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Masonry office builds bigger facility here

Montana concern needs more space for branch

October 1, 2009

Anderson Masonry Inc., of Bigfork, Mont., is building a 5,500-square-foot office and shop building at its branch office in Spokane Valley, says Ian Anderson, project manager for the company.Anderson Masonry is a masonry contracting company that

Freedom Truck building rises on West Plains -Art only

October 1, 2009

Freedom Truck Centers Inc., of Spokane, is developing a $7 million 47,000-square-foot dealership building on the West Plains, at 10311 W. Hallett Road, where it plans to consolidate its Spokane-area operations. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane,

Tomato Street restaurant owners remodel, expand

Italian establishment's waiting space to grow; inside undergoes update

October 1, 2009

David Cole

The owners of the Tomato Street restaurant at 6220 N. Division have begun a complete renovation inside and outside the North Side eatery and also are expanding it. In the expansion, 1,200 square feet of floor space will be added to the Italian a

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Garco wins West Side jobs totaling $50.2 million

Spokane firm to build total of 11 structures at two military facilities

October 1, 2009

Mike McLean

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has landed contracts that together total $50.2 million at two military compounds in Western Washington.In one job, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Garco a $20.7 million contract to build

Rejuvenating a landmark

California owner of Northtown Office Building has spent $1.4 million in recent years

October 1, 2009

Kim Crompton

Spokane's tallest North Side office structure—the nine-story Northtown Office Building, at 4407 N. Division—is going through somewhat of a rebirth, following a multiyear series of improvements costing more than $1.4 million.The high in

Small Business Watch: October 1, 2009

October 1, 2009

Founder's daughter takes the helm at United Lithographers Brandy Donough has taken over ownership of United Lithographers Inc., of Spokane Valley, due to the sudden death in June of her father, Ray Tyson-Flyn, who started the business

Lloyd's ManPans experiment 'promising'

Spokane Valley maker of pans taps consumer market, to sell directly

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Lloyd Industries Inc., a Spokane Valley maker of pizza pans and other equipment primarily for the restaurant industry, says its experiment this year to introduce a product aimed at consumers—some rugged cookware called ManPans—is showing

U.S. agency here to move

Social Security offices to relocate to Iron Bridge

October 1, 2009

Mike McLean

The U.S. Social Security Administration has leased 37,000 square feet of space in the Iron Bridge complex, at 1401 E. Trent, and plans to move its two Spokane offices there, says a real estate agent involved in the lease.The agent, Mike of & 3

Ex-owners of fitness center seek bankruptcy protection

They say loss of credit line forced sale and filing

October 1, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Todd and Beth Mathison, the former owners of West Plains Fitness, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection here.The Mathisons say they were forced to sell that business, located at 1515 S. Technology Lane, last summer when a lender the of

Ecology proposes study of Valley recycling site

Union Pacific Railroad would be responsible for cleanup of property

October 1, 2009

Kim Frlan

The Washington state Department of Ecology is proposing to enter into a formal agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Co. to study contamination at a former aluminum recycling site at 2317 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley. A month-long public on