connects clients, services

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

A team of Coeur d'Alene-area entrepreneurs led by Erik Hayton has launched Wedding Nook Inc., an online clearinghouse for planning weddings. Wedding Nook's website enables anyone planning a wedding to enter a budget, select desired services, and mark

NorthTown Mall, Spokane Valley Mall owner reports big increase in latest-quarter earnings

GGP here also posts gains in rental rates

August 13, 2015

LeAnn Bjerken

General Growth Properties Inc., the Chicago-based company that owns and operates NorthTown Mall and Spokane Valley Mall here, has reported a marked increase in second-quarter earnings compared with the year-earlier period. The company posted second-quar

Developer buys building along Riverside in downtown Spokane

Craven hopes to rehab old structure next year

July 16, 2015

Developer Mike Craven says he recently bought the Genesee Block building at 819 W. Riverside in downtown Spokane and plans to rehabilitate the two-story, 8,400-square-foot structure, but hasn't finalized any details for the renovation. Craven says he f

The Great PNW: #UpperLeftUSA appeal

-

July 16, 2015

Treva Lind

Apparel marked with The Great PNW seems to speak a logo language to people who appreciate the region. At least that's how Spokane business owners Joel Barbour and his wife, Tori, describe the genesis of The Great PNW, a business that sells clothing ite

Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill planned at NorthTown

Pair of restaurants to share kitchen space

July 16, 2015

Mike McLean

Evergreen Restaurant Group LLC, the Pacific Northwest franchisee for both the Outback Steakhouse and Bonefish Grill full-service restaurant chains, plans to open outlets in the renovated NorthTown Mall, and the two restaurants possibly would have a shared

Gonzaga graduates find good fit with menswear startup

Vincero Collective chooses products via crowdfunding

July 16, 2015

Kim Crompton

Three Gonzaga University alumni who earned business degrees at the Jesuit school here five years ago, and then spent four years in China, have gotten off to a promising start with an online premium menswear company called Vincero Collective that they co-f

$13.5 million mixed-used project slated near Gonzaga University

Developer plans to start construction this summer

July 16, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane developer Kent Hull plans to begin construction this summer on a $13.5 million mixed-use project on the Hamilton Street corridor near the Gonzaga University campus. With a tentative address of 1002 N. Hamilton, the 2-acre project site would take