Spokane Journal of Business

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Coldwater Creek plans 12 stores

Sandpoint-based retailer Coldwater Creek Inc. expects to open a dozen stores in its next fiscal year, which starts in March.The planned outlets will more than double the number of retail stores operated by the big mail-order and e-commerce which...

Walgreens planned on Division

A California development company has applied to Spokane County for a permit to build a Walgreens Pharmacy at the southwest corner of Division Street and Cascade Way at the site of the former Matties Restaurant & Bakery.The company, Browman of...

Rental market finally firms up

Spokanes apartment market has weathered stormy conditions for several years, but finally, observers say, theres a break in the clouds.A recent survey conducted by Washington State University says apartment vacancy rates in the Spokane area 5...

K&H’s Hagood passes baton

Jerry Hagood, co-founder of Kiemle & Hagood Co., one of the Inland Northwests largest commercial real estate and property-management concerns, has sold his remaining interest in the company to three other executives there.Tom Quigley, who had...

Cyan hires Stuart Evey to lead strategic planning

Stuart W. Evey, the well-known former oil executive and ex-chairman of the all-sports cable network ESPN, has joined Cyan Inc., of Spokane, as director of strategic planning. Cyan, the maker of the hot-selling Myst and Riven computer games, says...

Three research projects here land WTC funding

The Washington Technology Center, a state-supported organization that brings universities and private companies together for research projects, has awarded three grants, totaling nearly $400,000, for research involving Spokane companies.Two of a...

Costco OKs deal to buy Valley land

Costco Wholesale Corp., the big Issaquah, Wash.-based membership warehouse chain, has agreed to buy land in the Spokane Valley from Home Depot USA Inc. and hopes to build a new, bigger store there to replace its outlet at the periphery of downtown...

KMC receives other part of psychiatric business

Kootenai Medical Center recently received a gift valued at $960,000 when its partners in North Idaho Behavioral Health gave their share of that psychiatric treatment and behavioral health business to the Coeur dAlene hospital.Jack Yuditsky and...

Highlands to move pro shop, expand clubhouse

The owners of the Highlands Golf & Country Club, in Post Falls, are relocating the courses pro shop and expanding its clubhouse and have renumbered its tees in preparation for the 2000 golfing season, which likely will begin sometime in March. is...

Car dealership partners here broaden affiliation

Spokane auto dealership co-owners Chris Marr and Ray Kish have expanded their business affiliations here, which Marr says could result in some operating efficiencies and new marketing strategies.He says he has bought from Kish a 40 percent in of...

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