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Gates charity's campus shows global impact

$500 million project adjacent Seattle Center has huge scope; designers, builders see big role

August 20, 2009

For the designers and builders of the new home of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, nothing about the project is small.From its million-gallon rainwater tank to its 53,000 cubic yards of concrete—more than was poured to create Seattle's

Graham wins $37.5 million NSC project

Project will include 5.5-mile stretch of planned north-south freeway

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

With a bid of $37.5 million, Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane Valley, won a contract for what the Washington state Department of Transportation says will complete the final 2-mile leg of a drivable North Spokane Corridor link and 2

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Peirone Produce building rises on West Plains - Art only

August 20, 2009

Peirone Produce Co., of Spokane, plans to move to a 70,000-square-foot facility, illustrated here, that's under construction at 9818 W. Hallett Road, on the West Plains, just east of the Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange. Vandervert Inc., of a

Petrucelly's opts to move violin and guitar shop to North Monroe

August 20, 2009

David Cole

Petrucelly's Violins & Sound Hole Music, a 25-year-old Spokane business that sells and repairs guitars, violins, and other string instruments, has moved from downtown to the near North Side to acquire more space and to be more visible, says owner

University Appliance closes after 29 years in business

Longtime company posts out-of-business sign at East Sprague store

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

University Appliance Inc., of Spokane Valley, has closed its doors, posting a sign on its front entrance there that says it has ceased operations after 29 years in business.Representatives of the company couldn't be reached for comment, but sign

Treatment provider to open $5 million West Side facility

Valley-based American Behavioral Health buys, upgrades Chehalis hospital

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Spokane Valley-based American Behavioral Health Systems Inc. says it plans to open a $5 million treatment facility in Chehalis, Wash., on Sept 1. The chemical dependency treatment company, which primarily serves state-paid low-income clients,

Jim DeWalt files Chapter 7 in Bankruptcy Court

Chicago-area real estate investments 'a disaster,' industry group CEO says

August 20, 2009

Mike McLean

Jim DeWalt, president and CEO of Spokane-based Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest, and his wife, Ruth, have filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, listing total assets of about $2.6 million and debts of $4.2 which

Snap Fitness outlet opens on North Side

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

A franchisee of Snap Fitness here has opened an outlet at the recently completed Northtown Square shopping center, at 4727 N. Division. Nick Freese and his partners in the franchise opened the new location in a 3,500-square-foot leased space on

IEL branch relocates in Spokane Valley

Bowdish Valley Center leases strip mall space, can serve 200 students

August 20, 2009

David Cole

The Institute for Extended Learning, one of the three educational institutions of Community Colleges of Spokane, has opened what it calls the Bowdish Valley Center in a Sprague Avenue strip mall near University City.The institute began leasing a

Bernardo Wills owners buy downtown site

Duo plans to move the firm to a building on Jefferson after completing upgrades

August 20, 2009

Mike McLean

Gary Bernardo says he and Bob Wills, majority owners of Bernardo Wills Architects PC, of Spokane, have bought a half-acre parcel of land downtown with two buildings on it and plan to move the prominent Spokane design firm there early next year a on