Retail

Convention center-area hotel remodels, rebrands

18-year-old Travelodge to be Best Western Plus

May 22, 2014

The Travelodge Hotel at the Spokane Convention Center downtown plans to change its affiliation and to begin operating as Downtown City Center Best Western Hotel, a Best Western Plus hotel, within the next 30 days, says Meredith Rainville, general manager.

Striving to be a cut above

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May 22, 2014

Judith Spitzer

if it weren't for Expo '74, Doug Toone may have never opened what has become the Jewelry Design Center at 821 N. Division in Spokane. In those days, Toone was working for Jewelry By Michaels, a local wholesale jeweler, and Expo needed a jeweler to

PAML set to roll out consumer product line

Also, company-managed network lands new client

May 22, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC is developing a new consumer-based testing product line, known as Cinch, says CEO Dr. Francisco VelÃ¡zquez. Cinch, VelÃ¡zquez says, will allow customers to order laboratory tests from hom

Pot retailers fret about supply

Marijuana shop lottery results highlight disparity

May 22, 2014

Katie Ross

With the release of the Washington State Liquor Control Board's marijuana retailer lottery results earlier this month, retail marijuana operations are moving forward; however, it appears that growers may not be able to keep up. The agency is anticipa

Downtown Spokane's wine district uncorked

Organizers plan to market downtown to niche tourists

May 8, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Spokane is home to more than 25 wineries and tasting rooms, and many are located in the downtown area. If Mike Allen has anything to do with it, someday soon people will be talking about a Cork District in Spokane as a wine, dining, and entertainment dest

Grapetree Village owners mull expansion

Recent leases fill all retail space at South Hill center

April 24, 2014

Mike McLean

Retail space at Grapetree Village is all leased up, and the owners are considering developing two new buildings at the South Hill commercial center on the 2000 block of east 29th Avenue, says a real estate broker involved in the leases. Recently signed t

Nothing Bundt Cakes: Let them eat â€¦ bundlets

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April 24, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Samuel Canty, 25, and his family were on their way to brunch with friends one Sunday when his mom, Jolyn, realized she had forgotten to bring the coffee cake she'd promised the host. Earle, Sam's father, offered that he had eaten ''the best thing

Rosauers Supermarkets plans store in Suncrest area

$3.1 million project to have company's first fuel station

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane-based grocery chain Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. plans to construct a new $3.1 million, 32,000-square-foot grocery store in the Suncrest area in Stevens County, northwest of Spokane. Rosauers President Jeff Philipps says the new store will be const

Coldwater Creek files for bankruptcy

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April 11, 2014

Staff Report

Coldwater Creek Inc., the Sandpoint-based women's clothing retailer, announced this morning that the company and all of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company said in a press release that its stores and website are open for bus

Cip Paulsen plans marijuana production operation in former Costco building

Building owner joins forces with former state senator

March 27, 2014

Mike McLean

Clarence 'Cipâ€ Paulsen III, of Spokane, says he plans to convert the former Costco building at 800 E. Third, east of downtown Spokane, into a 131,500-square-foot marijuana growing and processing facility. Paulsen says he and business partner Brian Mu