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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$20.5 million initial phase of work rises at Millworx

Townhomes in Post Falls development slated to be offered for sale this year
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
The initial phase of the Millworx development, which consists of 121 living units and commercial spaces, is coming to fruition at the former Idaho Veneer Co. mill site in Post Falls. The development, initially valued at $20.5 million, is located along
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Sacajawea, Peperzak schools to open in August

SPS South Hill facilities to serve 1,650 students
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
Two schools under construction with a total value of $151.9 million-Sacajawea Middle School and Carla Peperzak Middle School-are on schedule to be completed and ready for the 2023-2024 school year, says Greg Forsyth, director of capital projects for
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$22.8 million in renovations planned at Avista Stadium

Updates mandated by MLB have deadline of opening day 2025
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
The Spokane Indians Baseball Club, Spokane County, and the city of Spokane Valley recently reached an agreement to share the $22.8 million cost of planned Avista Stadium renovations, and Chris Duff, president of the club says, he anticipates having
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North Bank stadium to be completed in September

5,000-seat venue will be home to football, soccer games for SPS
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
Construction is well underway on Spokane Public Schools' new sports stadium, which is on schedule to be completed by late September, says Greg Forsyth, director of capital projects for SPS. The 5,000-seat venue is being built in Spokane's
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Noncompete agreements have varying support

Case here demonstrates ongoing complexities of restrictive covenants
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
At the start of the year, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses, a practice it claims suppresses wages, hampers innovation, and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses.
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New York investors agree to acquire Fatbeam

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March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
New York City-based infrastructure investment companies Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLC and SDC Capital Partners LLC have agreed to acquire Coeur d'Alene-based fiber optics company Fatbeam Holdings LLC. Gregory Green, Fatbeam co-founder and board
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Trauma-informed design guides Excelsior project

Space-creating concepts aim to promote well-being
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
Spokane-based nonprofit Excelsior Wellness Center LLC has started the first of three phases of renovations at its campus with a focus on integrating trauma-informed design, an emerging concept within architectural design.
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A Post Falls urban center is in the worx

Plans include 685 living units, hotel, retail uses; up to $200M in work envisioned at old mill site
March 30, 2023
Karina Elias
A&A Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, is constructing a new urban center in Post Falls. Once completed, the 32-acre Millworx development a few blocks east of City Hall will have about 685 living units in 615,000 square feet of residential
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