Retail

North Idaho convenience store erects new Hayden outlet

Multitenant retail structure also planned near U.S. 95

November 17, 2016

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

Litehouse expands operations in Sandpoint

Salad dressing maker expects further growth

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

Litehouse Inc., the Sandpoint-based salad dressing maker is in the midst of a $6.2 million expansion project at its Sandpoint manufacturing plant where it hopes to continue increasing its production and its workforce. The company plans to break ground be

Chain to open at third INW site near Lowe's

November 3, 2016

Mike McLean

Panera Bread, the Kirkwood, Mo.-based bakery-cafÃ© chain is erecting a new store at 6550 N. Division, in a retail center anchored by a Lowe's hardware store. Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the contractor on the project. Russell C. Page Ar

MILLIANNA: Sparkling recognition

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November 3, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based jewelry company MILLIANNA LLC., may be small now, but its owners say they have plans to grow the company into an internationally recognized accessory brand. Already recognized for its handmade necklaces, earrings, cuff bracelets, and spec

Carl's Jr. eyes new restaurant on North Side

Eatery would be second burger joint at intersection

November 3, 2016

Mike McLean

A franchisee of Carpinteria, Calif.-based Carl's Jr., the national burger chain, wants to construct a restaurant at the southwest corner of Northwest Boulevard and Maple Street, preliminary planning documents recently submitted to the city of Spokane sh