Kim Frlan

Pita Pit testing national expansion idea here

Sandwich chain, known as college hangout, seeks to attract business diners

July 1, 2010

The downtown Spokane outlet of fast-food chain Pita Pit, located in the Crescent Court at 707 W. Main, has been chosen as the Coeur d'Alene-based corporation's test store for a planned expansion into financial districts across the U.S.The chain,

Next IT turns on a 'built-in growth engine'

Developer of customer-service software for Web sites sees big jump in clients, adds workers

July 1, 2010

Kim Frlan

Next IT Corp., the Spokane maker of Web site customer-service software known for its answer-giving avatars, is on a growth spurt, having added five clients and 30 new employees so far this year, and also has changed the way it sells its product, it

Rendering courtesy of Blue Room Architecture & Design PS

Blue Room designs new plan from Cliff House ashes

Architectural firm tapped to redesign Arbor Crest icon after December fire

June 17, 2010

Kim Frlan

How do you re-create a historical mansion that's been gutted by fire when no blueprints exist and you can't enter the condemned structure? That was the problem facing Blue Room Architecture & Design PS when it was hired to design the restoration of

Inland Asphalt is low bidder on Second Avenue project

City also awards paving work on Addison Street to MRM Construction

June 17, 2010

Kim Frlan

Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder for a project that involves reconstructing Second Avenue through downtown Spokane, as well as work on other associated streets there.Inland bid $3.2 million to rebuild Second from Sunset

K&N acquires high-voltage contractor here

Large industrial motor distributor finds symbiosis with Intermountain Electric

June 17, 2010

Kim Frlan

K&N Electric Motors Inc., a longtime Spokane vendor of industrial motors, has acquired Intermountain Electric Inc., a high-voltage electrical contractor here, and has moved that company to 5818 E. Broadway, in Spokane Valley. Intermountain which

Fairfield bank plans to move city branch

FDIC must approve change of new downtown location

June 17, 2010

Kim Frlan

The Bank of Fairfield, based in Fairfield, Wash., has applied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Washington state Department of Financial Institutions to relocate its only Spokane location, a third floor branch office at 201 W. North

Builders 'bumping along the bottom'

Contractor numbers fall, as survivors cut expenses, get creative

June 17, 2010

Kim Frlan

The economic recession and resulting construction industry swoon haven't been kind to contractors, as state licensing numbers and association memberships show, and those who have survived say they are cutting costs, getting creative, and hoping for

Rendering courtesy of NAC Architecture Inc.

Nonprofit clinic to take space in Hillyard community center

Provider to low-income families to open medical facility, move dental later

June 17, 2010

Kim Frlan

Spokane Falls Family Clinic, a nonprofit health-care provider that serves low-income families, says it plans to occupy most of a new addition to the Northeast Community Center, in the Hillyard neighborhood, where it plans to add a second medical a

Integra Telecom expands its presence in Spokane market

Company opens location in city, to double staff here within next nine months

June 3, 2010

Kim Frlan

Integra Telecom Inc., a Portland, Ore.-based telecommunications provider that has had a location in Spokane Valley for four years, has opened a Spokane office, has boosted its staff here greatly, and now plans to double that work force.The which

Appraising a new path

June 3, 2010

Kim Frlan

Scot Auble says he doesn't like to do things unless he's 100 percent committed to them. For years, he gave all his energy to building Auble, Jolicoeur & Gentry, a real estate appraisal firm started here by his father in 1985. But after years of a I