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Naccaratos start work on Cedar Canyon Villas

Developers of the Cedar Canyon Village shopping center on Spokanes South Hill have started construction of a 116-unit apartment complex, called Cedar Canyon Villas, just east of the big shopping center along 57th Avenue.Rich Naccarato, who his...

North Side Target store is slated for renovation

Target Stores Inc., the big Minneapolis-based discount retail chain, plans to begin renovating its store in the Northpointe Shopping Center on Spokanes North Side in mid-January.The remodeling work will involve reconfiguring the interior space...

Tables from old wood planks

Amy Carson is something of an alchemist. While she doesnt turn lead into gold, she does transform wood from old docks and barns and rustic items from Third World countries into simple, elegant, modern furniture and light fixtures.In a corner a...

Treatment plant eyed by county

Spokane Countys Utilities Division is studying options to meet the countys wastewater-treatment needs through the year 2020options that include building at least one major new treatment plant here, at a potential cost of as much as $110 or up...

Mortgage refinancings surge

Lenders say home-loan refinancing activity has begun building toward a crescendo in recent weeks following yet another dip in mortgage-loan interest rates.With lower rates, more people have inquired about reworking home loans to lower their and...

Deaconess to expand tower

Empire Health Services plans in February to launch an $18 million expansion project at its Deaconess Medical Center complex.In the project, four stories that will contain about 88,000 square feet of medical office space will be added atop the &...

Colleges eye economic, public policy institute

Four Spokane-area colleges are studying the possibility of developing jointly an institute that would collect and analyze economic data for the Spokane area and use that data to provide research for and to advise leaders on public policy committee...

Tech Group buys building downtown

Tech Group Inc., a Spokane-based company that provides temporary staffing for hospitals nationwide, has bought the former Integrus Architecture PS building in downtown Spokane.Royce Drye, president and CEO of Tech Group, says the company plans &...

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...

Metropolitan sale tallies $293 million

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, has raised more than $293 million through a recent offering, called a securitization, that involved the sale of about 3,500 adjustable-rate and fixed-rate mortgage loans.The latest completed by...

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