Building to offer ‘business condos’
A four-story building offering “office condos” for sale is planned at the northwest corner of Ramsey Road and Interstate 90
The Crossing, which will include 48,000 square feet of office and retail space, is a project of Dennis Cunningham of Active West Developers and Will Gustafson. The two men purchased the 18-acre site two years ago.
Neither could be reached for comment Wednesday. However, Cunningham said in a press release that office condos are a strong trend throughout the U.S. “More and more business owners want to own where they work.”
The building will contain three floors of Class A office space, and restaurants and retail space on the ground floor.
The partners plan to apply for a building permit within 60 days.
Spokane
Spokane stations part of merger
Seven Spokane radio stations are included in a proposed $2.7 billion merger between Citadel Broadcasting Corp. and ABC Radio, a joint news release said.
ABC Radio is owned by The Walt Disney Co., which will own 52 percent of the newly combined company, to be named Citadel Communications.
Citadel currently owns and operates 163 FM and 58 AM stations throughout the nation, including KEYF-FM; KDRK-FM; KBBD-FM; KEYF-AM; KGA-AM; KJRB-AM and KZBD-FM.
The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Citadel representatives couldn’t say if the stations will undergo any format changes when the merger is complete.
Spokane
Avista will sell gas in Montana
Avista Energy’s natural-gas marketing arm has opened an office in Great Falls, Mont., to sell natural gas to commercial and industrial customers in that state.
“It’s a natural fit for Avista Energy to expand into Montana given our experience in the managing of the energy resources of others in the Pacific Northwest and in western Canada,” said Dennis Vermillion, Avista Energy’s president and chief operations officer.
Avista Corp. owns a hydroelectric dam on the Clark Fork River near Noxon, Mont., but has no plans to sell electricity in the state, company officials said.
Washington
Delta pilots union threatens strike
The head of the pilots union at embattled Delta Air Lines Inc. affirmed Wednesday the union’s promise to strike if pay cuts are imposed on the 6,000 pilots while urging the two sides to reach agreement.
Lee Moak, chairman of the union’s executive committee at Delta, made the statements at the end of the eighth day of hearings before an arbitration panel. The panel must decide by April 15 whether Delta, which is operating under bankruptcy protection, can void its contract with the pilots and impose up to $325 million in long-term pay and benefit reductions.
Delta’s chief executive said this week that a strike by the pilots would spell the demise of the airline.