Earlier this year I reported on the opening of a new H&M Store coming to Spokane at the Spokane Valley Mall ( That story - http://inlandbusiness.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-h-is-coming-to-spokane-valley.html ) . I am now pleased to announce that the very popular clothing retailer will open to the public on. October 25th at Noon .
Until then for more info on the new store check them out at...
http://www.facebook.com/HMSpokane
Or the official H&M website at...
www.hm.com/us/
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Coeur d' Alene New Business Update : Sept 26th 2012
In the Coeur d' Alene area...
The Veith Law Firm has moved from Downtown Coeur d Alene farther out Sherman Ave. to the 900 block of E. Sherman.
Home care business Home Helpers has moved their offices to the former Coeur d' Alene Doughnut House location on Kathleen just a couple of doors west of Government Way.
Site Solutions Recycling is now open to the north of Coeur d' Alene at 54081 N Old Hwy 95.
I'm unsure as to when but Jennifer's CDA Cars and The Repo Shack have moved out of the 2 businesses joint location along Govenment Way across from Costco in Coeur d' Alene.
Coeur d' Alene Mini Storage along Fruitland Ave just north of Neider and The Texas Roadhouse is closing at the end of the month. The plan is to tear down the older storage buildings for a new strip mall.
The Powder River Saloon in Coeur d' Alene has recived a fresh coat of paint and a new name. The bar which is located on E. Sherman Ave several blocks east of Downtown is now called Gus's Cigar Club.
Spokane New Business Update: Sept 26th 2012
In the Spokane area...
The seasonal Go Calendars and Games have opened in Spokane's malls. The stores can be found by Kitchen Connection on the 2nd floor of Spokane Valley Mall and on the first floor across from DEB in Northtown Mall. Other Go stores are expected.
Edo Japan has closed their food court store at Northtown Mall.
However Edo' space won't be vacant long as signs are already up for a new restaurant called Miso Fresh Japanese .
The Ben Franklin store at 6 Cheney Spokane Rd. in Cheney is going out of business.
Mean Hamster Software which had been at 1 N Main St. in Deer Park has closed.
Coeur d' Alene's popular Fire Artisan Pizza is planning to open a new location in Downtown Spokane. The pizza restaurant will be located by the Davenport Hotel at 816 W. Sprague Ave.
Ramblin' Road Brewery is the latest in a string of recent new Spokane area Microbreweries to open. Ramblin' Road can be found at 730 N Columbus St. not far from Downtown Spokane.
Andrean Accounting has moved into new offices in Liberty Lake. The firm can now be found at 2310 N Molter Rd. in Suite 205
The seasonal Go Calendars and Games have opened in Spokane's malls. The stores can be found by Kitchen Connection on the 2nd floor of Spokane Valley Mall and on the first floor across from DEB in Northtown Mall. Other Go stores are expected.
Edo Japan has closed their food court store at Northtown Mall.
However Edo' space won't be vacant long as signs are already up for a new restaurant called Miso Fresh Japanese .
The Ben Franklin store at 6 Cheney Spokane Rd. in Cheney is going out of business.
Mean Hamster Software which had been at 1 N Main St. in Deer Park has closed.
Coeur d' Alene's popular Fire Artisan Pizza is planning to open a new location in Downtown Spokane. The pizza restaurant will be located by the Davenport Hotel at 816 W. Sprague Ave.
Ramblin' Road Brewery is the latest in a string of recent new Spokane area Microbreweries to open. Ramblin' Road can be found at 730 N Columbus St. not far from Downtown Spokane.
Andrean Accounting has moved into new offices in Liberty Lake. The firm can now be found at 2310 N Molter Rd. in Suite 205
McEuen Park construction begins
McEuen Park in Downtown Coeur d' Alene is perhaps on of the most controversial projects in the entire Inland Northwest . But regardless of where you stand on the issue of the park's reconstruction the work has officially got underway with a ground breaking ceremony occurring earlier in the month.
The first part of the construction will be done by ACI Northwest INC. of Coeur d' Alene . That work has already started and will consist of the new parking lot that is on space 12 on the map in the picture below. ACI will also do excavation work to other area's of the park for future construction . Although some againist the project have claimed the estimated cost to be much higher the city's estimates come in about 14 million dollars.
The plan includes many more features which can be noted below or on the link also below. The city park's department hopes to have the park done and re-opened by the fall of 2013.
For a another view of the McEuen Park plan visit this site-
http://www.cdaidparks.org/index.php/parks/mceuen-field
Also watch for continued construction updates here on Inland Northwest Business Watch and soon on our new Youtube channel-
http://www.youtube.com/user/inlandbusiness
The first part of the construction will be done by ACI Northwest INC. of Coeur d' Alene . That work has already started and will consist of the new parking lot that is on space 12 on the map in the picture below. ACI will also do excavation work to other area's of the park for future construction . Although some againist the project have claimed the estimated cost to be much higher the city's estimates come in about 14 million dollars.
The plan includes many more features which can be noted below or on the link also below. The city park's department hopes to have the park done and re-opened by the fall of 2013.
For a another view of the McEuen Park plan visit this site-
http://www.cdaidparks.org/index.php/parks/mceuen-field
Also watch for continued construction updates here on Inland Northwest Business Watch and soon on our new Youtube channel-
http://www.youtube.com/user/inlandbusiness
New school year = New area schools
The 2012 - 2013 school year is now offically in session for all of the schools in the Spokane and Coeur d' Alene area. But some of those students are among the first to attend a few new and newly re-done schools. Those new schools include...
Kootenai Techincal Education Campus or KTEC
This new vocational school opened this year and is located in Rathdrum off of Lancaster Rd. More on KTEC can be found on this previous INBW post-
http://inlandbusiness.blogspot.com/2012/09/ktec-is-now-open-to-students.html
Westview Elementary School
Westview is a newly built elementary school that opened this year in the Spokane Public School District. Westview is located at 6104 N Moore St. in Northwest Spokane and it replaces a older and smaller school that was nearby. The old school was built is 1955 so the new building is a welcome addition to the Spokane Public School District. The new school takes up about 55,000 square feet and is capable of accepting 550 students.
Riverpoint Academy
Riverpoint is a new school for the Mead School District, But there is one rather obvious thing to note of this new techincal school that is actually in Downtown Spokane , a few miles south of suburban Mead. The school is within the same building as Inovate Washington (formerly SIRTI ) a business assistance program and business incubator service's building at 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. .
Cheney School District's 2 new schools.
Cheney Public Schools are a growing district so to help fill that need the former old middle school has been split into 2 brand new middle schools that opened to faculty and students for the first time this year. The new schools are Cheney Middle School located at 740 Beltz Rd in Cheney and Westwood Middle School also in Cheney at 6120 S. Abbott Rd.
Spokane Public Schools are also involved in several other new school projects which will open in the future,more on those later....
Kootenai Techincal Education Campus or KTEC
This new vocational school opened this year and is located in Rathdrum off of Lancaster Rd. More on KTEC can be found on this previous INBW post-
http://inlandbusiness.blogspot.com/2012/09/ktec-is-now-open-to-students.html
Westview Elementary School
Westview is a newly built elementary school that opened this year in the Spokane Public School District. Westview is located at 6104 N Moore St. in Northwest Spokane and it replaces a older and smaller school that was nearby. The old school was built is 1955 so the new building is a welcome addition to the Spokane Public School District. The new school takes up about 55,000 square feet and is capable of accepting 550 students.
Riverpoint Academy
Riverpoint is a new school for the Mead School District, But there is one rather obvious thing to note of this new techincal school that is actually in Downtown Spokane , a few miles south of suburban Mead. The school is within the same building as Inovate Washington (formerly SIRTI ) a business assistance program and business incubator service's building at 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. .
Cheney School District's 2 new schools.
Cheney Public Schools are a growing district so to help fill that need the former old middle school has been split into 2 brand new middle schools that opened to faculty and students for the first time this year. The new schools are Cheney Middle School located at 740 Beltz Rd in Cheney and Westwood Middle School also in Cheney at 6120 S. Abbott Rd.
Spokane Public Schools are also involved in several other new school projects which will open in the future,more on those later....
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Video's of McEuen Park construction
Today I decided to break in the Inland Northwest Business Watch's new Youtube channel ( www.youtube.com/user/inlandbusiness) with a video of one of the more controversial local new construction projects , McEuen Field Park in Downtown Coeur d' Alene
A post about the park's redevlopment is coming this week on Wed. but for now here is a peek at what is happening at McEuen....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7aczZt2gU&feature=plcp
and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz-claOeRQk&feature=plcp
Tell us what you think of McEuen Park,post to our Facebook page-
www.facebook.com/inlandnorthwestbusinesswatch
P.S I apologize for the kinda shaky camera.
A post about the park's redevlopment is coming this week on Wed. but for now here is a peek at what is happening at McEuen....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7aczZt2gU&feature=plcp
and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz-claOeRQk&feature=plcp
Tell us what you think of McEuen Park,post to our Facebook page-
www.facebook.com/inlandnorthwestbusinesswatch
P.S I apologize for the kinda shaky camera.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Coeur d' Alene new business update: Sept 19th 2012
In the Coeur d' Alene area...
Discount Groceries which is located on Seltice Way,by Les Schwab and near the intersection of Seltice and Spokane St. is closing.
Although no name is posted a new sandwhich food truck has opened near the intersection of Atlas Rd and Seltice Way in Coeur d' Alene.
Marathon Maintenance has opened in Post Falls in the Appleway Center buildings along the 6600 block of E. Seltice Way.
Post Falls Truck and RV has opened in the former auto sales lot next to the Frontier Grocery on Seltice Way on the west end of Post Falls.
Jacote Hair Salon has relocated to Coeur d' Alene and can now be found at 103 S. 4th St. in the Downtown area.
O'Reilly Auto Parts will open soon in Rathdrum. The new chain auto parts store will be at 6613 W. Commercial Park Ave near Super 1.
Downtown Coeur d' Alene's Cisco's Antiques has branched out and opened a new location called Cisco's Warehouse which sells much of the same antique goods as the orginal downtown store. Cisco's Warehouse can be found on E. Sherman Ave about 4 or 5 blocks east of Downtown.
CdA Homes Auxiliary Thrift Store has moved and is now open at the former NIC Adult Education Center building at the corner of 5th and Lakeside in Downtown Coeur d' Alene. The store moved there from a smaller storefront on Sherman east of Downtown.Not only will the new store be larger but the hours have also been extended.
High Nooner sandwich shop will soon close it's Coeur d' Alene store in the strip mall out front of Costco and by Wholesale Sports. The Spokane High Nooner locations however will remain open.
Great Harvest Bread Company will move north into the space being vacated by High Nooner of Government Way by Costco.Great Harvest moves from it's current store by the intersection of Government and Ironwood in Coeur d' Alene.
Spokane New Business Update: Sept. 19th 2012
In the Spokane area...
Cricket Wireless's retail store in Northtown Mall has moved. Their store can still be found on the first floor of the mall but now on the south end.
Cricket's old space in Northtown Mall at the bottom of the food court esclators will also be full once again soon as Best Buy Mobile is working on opening a new location in that 1st floor unit.
The asian grocery store called The Oriental Store which is on Division near Downtown Spokane will be moving soon to 1403 N Division.
New RV Dealership and RV accessory store Camping World is now open in Liberty Lake. Camping World is at the end of Cataldo Ave. nearby The Hub sports and event facility by the I-90 Barker Rd. exit.
The Elegant Peasant which is a women's clothing store at 913 W Garland Ave in Spokane is going out of business.
A new food truck that specializes in Jamaican cuisine is now open in Browne's Addition . The business which is called The Jamaican Jerk Pan is currently at the corner of 4th and Cannon.
A new sandwich restaurant is now open in Airway Heights. The business is called Nina Mary's Sandwiches and More can be found inside of the Conoco gas station at 11980 W. Sunset Hwy.
Chinese restaurant Happy Dragon Express is now open at 825 N Monroe St in Spokane.
Horizon Airlines is planning to reopen it's base for it's pilots and flight attendants at Spokane International Airport to allow several flight crews to be based in Spokane.
Lender Homestreet Bank is moving into a new office on the 6th floor of the office building at 201 W. North River Dr. in Spokane. As a result of the new office Homestreet will close it's smaller office in the nearby Rock Pointe Corporate Center.
A new restaurant has opened for business in Browne's Addition, The restaurant which is called EJ'S Garden Bistro is located at 1928 W. Pacific nearby The Elk and Tully's Coffee.
Bulldog Contractors has leased and will move into space at 16024 E. Sprague Ave in Spokane Valley.
Bekins Moving and Storage which had been along I-90 near Sprague Ave. in Spokane Valley has closed.
Revita Rehab continues to grow by acquiring the assets of Progressive Physical Therapy . Progessive is located at 11915 E. Broadway Ave Suite 101 in Spokane Valley
Northwest Commercial Kitchen Repair has opened in a home in North Spokane. The business will repair kitchen equipment for businesses.
As previously mentioned the Davenport Hotel's new Davenport Salon and Spa is now open in the basement of the historic Downtown Spokane hotel. The hotel owned spa is in the same space as the previous Spa Paradiso which is moving into the Kendall Yards area north of Downtown.
Arts, crafts and many more items will be sold at the new Simple Kreationz which is opening in Spokane Valley. Simple Kreations is a very small store located inside a chiropractior's office at 500 S. Pines Rd.
Team Pilates has now opened a new Pilates studio in North Spokane. They are located at 521 E. Holland Suite 60.
Subway is planning a new franchised restaurant location to open soon in the Suncrest Shopping Center just northwest of Spokane in Nine Mile Falls.
Cancer Care Northwest is building a new home for their practice. The new office and clinic will be located in Spokane Valley at 1204 N. Vercler.
Cricket Wireless's retail store in Northtown Mall has moved. Their store can still be found on the first floor of the mall but now on the south end.
Cricket's old space in Northtown Mall at the bottom of the food court esclators will also be full once again soon as Best Buy Mobile is working on opening a new location in that 1st floor unit.
The asian grocery store called The Oriental Store which is on Division near Downtown Spokane will be moving soon to 1403 N Division.
New RV Dealership and RV accessory store Camping World is now open in Liberty Lake. Camping World is at the end of Cataldo Ave. nearby The Hub sports and event facility by the I-90 Barker Rd. exit.
The Elegant Peasant which is a women's clothing store at 913 W Garland Ave in Spokane is going out of business.
A new food truck that specializes in Jamaican cuisine is now open in Browne's Addition . The business which is called The Jamaican Jerk Pan is currently at the corner of 4th and Cannon.
A new sandwich restaurant is now open in Airway Heights. The business is called Nina Mary's Sandwiches and More can be found inside of the Conoco gas station at 11980 W. Sunset Hwy.
Chinese restaurant Happy Dragon Express is now open at 825 N Monroe St in Spokane.
Horizon Airlines is planning to reopen it's base for it's pilots and flight attendants at Spokane International Airport to allow several flight crews to be based in Spokane.
Lender Homestreet Bank is moving into a new office on the 6th floor of the office building at 201 W. North River Dr. in Spokane. As a result of the new office Homestreet will close it's smaller office in the nearby Rock Pointe Corporate Center.
A new restaurant has opened for business in Browne's Addition, The restaurant which is called EJ'S Garden Bistro is located at 1928 W. Pacific nearby The Elk and Tully's Coffee.
Bulldog Contractors has leased and will move into space at 16024 E. Sprague Ave in Spokane Valley.
Bekins Moving and Storage which had been along I-90 near Sprague Ave. in Spokane Valley has closed.
Revita Rehab continues to grow by acquiring the assets of Progressive Physical Therapy . Progessive is located at 11915 E. Broadway Ave Suite 101 in Spokane Valley
Northwest Commercial Kitchen Repair has opened in a home in North Spokane. The business will repair kitchen equipment for businesses.
As previously mentioned the Davenport Hotel's new Davenport Salon and Spa is now open in the basement of the historic Downtown Spokane hotel. The hotel owned spa is in the same space as the previous Spa Paradiso which is moving into the Kendall Yards area north of Downtown.
Arts, crafts and many more items will be sold at the new Simple Kreationz which is opening in Spokane Valley. Simple Kreations is a very small store located inside a chiropractior's office at 500 S. Pines Rd.
Team Pilates has now opened a new Pilates studio in North Spokane. They are located at 521 E. Holland Suite 60.
Subway is planning a new franchised restaurant location to open soon in the Suncrest Shopping Center just northwest of Spokane in Nine Mile Falls.
Cancer Care Northwest is building a new home for their practice. The new office and clinic will be located in Spokane Valley at 1204 N. Vercler.
Local Business Profile- Skyway Cafe
Today's local business profile is of a historic restaurant in East Central Spokane that is not just your ordinary restaurant. That's because today's profile is of the Skyway Cafe that is located on the side of the main building for Spokane's Felts Field, a private city owned airport located on Rutter Ave to the east of Downtown.
The Skyway Cafe serves breakfast and lunch (dinners however are on the menu) and at the Skyway breakfast is served all day. And of course being in the historic Airport building the cafe features an aircraft theme with airplane art and even model airplanes that hang from the ceilings.
The Skyway Cafe also does host some events and will soon celebrate their 100th anniversary. If you would like more info on The Skyway Cafe visit them online at....
http://skywaycafe.com/
The Skyway Cafe serves breakfast and lunch (dinners however are on the menu) and at the Skyway breakfast is served all day. And of course being in the historic Airport building the cafe features an aircraft theme with airplane art and even model airplanes that hang from the ceilings.
The Skyway Cafe also does host some events and will soon celebrate their 100th anniversary. If you would like more info on The Skyway Cafe visit them online at....
http://skywaycafe.com/
Google Maps' new business photos
If your looking for a new business or just need the number to an established business chances are pretty good your going to check Google Maps. Google Maps are used by people all over the nation and even right here in Spokane. And one new map feature has arrived in Spokane and promises to help Spokane's businesses get more exposure to all those Google Maps users out there.
Google Business Photo is a new program of Google that has a locally based photographer come to your business and take a 360 degree photo. That photo is then added directly to your location on the map itself. Google Business Photo's can be viewed by simply dragging the street view guy over the map and landing on the orange dots.
Google Business Photo's do have a fee for the photo and add to the map but the fee is small and has the potential to be a great promotion tool.For more info on how your business can get itself added to this new map feature visit-
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/
Currently a few Spokane businesses are already listed with photo's on Google Maps. Those businesses are...
-O' Doherty's Irish Grille , Both the Downtown Spokane pub and North Spokane location
-Revival Lighting in Downtown Spokane
-The Marquee Lounge in Downtown Spokane
-Waddell's Pub and Grill on the South Hill in Spokane
and...
-Press on the Lower South Hill in Spokane
Google Business Photo is a new program of Google that has a locally based photographer come to your business and take a 360 degree photo. That photo is then added directly to your location on the map itself. Google Business Photo's can be viewed by simply dragging the street view guy over the map and landing on the orange dots.
Google Business Photo's do have a fee for the photo and add to the map but the fee is small and has the potential to be a great promotion tool.For more info on how your business can get itself added to this new map feature visit-
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/
Currently a few Spokane businesses are already listed with photo's on Google Maps. Those businesses are...
-O' Doherty's Irish Grille , Both the Downtown Spokane pub and North Spokane location
-Revival Lighting in Downtown Spokane
-The Marquee Lounge in Downtown Spokane
-Waddell's Pub and Grill on the South Hill in Spokane
and...
-Press on the Lower South Hill in Spokane
Your City Bites Food Tours
Spokane may not be the first place you think of when you think of culinary hot spots. But Spokane is hiding some fine restaurants that are just waiting to be discovered or re-discovered. And that is the goal of a new business that's getting it's name out there by offering a tour of Downtown Spokane that both highlights the storied history of the Downtown area and allows patrons of the tour to stop and taste the many flavors of the restaurants in Downtown Spokane.
The new business is called Your City Bite Favorable Food Tours and is offering the new tour for a small fee of 49 dollar per adult and 39 for children under 12 year old. The tours depart at 1:30pm daily from Riverfront Park and take a 2 mile trek thru the city.Tours however only run from March thru November.
Your City Bites Food Tours plans to expand the tour sometime soon to other cities around the nation but they do believe in the buy local approach and highlight local restaurants for their tour stops.
For more info on Your City Bites including where to book a walking tour and a list of tour stops please visit them online at...
http://www.yourcitybites.com/spokane-food-tour
The new business is called Your City Bite Favorable Food Tours and is offering the new tour for a small fee of 49 dollar per adult and 39 for children under 12 year old. The tours depart at 1:30pm daily from Riverfront Park and take a 2 mile trek thru the city.Tours however only run from March thru November.
Your City Bites Food Tours plans to expand the tour sometime soon to other cities around the nation but they do believe in the buy local approach and highlight local restaurants for their tour stops.
For more info on Your City Bites including where to book a walking tour and a list of tour stops please visit them online at...
http://www.yourcitybites.com/spokane-food-tour
More new apartments coming to Coeur d' Alene
The current local economy is improving ,slowly improving but improving none the less. But the hard times of the last few years have prompted and sadly forced some to downsize and move to new areas for employment and that is one of the main reasons behind the recent rapid expansion of new apartment complexes now under construction in the Coeur d' Alene (and Spokane...) area. Some such projects are already underway like the Affinity at Coeur d' Alene senior citizen housing complex off of Cedarblom St. and next door to Black Sheep Sporting Goods or the now open Riverview at Mill River Apartments off of Seltice Way near the US Bank Call Center.
But as those 2 apartment communities move toward their completion 2 more have now poped up on the horizon for construction soon and opening dates of 2013.Those 2 new recently announced apartment complexes are...
The Residence at Mill River Apartments
The Residence at Mill River is a new rental community to be built by Hayden based development firm Copper Basin Construction, Copper Basin is also the developer of the rest of the multi-use Mill River subdivision which this new apartment complex will be built near the entrance of. The Residence at Mill River will consist of 12 buildings and 92 new rental units,plans call for the project to be built in phases and to open in the fall of 2013.
New Apartments on Ramsey Rd. in Coeur d' Alene
The name isn't quite available yet on these new apartments that will be built by Hayden based Viking Homes and will be built on the corner of Ramsey Rd. and Lopez Ave. behind Mountain West Bank and less then a block north of Kathleen Ave in North Coeur d' Alene. This new apartment complex will house some 68 apartments and should open in the summer of 2013.
Work will also begin probably in the spring on the new 12 story multi-use apartment tower called One Lakeside to be built at the corner of 2nd and Lakeside in Downtown Coeur d' Alene,This project was announced earlier on this blog and I plan to continue to track it's progress as well as the other 2 new apartment complexes farther north in Coeur d' Alene.
But as those 2 apartment communities move toward their completion 2 more have now poped up on the horizon for construction soon and opening dates of 2013.Those 2 new recently announced apartment complexes are...
The Residence at Mill River Apartments
The Residence at Mill River is a new rental community to be built by Hayden based development firm Copper Basin Construction, Copper Basin is also the developer of the rest of the multi-use Mill River subdivision which this new apartment complex will be built near the entrance of. The Residence at Mill River will consist of 12 buildings and 92 new rental units,plans call for the project to be built in phases and to open in the fall of 2013.
New Apartments on Ramsey Rd. in Coeur d' Alene
The name isn't quite available yet on these new apartments that will be built by Hayden based Viking Homes and will be built on the corner of Ramsey Rd. and Lopez Ave. behind Mountain West Bank and less then a block north of Kathleen Ave in North Coeur d' Alene. This new apartment complex will house some 68 apartments and should open in the summer of 2013.
Work will also begin probably in the spring on the new 12 story multi-use apartment tower called One Lakeside to be built at the corner of 2nd and Lakeside in Downtown Coeur d' Alene,This project was announced earlier on this blog and I plan to continue to track it's progress as well as the other 2 new apartment complexes farther north in Coeur d' Alene.
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