Karina Elias

Karina Elias

Reporter Karina Elias covers the banking and finance industry. A California native, she attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. Karina loves salsa dancing, traveling, baking, cuddling with her dog, and writing creative fiction and non-fiction.  

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—HUB Sports Center

HUB Sports Center envisions $24 million expansion

Plans call for youth sports fields, courts, other facilities at Liberty Lake complex
January 19, 2023
Karina Elias
Liberty Lake-based HUB Sports Center is planning a $24 million facilities expansion, says Phil Champlin, executive director of the nonprofit sports venue. Champlin says plans for development are still in the early phases, and details will be
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Retail sales likely to decelerate after strong showing

Inflation, low average savings impact spending
December 15, 2022
Karina Elias
Retail sales in Spokane are expected to slow in 2023 after strong showings the last couple of years which were buoyed by pandemic relief funds, says Patrick Jones, executive director of the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis at Eastern
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Inland Northwest health care systems look to stabilize

Spokane providers are operating with financial losses, increased costs
December 15, 2022
Karina Elias
Moving into 2023, major health care systems in Spokane are projecting continued financial losses while working to stabilize margins after struggling through two years of COVID-19 surges, ongoing shortages of medical personnel, and rising costs.
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—Karina Elias

HMA CPA acquires practice, moves to larger downtown space

Buying firms from retiring accountants is part of strategy, partners say
December 15, 2022
Karina Elias
Spokane-based accounting firm HMA CPA PS has moved to a larger location and has acquired its fifth accounting practice over a six-year span, says Mike Whitmore, shareholder at HMA CPA. 'It's been a big part of our growth strategy, not just organic
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—ALSC Architects

Spokane's North Bank draws a crowd

Total of about $55 million in real estate transactions, projects start since stadium location announcement
December 15, 2022
Karina Elias
An estimated $36 million in commercial real estate has changed hands in Spokane's North Bank neighborhood since the new sports stadium was announced there. That's on top of $19 million in new developments and remodels permitted nearby during
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Evergreen Gymnastics to move to new North Side location

Remodel of space projected to begin in mid-December
December 1, 2022
Karina Elias
Evergreen Gymnastics, of Spokane, plans to remodel an 8,800-square-foot warehouse into a gymnastics center at 210 E. Montgomery in Spokane's Logan neighborhood, according to building permit application information submitted to the city.
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—Karina Elias

Treehouse Deliveries to convert to cooperative model

Model involves sharing profits with drivers, others
December 1, 2022
Karina Elias
Spokane-based Treehouse Deliveries, a third-party food delivery platform, is converting to a member-owned co-op and changing its name to Pacific Northwest Delivery Cooperative, says the company's founder and owner Neil Holford.
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—Karina Elias

Focus on well-being emerges as employee benefit

Some Inland Northwest employers emphasize whole-person approach
December 1, 2022
Karina Elias
The concept of employee health benefits is expanding beyond conventional medical, vision, and dental coverage to include a whole-person approach to worker health and wellness, some Inland Northwest observers say.
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