Spokane Journal of Business

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Abandonment order sought for Mars Hotel

U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee Jack R. Reeves has filed a motion seeking to have the Mars Hotel & Casino property, which includes a building and an adjacent annex at the northwest corner of Sprague and Bernard downtown, declared abandoned.The for...

Trade delegation to visit Korea, China, Taiwan

A Spokane delegation of business and education leaders is expected to embark on a 10-day trade mission next spring to Seoul, South Korea; Shanghai, China; and Taipei, Taiwan.The trip is being organized primarily by Whitworth Colleges Institute...

Downtown Toyota plans to open Lexus dealership

Downtown Toyota Inc., of Spokane, has agreed to buy the assets of Lexus of Spokane from Appleway Automotive Groups owner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Industries Inc., and plans to move the dealership downtown.Before the move can must...

Community colleges eye $4.8 million in work

Community Colleges of Spokanes board of trustees has given approval for design work for both an expansion of the Spokane Community College student center and an addition to the fitness center at Spokane Falls Community College. If both projects a...

Nascart Inc. owners start manufacturer

The owners of Nascart Inc., a Spokane-based go-cart track operator, have formed a second company here called American Thunder Cart Inc. to manufacture go-carts and offer consulting services to other track developers.The new concern is operating...

‘Hummingbird’ vials fan whir of growth at Unicep

Unicep Packaging Inc., of Sandpoint, is expecting big things from its small, squeezable vials.Demand has been so strong for its tiny MicroDose fluid and gel dispenserswhich some customers say look like hummingbirds, and which hold products to...

EDC says its prospects include potential plums

Most businesspeople here would welcome a new insurance operation that employed 1,000 people, a communications company that hired 500, or an accounting and back-office operation that provided 450 jobs.Such active prospects are looking at the...

Hollister-Stier to add freeze-drying capacity

Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, is planning a $4 million manufacturing upgrade at its East Spokane plant, says Tony Bonanzino, the companys president and CEO.The company is in the final stages a...

Lifestream plans to test Privalink system here

Lifestream Technologies Inc., of Post Falls, has enlisted a Spokane ambulance company and residents of assisted-living homes here to test its Privalink software in preparation for a national rollout of the product.Ed Siemens, Lifestreams chief...

Flat Spin Media moves into Visiontec’s building

Flat Spin Media LLC, a young Spokane multimedia company, has moved its operations into a 51,000-square-foot building owned by Visiontec Inc., a contract circuit-board manufacturer located at 10920 E. Sprague in the Spokane Valley.Craig Sorenson,...

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