In early February, Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank had been looking for years to acquire a bank in the Portland, Ore., area with full branching rights, and had informed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of that interest.When the arose to a
Airway Heights man starts design firm Web site and graphic designer Jason Davis has started a business, called Underground Development Group, which he operates from his home in Airway Heights.Underground Development's services and a
Everyone is climbing a ladder. The only question is which rung are you on?Ever thought about it? It's a way bigger thought than, "Is my job safe?" But if that's what you're thinking, it's probably not. Fretting about whether your job is safe is
The Bargain Hunter, a new and used sporting goods franchise, has leased 9,000 square feet of floor space in the former Kmart building, at 15303 E. Sprague, for a retail outlet. Dennis Beringer, of Byrd Real Estate Group LLC, handled the Tax has of
The Spokane-based Washington Wheat Commission has purchased for $1.25 million a building on Sunset Boulevard where it plans to move from quarters downtown it has occupied for 50 years.The commission plans to occupy about 6,000 square feet of in
The city of Spokane plans to upgrade 3.5 miles of aging water transmission main between the Division-Ruby couplet and its Upriver Dam beginning this spring. Halme Construction Inc., of Davenport, Wash., is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of
NAI Black, the Spokane-based commercial real estate brokerage and property-management company, says it has begun participating in an accelerated marketing program created by Princeton, N.J.-based NAI Global to help property owners and financial of
Safeway Inc., plans to spend $2 million to convert its store at the Town & Country Shopping Center to its "lifestyle" theme, and will add about 35 employees there, says District Manager Craig Johnson. Also, Stejer Development LLC, of Spokane, a
Hoffman Contractors Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $5.4 million, for a city of Spokane contract to upgrade portions of the city's wastewater treatment plant.Bids for the project came in well below a city estimate of
The city of Spokane says work could start next month on a $3.8 million project to reconstruct Alberta Street between Northwest Boulevard and Francis Avenue. The project, which will take about three months to complete, also will include rebuilding A