Spokane Journal of Business

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Ex-Spokane venture now worth nearly $1 billion

Docent Inc., a Silicon Valley company that cut some of its teeth while based in Spokane as Stanford Testing Systems Inc., has grown to a market capitalization fluctuating around $1 billion following a highly successful initial public offering in to...

Wolff expands apartment complex at Liberty Lake

Alvin J. Wolff Inc., of Spokane, has begun work on an $11.6 million expansion of its 186-unit Big Trout Lodge apartment complex at Liberty Lake. It expects to complete the project, which will nearly double the size of the complex, within a is under...

Rehab starts at Heritage strip center

Work has begun to rebuild the east end of a strip retail center at Heritage Village, a shopping center near the Division Street Y in North Spokane.The shopping centers owner, Heritage Village Partnership, also plans within the next two to...

Wal-Mart starts work at Shadle

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched work on a big retail store at Shadle Center, the first of two megastores that the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant plans on Spokanes North Side.CSI Construction Inc., a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based has to...

Duesenbergs to dough makers

Squeezed between a neon-illuminated bail bond office and a corner caf painted in vivid art-deco colors, rustic Crescent Machine Works Inc., at 821 N. Monroe, looks distinctly out of place.The only thing along the weather-beaten front of the to...

Retail center going up at Sprague and Custer

Sprague & Custer LLC, of Spokane, is developing a retail complex that will house a Schucks Auto Parts store, as well as several other tenants.The complex, which is to be called the East Sprague Retail Center, is being built on 3.5 acres of at...

Guardian Angel Homes starts $6 million facility

A new Hayden Lake, Idaho, company called Guardian Angel Homes LLC has begun construction of a $6 million assisted-living complex in Post Falls.The project involves building four 10,000-square-foot structures at 1050 E. Mullan Ave. that will be a...

Owner mulls solutions for Franklin Park Mall

P.OB. Montgomery & Co., a Dallas-based real estate company that bought Franklin Park Mall about a year ago, is grappling with how it can create a new identity for the North Side retail center.Meanwhile, the mall continues to lose some of its &...

Bendigo merges with Canadian company

Bendigo International Inc., a swimwear company based in Hayden Lake, Idaho, has been merged with a Canadian sportswear company, Chipmink, to form a new company, H & H International LLC, that will offer an expanded product line.H & H will sell of...

Pacific Security refocuses

Pacific Security Cos., a longtime Spokane-based commercial real estate developer and real estate receivables investor, has changed its name to Pacific Security Financial Inc. to reflect a shift in emphasis.We are aggressively pursuing real as...

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