Spokane Journal of Business

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Bank of America tower renovations are underway

The tallest building in Spokane has several ongoing construction projects that will improve multiple tenant spaces inside the 42-year-old tower. Over the last 16 months, the Bank of America Financial Center, at 601 W. Riverside, has had seven...

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At new Lego hobby shop in Garland District, everything is awesome

On April 29, a line of customers spanned two full blocks in anticipation of the grand opening of Lego resale hobby store Brick Buy Brick LLC, providing optimism for its owners, Bryce Colvin and Frankie Foote. Brick Buy Brick buys, sells, and trades new...

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Remembering champion of Spokane tourism Hartly Kruger

Hartly Kruger helped raise nationwide awareness of Spokane as a tourism destination, say people who worked alongside the former longtime head of the Spokane Area Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, which is now known as Visit Spokane....

Qualterra delivers milestone unit to Vaagen Timbers

Qualterra Inc., a Pullman, Washington-based agricultural biotechnology company that operates a research farm in the Spokane area, has announced the delivery of the company’s first biomass processing unit to Vaagen Timbers LLC, a major milestone for both...

Y255 student advertising agency wins WSU competition

Y255, a student-developed agency that helps companies advertise products to Generation Z through customized video game experiences, has won the Herbert B. Jones $15,000 grand prize at Washington State University’s 20th annual Business Plan Competition....

Spokane Lilac Festival Association moves offices

Spokane Lilac Festival Association is moving its office to a 600-square-foot space in the Monroe Court Building, at 901 N. Monroe, just east of the Spokane County Courthouse. The association had leased space for several decades in the old Wells Fargo...

Coeur Terre master plan was 10 years in the making

Coeur Terre, an envisioned 2,800-unit residential and commercial community between Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls, is the first mixed-use development planned by Kootenai County Land Co., but plans for it have been years in the making, says Melissa Wells...

Homegrown journalism faces test of courage

In a divided nation where some openly suggest civil war lies ahead, leaders and some elected officials in various communities across the land seem to be intent on producing a script that would bring that about. And thus, local media in little-known places...

BCRA Design expands services in Inland Northwest

Tacoma, Washington-based BCRA Inc., which does business as BCRA Design, is expanding its presence in the Inland Northwest, bringing with it the collective experiences of architects, interior designers, civil engineers, and landscape architects....

Architects see increases in secure outdoor spaces

Recent pleasant weather in the Inland Northwest brings more opportunities to spend time outside. However, with more people out and about, some architects here say that building owners serving a variety of industries are increasingly concerned about the ...

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