Virginia Thomas

Parting Thoughts with NAI Black's David Wright

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March 12, 2020

David Wright knows Spokane's commercial real estate market well. He's been in commercial property management since 1976 and began working at the downtown Spokane real estate agency that is now NAI Black in 1987.

What to do before saying 'I Do'

Address options such as joint accounts, prenups

March 12, 2020

Virginia Thomas

A wedding is typically a happy event, but what comes afterward can be anything but pleasant, if the newlyweds haven't planned how - or whether - to integrate their financial lives.

Going Viral: Effects of coronavirus drift into Spokane business community

Companies adjust plans, expectations while taking precautions

March 12, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Fear of coronavirus has spread even faster than the virus itself, and Inland Northwest businesses are feeling the impacts both of the fear and the outbreak, through disruptions to supply chains, travel itineraries, and everyday office life.

Sara Lee to buy Cyrus O'Leary's Pies

Airway Heights company will keep name, workers

February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Oakbrook, Illinois-based Sara Lee Frozen Bakery has agreed to acquire Fresh Foods Corporation of America, the Airway Heights-based company that does business as Cyrus O'Leary's Pies.

St. Luke's Debuts robotic fall-prevention therapy

Patients learn to walk again with ZeroG system

February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Physical therapist Jaime Hopoi goes into a trust fall. She's on a trajectory to hit the ground face-first, but the robotic system to which her harness is attached stops her and supports her weight while she regains her balance.

All Systems Go at Hotel Indigo

Boutique inn to open after long dormancy

February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

After a decade of standing vacant and more than two years of remodeling and renovating, the former Otis Hotel building will once again host hotel guests next month, this time under the name Hotel Indigo Spokane.

Q&A with Bryn West of River Park Square

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February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Bryn West came to Spokane in 2008 to take a job as assistant marketing director for River Park Square LLC, the retail shopping center at 808 W. Main in Spokane's downtown core.

Spokane Oldcastle Unit Acquired by Knife River

Valley facility now operates as Knife River Prestressed

February 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Knife River Corp.'s parent company, North Dakota-based MDU Resources Group Inc., has acquired the Spokane Valley operations of Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc.

Longtime employee buys R&R Custom photo lab

New owner intends to expand products

February 13, 2020

Virginia Thomas

R&R Custom Lab 2 Inc., which does business as R&R Custom Color Lab, has changed hands. Former owner Steve Riffle retired and sold the business to new owners Erin and Brent Cramer at the beginning of the year.

STARS shows integrated behavioral health facility

New location to offer 64 beds for crisis treatment, withdrawal management

February 13, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Spokane Treatment & Recovery Services plans to build a 64-bed, 42,000-square-foot integrated behavioral health treatment facility and medical clinic on East Nora Avenue, in Spokane Valley, and will hire up to 100 new employees to staff the facility.