Karina Elias

Karina Elias

Reporter Karina Elias covers the banking and finance industry. A California native, she attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. Karina loves salsa dancing, traveling, baking, cuddling with her dog, and writing creative fiction and non-fiction.  

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New York investors agree to acquire Fatbeam

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March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
New York City-based infrastructure investment companies Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLC and SDC Capital Partners LLC have agreed to acquire Coeur d'Alene-based fiber optics company Fatbeam Holdings LLC. Gregory Green, Fatbeam co-founder and board
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Trauma-informed design guides Excelsior project

Space-creating concepts aim to promote well-being
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
Spokane-based nonprofit Excelsior Wellness Center LLC has started the first of three phases of renovations at its campus with a focus on integrating trauma-informed design, an emerging concept within architectural design.
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A Post Falls urban center is in the worx

Plans include 685 living units, hotel, retail uses; up to $200M in work envisioned at old mill site
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
A&A Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, is constructing a new urban center in Post Falls. Once completed, the 32-acre Millworx development a few blocks east of City Hall will have about 685 living units in 615,000 square feet of residential
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Ace to lay off 86 at former Jensen Distribution facility

Job cuts at West Plains warehouse to start in May
March 17, 2023
Karina Elias
Ace Hardware Corp., the Oak Brook, Illinois-based hardware retailers' cooperative that acquired Spokane-based Jensen Distribution Services in 2015, plans to lay off 86 employees here, according to a notice filed with the Washington state Employment Secu
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Tractor Beverage launches sustainability tracker

Craft soda company expands services, tools
March 16, 2023
Karina Elias
Tractor Beverages Inc., a Hayden-based soft drink maker, has launched an Organic Impact Tracker, which is intended to quantify benefits of sourcing organic ingredients. The tracker was launched the first week of March and is already being used by two
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GSI, partners launch Believe Spokane initiative

Program targets $1B in economic impact
March 16, 2023
Karina Elias
Greater Spokane Incorporated and community fund partners have raised $3 million ahead of schedule to fund economic development initiatives and talent recruitment and retention efforts for the region. Alisha Benson, CEO of GSI, says the goal was to
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Big Table expands hospitality worker outreach

Spokane-based nonprofit aims to grow presence to 10 cities by 2029
March 2, 2023
Karina Elias
Spokane-based nonprofit Big Table has grown steadily and is opening a fourth location next month. Launched in Spokane in 2009, Big Table was formed to assist workers in the hospitality and restaurant industry with struggles, including housing stability
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