Retail

Magnuson Hotels 'copes with growth'

Hotel servicer focusing on its brand marketing

July 28, 2016

Thomas and Melissa Magnuson, founders of Magnuson Hotels, are becoming experts at what Thomas Magnuson describes as 'coping with growth.â€ Magnuson Hotels' growth rate currently is somewhere between hyper growth associated with initial industry acce

Tomato Street might open in River Park Square

Banner suggesting arrival hangs at old Rock City

July 28, 2016

A Tomato Street restaurant banner hangs in the space that previously housed Rock City Grill restaurant on the ground level of River Park Square, suggesting that restaurant will be the next tenant. Neither River Park Square general manager Bryn West nor T

Plans for My Fresh Market grocery store surface at Kendall Yards

Art only

July 14, 2016

Staff Report

Brokers buy downtown Fusion Juice restaurant

Eatery will continue to offer smoothies, fresh-made food

July 14, 2016

Mike McLean

Dallas and Ellen Lightner and Ryan Towner, all of Spokane, have bought the assets of Fusion Juice of Spokane Inc. They plan to operate the independent restaurant in the James S. Black Building, at 107 S. Howard, as Spokane Fusion LLC. The restaurant occu

Medical Lake community sees wave of new business

Owners say they're looking to fill community needs

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The small town of Medical Lake just southwest of Spokane is seeing a mini-surge in business activity with a number of new businesses having opened recently and several others reopening under new ownership. Nine businesses, mostly retail, have opened ther

Summer job market warms

Most seasonal work for students said to be in recreation sector

July 14, 2016

Treva Lind

Squeezing in a summer job before college starts, MacKenzie Lloyd describes herself as fortunate to land employment at Spokane Indians baseball games. Lloyd, 18, holds a position in the baseball club's Kids Zone, supervising children's play. By Aug. 1

Car wash facility slated in West Central area

Some homes demolished for $1.5 million project

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Valley-based Sarff Investments LLC plans to develop a car wash facility at 1111 N. Maple, in Spokane's West Central neighborhood. Hal Sarff, one of three owners of Sarff Investments, says the company plans to handle most of the construction o

Yoke's agrees to buy Trading Co. stores

Acquisition to be completed in September

July 11, 2016

Staff Report

Spokane Valley-based grocery-store chain Yoke's Foods Inc. said it has agreed to buy the four Trading Co. Stores supermarkets from Bonner Foods Inc., of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The stores are located in southwest Spokane, Spokane Valley, Cheney, and Po

Rosauers launches grocery delivery

Company says it wants to be on front end of trend

June 30, 2016

Linn Parish

Spokane-based grocery retailer Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. has launched its own grocery-delivery service in an effort to be on the front end of an industry trend. Rosauers President and CEO Jeff Philipps says more retailers, ranging from traditional super

Bye-bye to medical marijuana dispensaries

Deadline elevates concerns for customer patients

June 30, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Senate Bill 5052, the Washington measure to close all medical cannabis dispensaries not licensed with the state's Liquor and Cannabis Board, will take effect this Friday, July 1. Signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee this past April, the bill, now titled