Big changes have happened over the last couple of months to the nightclub industry in Spokane,here is a recap of the biggest changes...
A Club closed
The A Club which had been a popular Downtown Spokane club and mainly live music venue has closed. The club had earned a good reputation for booking well known bands and preformers such as All American Rejects. The A Club was the anchor club to group of bars and clubs in the 400 block of West Sprague Ave. known as "The Block"
A Club 406 1/2 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane
Spokane Epicenter becomes rock club "The Center"
After the closing of the A Club the promoters relocated to a new building in North Spokane that is now hoping to be a Spokane's next big thing. The former Spokane Epicenter event center at 6425 N. Lidgerwood has been renamed The Center and hopes to attract some of the same big names. The Center is one of the largest clubs in Spokane.
A new club taking A Club's space
A new night club is opening in the space vacated by the A Club in Downtown Spokane, At post time we only have a little info on this new business,watch for more...
Friday, March 1, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Several businesses closing /moving at Northtown Mall
It is important to note that Northtown Mall in Spokane is far from being a dead mall,in fact there has even been a few new store openings at the mall. But it's easy to notice that several stores have left Northtown since the start of the year. Why are these stores moving out of Northtown? That's unclear but most have went on to other,bigger locations. A rumor has swirled around that Northtown has increased it's rent,although this has not been confirmed.
Here is some of the store closings and moves that have happened at Northtown Mall...
Select Comfort
Select Comfort,which is known for it's sleep number brand of mattresses is leaving Northtown Mall soon. The store,which had been on the 1st floor of the mall by Barnes & Noble is moving to the former Perkins Restaurant building a couple of blocks north of the mall on Division.
The Perkins building is being remodeled for 2 retail units of which Select Comfort will take 1. Select Comfort also made a similar move in Spokane Valley,There they left Spokane Valley Mall for the Evergreen Crossing Shopping Center at the corner of Evergreen Rd and Indiana Ave.
Century Link
The phone / Internet / television company Century Link has also left Northtown Mall. The company had operated a kiosk on the 1st floor of the mall below the food court. Century Link now has it's own store that just recently celebrated a grand opening. Century Link's move is also similar to the move made by Select Comfort because they also left Spokane Valley Mall around the same time.
Century Link's new storefronts can be found at...
6704 N. Nevada St in Spokane or 506 N. Sullivan Rd. in Spokane Valley
Bumpers Family Fun Center
The move of Bumpers was probably the most noticeable of all the stores to leave Northtown Mall since the start of 2013. To find out more about Bumpers leaving Northtown look at this previous post here on Inland Northwest Business Watch...
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2013/01/updated-info-bumpers-family-fun-center.html
Chrome
Chrome Personal Training Centre has moved out of Northtown Mall. The business which offers fitness training and classes was located on the first floor of the mall nearby Macy's and the paintball business.
Chrome has since re-opened a new bigger gym space in Spokane. Chrome can now be found at 206 E. North Foothills Dr.
Wholesale Sports
As of the time of writing this the Northtown Mall Wholesale Sports store is scheduled to close on March 10th. . Wholesale Sports occupies on the mall's several anchor spots on the first floor by Sears. The space was once filled by a Steve & Barry's until that business closed also,in that case Steve & Barry's closed all stores nationwide.
For more info on the closing of the Spokane Wholesale Sports check out this prior post here on Inland Northwest Business Watch...
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2013/02/wholesale-sports-to-close-in-spokane.html
Bruchi's Cheesesteaks and Subs
Bruchi's has left their food court space,the space has now been filled with a Subway location. More on that business switch in this prior Inland Northwest Business Watch post-
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2013/02/bruchis-leaves-spokane-area.html
However in all the doom and gloom that comes from stores leaving the mall,several more are coming. Subway recently opened in the food court , as will an Asian restaurant called Miso. Retail wise Earthbound Trading Company is now open on the 2nd floor and signs are positive that work is starting on a new business for the space that was The Comic Book Store.
For more info on Northtown Mall visit them at-
www.northtownmall.com
Here is some of the store closings and moves that have happened at Northtown Mall...
Select Comfort
Select Comfort,which is known for it's sleep number brand of mattresses is leaving Northtown Mall soon. The store,which had been on the 1st floor of the mall by Barnes & Noble is moving to the former Perkins Restaurant building a couple of blocks north of the mall on Division.
The Perkins building is being remodeled for 2 retail units of which Select Comfort will take 1. Select Comfort also made a similar move in Spokane Valley,There they left Spokane Valley Mall for the Evergreen Crossing Shopping Center at the corner of Evergreen Rd and Indiana Ave.
Century Link
The phone / Internet / television company Century Link has also left Northtown Mall. The company had operated a kiosk on the 1st floor of the mall below the food court. Century Link now has it's own store that just recently celebrated a grand opening. Century Link's move is also similar to the move made by Select Comfort because they also left Spokane Valley Mall around the same time.
Century Link's new storefronts can be found at...
6704 N. Nevada St in Spokane or 506 N. Sullivan Rd. in Spokane Valley
Bumpers Family Fun Center
The move of Bumpers was probably the most noticeable of all the stores to leave Northtown Mall since the start of 2013. To find out more about Bumpers leaving Northtown look at this previous post here on Inland Northwest Business Watch...
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2013/01/updated-info-bumpers-family-fun-center.html
Chrome
Chrome Personal Training Centre has moved out of Northtown Mall. The business which offers fitness training and classes was located on the first floor of the mall nearby Macy's and the paintball business.
Chrome has since re-opened a new bigger gym space in Spokane. Chrome can now be found at 206 E. North Foothills Dr.
Wholesale Sports
As of the time of writing this the Northtown Mall Wholesale Sports store is scheduled to close on March 10th. . Wholesale Sports occupies on the mall's several anchor spots on the first floor by Sears. The space was once filled by a Steve & Barry's until that business closed also,in that case Steve & Barry's closed all stores nationwide.
For more info on the closing of the Spokane Wholesale Sports check out this prior post here on Inland Northwest Business Watch...
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2013/02/wholesale-sports-to-close-in-spokane.html
Bruchi's Cheesesteaks and Subs
Bruchi's has left their food court space,the space has now been filled with a Subway location. More on that business switch in this prior Inland Northwest Business Watch post-
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2013/02/bruchis-leaves-spokane-area.html
However in all the doom and gloom that comes from stores leaving the mall,several more are coming. Subway recently opened in the food court , as will an Asian restaurant called Miso. Retail wise Earthbound Trading Company is now open on the 2nd floor and signs are positive that work is starting on a new business for the space that was The Comic Book Store.
For more info on Northtown Mall visit them at-
www.northtownmall.com
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Blockbuster to close remaining area stores
The decline of the American video rental store continues and now the remaining 3 Blockbuster locations in the Spokane and Coeur d' Alene area have announced their store closures. The local Blockbuster locations included are....
Blockbuster Video Hayden,Id
This location is in the Prairie Shopping Center by the corner of US 95 and Prairie Ave. . No official word on a closure date for the Hayden Blockbuster but a going out of business liquidation sale starts on March 4th.
Blockbuster Video Cheney, Wa
This location at 2742 1st St. is now officially closed. Their last day of business occurred a little over a week ago.
Blockbuster Video Spokane (Wanderemere area of North Spokane)
The Wandermere Blockbuster Video location at 12208 N. Division is also closing, unsure of when the going out of business sale will officially begin but the store is to be closed sometime in April.
As part of the store closings for the Inland Northwest Blockbuster's many of the store's fixtures, supplies and electronics will also be up for sale,see the individual stores for more info on this.
Blockbuster Video Hayden,Id
This location is in the Prairie Shopping Center by the corner of US 95 and Prairie Ave. . No official word on a closure date for the Hayden Blockbuster but a going out of business liquidation sale starts on March 4th.
Blockbuster Video Cheney, Wa
This location at 2742 1st St. is now officially closed. Their last day of business occurred a little over a week ago.
Blockbuster Video Spokane (Wanderemere area of North Spokane)
The Wandermere Blockbuster Video location at 12208 N. Division is also closing, unsure of when the going out of business sale will officially begin but the store is to be closed sometime in April.
As part of the store closings for the Inland Northwest Blockbuster's many of the store's fixtures, supplies and electronics will also be up for sale,see the individual stores for more info on this.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
*Corrected info* STCU to open branch,move some offices to Downtown Spokane
Corrections: This story was orginally posted with a couple of errors that the friendly staff of STCU was quick to point out. As I reported STCU will not be moving out of the Schade building and the remaining space not being occupied at the Hutton Building will be sold as office space and not leased.
If any readers / business owners spot errors on this site please contact me at inlandbusiness@yahoo.com . We greatly appricate everyone's attention to detail and strive for accuracy.Thank you!
Spokane Teachers Credit Union (a.k.a STCU) has announced their plans to move into the historic Hutton Building at 9 S. Washington St. in Downtown Spokane.
STCU will open a new branch office on the ground floor and use the top 2 floors of the building to house the Credit Union's commercial lending operations. The commercial lending department had been in leased space at the Schade Towers Building on Trent Ave. . The Credit Union will also keep it's branch at the Schade Towers Building ,moving only the commercial lending division to the Hutton.It is also likly that other,yet to be named, operations may take up the former commercial lending space at the Schade Towers Building.
The Hutton Building has strugled in recent times even entering into foreclosure in 2012. Other then STCU's space the remainder of the building will be sold as office space.
Once open the new branch in the Hutton Building will be the 17th branch for the Liberty Lake based Credit Union.
For more info on STCU visit-
www.stcu.org
If any readers / business owners spot errors on this site please contact me at inlandbusiness@yahoo.com . We greatly appricate everyone's attention to detail and strive for accuracy.Thank you!
Spokane Teachers Credit Union (a.k.a STCU) has announced their plans to move into the historic Hutton Building at 9 S. Washington St. in Downtown Spokane.
STCU will open a new branch office on the ground floor and use the top 2 floors of the building to house the Credit Union's commercial lending operations. The commercial lending department had been in leased space at the Schade Towers Building on Trent Ave. . The Credit Union will also keep it's branch at the Schade Towers Building ,moving only the commercial lending division to the Hutton.It is also likly that other,yet to be named, operations may take up the former commercial lending space at the Schade Towers Building.
The Hutton Building has strugled in recent times even entering into foreclosure in 2012. Other then STCU's space the remainder of the building will be sold as office space.
Once open the new branch in the Hutton Building will be the 17th branch for the Liberty Lake based Credit Union.
For more info on STCU visit-
www.stcu.org
Monday, February 25, 2013
Chairs Coffee to open location at old Bulldog Tavern building
A well known Spokane coffee shop , Chairs Coffee, is expanding it's reach and will soon open a second outlet to be called Chairs Coffee & Public House. The location of the new Chairs location is also quite known in the Spokane community. The location is 1305 N. Hamilton , the former Bulldog Tavern. The building was also for about a year known as University Bar & Grill after the Bulldog closed a couple of years ago.
The new location is also convenient to Gonzaga University, a huge market for businesses such as Chairs. Chairs Coffee also intends to keep it's current location also open, that cafe can be found at 113 W. Indiana Ave. in Spokane.
The new Gonzaga area location will also serve food and an application has already been filed for a new liquor licence. The owners hope to open sometime in March,hopefully before NCAA March Madness.
For more info on Chairs Coffee visit them at-
www.chairscoffee.com
The new location is also convenient to Gonzaga University, a huge market for businesses such as Chairs. Chairs Coffee also intends to keep it's current location also open, that cafe can be found at 113 W. Indiana Ave. in Spokane.
The new Gonzaga area location will also serve food and an application has already been filed for a new liquor licence. The owners hope to open sometime in March,hopefully before NCAA March Madness.
For more info on Chairs Coffee visit them at-
www.chairscoffee.com
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wholesale Sports to close in Spokane/ Coeur d' Alene.
The Canadian based big box sporting goods chain Wholesale Sports has announced they plan to close their stores in both Spokane and Coeur d' Alene. The stores will end business as Wholesale Sports on March 10th. The closure includes both it's stores in Coeur d' Alene ( on Government Way, in front on Costco) and the store at the Northtown Mall in Spokane.
The Northtown Mall location had just relocated last year from a shopping plaza space near the Spokane Valley Mall to the new in-mall location at Northtown. The parent company of Wholesale Sports, Calgary,AB based UFA Co-Operative Ltd. is closing it's US retail interests to refocus on it's main stores across Canada.
Some of the Wholesale Sports stores in the US will revert back to Sportsman's Warehouse which was the original owner of the stores in Spokane and Coeur d' Alene. 4 stores in the US ,including the local Wholesale Sports locations will close altogether.
The Northtown Mall Wholesale Sports store employs about 40 and the Coeur d' Alene location about 35,no word on the status of those employees.
The Northtown Mall location had just relocated last year from a shopping plaza space near the Spokane Valley Mall to the new in-mall location at Northtown. The parent company of Wholesale Sports, Calgary,AB based UFA Co-Operative Ltd. is closing it's US retail interests to refocus on it's main stores across Canada.
Some of the Wholesale Sports stores in the US will revert back to Sportsman's Warehouse which was the original owner of the stores in Spokane and Coeur d' Alene. 4 stores in the US ,including the local Wholesale Sports locations will close altogether.
The Northtown Mall Wholesale Sports store employs about 40 and the Coeur d' Alene location about 35,no word on the status of those employees.
Shut down Knitting Factory to re-open
In case you haven't already heard on the top news topics in Spokane has been the shut down of the popular Downtown Spokane concert house / bar The Knitting Factory.
The Knitting Factory,which is located on W. Sprague Ave. , in the middle of the Davenport Arts District, was shut down earlier this week by Spokane Police acting on orders by Police Chief Frank Straub to close down the venue because of several shootings that have taken place in the immediate neighborhood over the past year.Straub believes the shootings are in significant issue of public safety for the people who live,work and play in the neighborhood on the western edge of Downtown Spokane.
The City of Spokane and the Spokane Police Department are able to shut down establishments due to their authority over entertainment permits.
However Spokane Police along with the CEO of The Knitting Factory's California based parent company, Knitting Factory Entertainment have reached an agreement and announced earlier today that The Knitting Factory is now officially back open.
The closure effected only venue itself, the newly opened District Bar located in the same building as The Knitting Factory never closed as it is a separate business.
The Knitting Factory,which is located on W. Sprague Ave. , in the middle of the Davenport Arts District, was shut down earlier this week by Spokane Police acting on orders by Police Chief Frank Straub to close down the venue because of several shootings that have taken place in the immediate neighborhood over the past year.Straub believes the shootings are in significant issue of public safety for the people who live,work and play in the neighborhood on the western edge of Downtown Spokane.
The City of Spokane and the Spokane Police Department are able to shut down establishments due to their authority over entertainment permits.
However Spokane Police along with the CEO of The Knitting Factory's California based parent company, Knitting Factory Entertainment have reached an agreement and announced earlier today that The Knitting Factory is now officially back open.
The closure effected only venue itself, the newly opened District Bar located in the same building as The Knitting Factory never closed as it is a separate business.
360 Fitness expands,to open at Riverstone
Coeur d' Alene's 360 Fitness is growing. 360's Coeur d' Alene location had been in the Mountain View Shopping Center,behind Texas Roadhouse at the corner of Neider and US 95 for the last couple of years but they must be doing something right because that mid sized gym is now becoming one of Coeur d' Alene's largest in a new remodel and move that began late last year.
People looking to work out / lose weight won't find 360 Fitness in that space on Neider anymore as they have relocated back to a much larger space in Downtown Coeur d' Alene. 360 Fitness has taken over the former Coeur d' Alene Athletic Club at the corner of 2nd Ave. and Coeur d' Alene Ave just 2 blocks north of Sherman.
The new Downtown 360 Fitness location is much larger then the gym's old home and now offers features new to 360's members like a basketball court and a indoor swimming pool. Also in the works is a verity of new work out equipment as well as upgraded TV's and security systems, the Downtown location will also soon be open 24 hours. In the acquisition all of the Coeur d' Alene Athletic Club's members have also become members of the new 360 Fitness.
The new Downtown gym isn't the only big news at 360 as 360 Fitness will also open a second location soon at Riverstone. The Riverstone 360 Fitness location will occupy the space on Main St. that was originally configured for a Barnes & Noble but due to the economy that store never was actually completed. The 360 Fitness location at Riverstone will open sometime in the spring and will have a primarily personal training focus.
Currently no new tenants have been announced for the the gym's former location on Neider.
People looking to work out / lose weight won't find 360 Fitness in that space on Neider anymore as they have relocated back to a much larger space in Downtown Coeur d' Alene. 360 Fitness has taken over the former Coeur d' Alene Athletic Club at the corner of 2nd Ave. and Coeur d' Alene Ave just 2 blocks north of Sherman.
The new Downtown 360 Fitness location is much larger then the gym's old home and now offers features new to 360's members like a basketball court and a indoor swimming pool. Also in the works is a verity of new work out equipment as well as upgraded TV's and security systems, the Downtown location will also soon be open 24 hours. In the acquisition all of the Coeur d' Alene Athletic Club's members have also become members of the new 360 Fitness.
The new Downtown gym isn't the only big news at 360 as 360 Fitness will also open a second location soon at Riverstone. The Riverstone 360 Fitness location will occupy the space on Main St. that was originally configured for a Barnes & Noble but due to the economy that store never was actually completed. The 360 Fitness location at Riverstone will open sometime in the spring and will have a primarily personal training focus.
Currently no new tenants have been announced for the the gym's former location on Neider.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Lantern Tap House expanding into former Perry St. Cafe
A couple of months ago Spokane's South Perry District lost it's landmark breakfast and lunch restaurant the Perry St. Cafe when they closed on Perry St and consolidated with the businesses other newer location in Cheney.
But the vacancy left behind be the Perry St. Cafe will soon be filled once again as the bar , Lantern Tap House which is located directly next door has announced they plan to expand into and remodel the space at 1004 S. Perry . The Lantern will use the new space as a public house style restaurant that would be open to families serving pub fare,etc...
Also the bar portion of the business would also expand slightly into the new building,food from the public house portion is expected to be served in the bar area.
The Lantern Tap House opened in 2009 and has become a success for the quaint neighborhood south of Downtown Spokane.
But the vacancy left behind be the Perry St. Cafe will soon be filled once again as the bar , Lantern Tap House which is located directly next door has announced they plan to expand into and remodel the space at 1004 S. Perry . The Lantern will use the new space as a public house style restaurant that would be open to families serving pub fare,etc...
Also the bar portion of the business would also expand slightly into the new building,food from the public house portion is expected to be served in the bar area.
The Lantern Tap House opened in 2009 and has become a success for the quaint neighborhood south of Downtown Spokane.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Tenants move,make way for Coeur d' Alene Schools HQ
Recently it was annouced that the Coeur d' Alene School District will relocate their adminstrative offices to a new building nearby the corner of Northwest Blvd. and Ironwood Dr. on the northwest side of Coeur d' Alene. More on the new CdA Schools building in this post-
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2012/11/a-new-home-for-coeur-d-alene-schools.html
But there is just one issue, the building the school district will take over in March is currently a office building with 3 tenants,those 3 tenants are all moving out this month,here is where they can all be found after the move...
Tri-State Consulting Engineers will move to a office building in Riverstone. Their new address is 1859 N. Lakewood Dr. Coeur d' Alene
Tomlinson Real Estate will consulidate in with their Downtown Coeur d' Alene office. That office is located in the 200 block of E. Sherman near the Coeur d' Alene resort.
Elsaesser,Jarzabek,Anderson,Elliott and MacDonald Law Firm
will relocate to the Global Credit Union Center at 320 E. Neider Ave in Coeur d' Alene across Neider from Costco.
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2012/11/a-new-home-for-coeur-d-alene-schools.html
But there is just one issue, the building the school district will take over in March is currently a office building with 3 tenants,those 3 tenants are all moving out this month,here is where they can all be found after the move...
Tri-State Consulting Engineers will move to a office building in Riverstone. Their new address is 1859 N. Lakewood Dr. Coeur d' Alene
Tomlinson Real Estate will consulidate in with their Downtown Coeur d' Alene office. That office is located in the 200 block of E. Sherman near the Coeur d' Alene resort.
Elsaesser,Jarzabek,Anderson,Elliott and MacDonald Law Firm
will relocate to the Global Credit Union Center at 320 E. Neider Ave in Coeur d' Alene across Neider from Costco.
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