Meanwhile, city sees its fastest growth since 2006
August 3, 2017
For the first time in its history, Spokane County sits on the verge of surpassing 500,000 residents, says a recent report released from the Washington state Office of Financial Management, based in Olympia.
As of April 1, OFM says, 499,800 people lived i
Peter F. Stanton, chairman and CEO of Washington Trust Bank, points out that the bank he leads is the only one still operating out of all of the banks that appeared on the Journal of Business' first Banks List in the mid-1980s.
Founded in 1902, Washi
Spokane entrepreneurs Aaron Cunningham and Eric Davidson have launched what they claim will be a disruptive technology that they describe as 'the Uber of real estate transactions.â€
Much like San Francisco-based Uber Technologies Inc. has rocketed to
LabCorp, the Burlington, N.C.-based S&P 500 company that recently acquired big Spokane employer Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, says it plans to make Spokane its primary lab site in the western U.S. for workplace and toxicology testing.
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What a difference a year makes, says Anna Charlton, especially when she thinks about the employment outcomes of her sons, Khanian and Ashton Charlton, this summer.
Khanian, 18, just graduated from North Central High School and found summer work immediate
Despite strong growth in existing home sales for the first half of the year, new home sales and construction are lagging behind last year's pace, homebuilding industry observers say.
But that lag isn't due to a lack of demand, they say, pointing out
Owner Patrick Hughes has turned his former Rio Grill Brazilian Express in the River Park Square food court into Classic Burger, occupying 800 square feet of space next to a Panda Express outlet.
'When it came down to it, people didn't understand the
Spokane-based remodeling and disaster restoration company Capstone Construction Co. has begun work on a trio of projects in North Spokane with a combined value of $1.9 million.
Capstone President and owner Pat Cummings says the projects, located at 1211
The city of Spokane Valley recently has issued building permits valued at a total of about $6 million for two new buildings at the Blake Apartments complex in Spokane Valley.
The structures, listed as buildings D and E at 13313 E. 4th Avenue, will be th
Construction will be starting soon on a new 1.5-acre commercial complex along Ruby Street just over a mile north of downtown Spokane that will include an Advance Auto Parts store.
Mike Schmitz, of SDS Realty, of Spokane, is marketing the project, which