Local business

Banking State Bank Northwest has promoted Brennan Floyd to vice president/commercial lender at the Spokane Valley-based bank. Floyd has been with State Bank since 2015 and has 14 years of commercial lending experience.

Internet services and marketing company Web.com is shuttering its Spokane office and laying off 64 employees.

Education Gonzaga University has hired four new academic deans. Yolanda G. Carter is the new dean of the School of Education, Karlene A. Hoo will be dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Rosemarie Hunter joins as dean of the School of Leadership Studies and Vincent L. Salyers will be dean of the School of Nursing and Human Physiology. Hoo and Hunter fill their roles June 17, while Carter and Salyers begin July 1.

Legacy Interests LLC is planning to construct a multitenant building in Airway Heights.

Construction will begin later this year for a new Grocery Outlet Bargain Market in Cheney.

A $2.5 million building will be constructed in Spokane’s Shiloh Hills neighborhood for the newly created Washington state Department of Children, Youth, and Families, according to city permit data. The 18,800-square-foot office building will fill a vacant, 1.5-acre lot at 6830 N. Nevada St. When complete, the single-story structure will have 78 parking spots.

Architecture Kieran Sprague has been hired by the Spokane Home Builders Association as government affairs director. Sprague has worked as advocacy and strategic initiatives coordinator at the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce since 2017.

The work on six units of the Knickerbocker Apartments, 507 S. Howard St., will install new showers, new kitchen cabinets and update the apartments’ electrical wiring.

Banking Horizon Credit Union has hired Wendie Ellis as director of payment services. Ellis previously was assistant vice president of loan administration at Numerica Credit Union, and has more that 18 years of experience in the industry. She currently serves as president of the Spokane Chapter of the Northwest Credit Union Association.

The Watts Project will transform the former Watts Automotive shop, 1312 W. First Ave., into a 6,600-square-foot brewery production facility and tap room called Brick West Brewing.

The steel fabrication company is building a $2.4 million facility at 4100 N. Barker Road in Spokane Valley’s growing northeast industrial area.