09/29/05
Crown West Acquires Eighth Phoenix Site
Crown West Realty LLC, of Spokane Valley , has bought for $16.1 million a two-building office complex in Phoenix.

09/01/05
Crown West Acquires Foothills Corporate Centre II
PHOENIX – Crown West Realty, L.L.C. announced today the acquisition of Foothills Corporate Centre II in the Southeast Valley sub-market of Phoenix . The $16.1Million transaction, the eighth Phoenix area acquisition for Crown West Realty, brings their total market presence to 1.35 million square feet of office and commercial flex space.

09/01/05
Crown West goes into Denver area
Crown West Realty LLC, of Spokane Valley, has bought a $12 million office complex in the Denver area, its first acquisition in that market.

09/01/05
At SBIP . . . Fabricator to Construct New Facility
Spokane, WA - Precision Cutting Technologies, a Spokane Valley fabricator that specializes in laser and water-jet cutting, has bought a 1.8-acre parcel of vacant land in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, in Spokane Valley, and plans to build a new facility for itself there.

08/12/05
Crown West Completes Inaugural Purchase in Denver Market
Denver, CO - Crown West Realty LLC recently purchased the 132,800 -square-foot Corporate 25 office complex in Southeast Suburban Denver from DPC Development Company for $12 Million.

06/14/05
Crown West Realty Acquires $13.8 Million Scottsdale Office Building
Scottsdale, Ariz. -  Crown West Realty LLC recently purchased the 66,283-square-foot Giant Industries Corporate Headquarters situated on 8.43 acres at 23733 N. Scottsdale Rd. in Scottsdale. Diversified Partners sold the two-story office building for $13.8 million. Crown West will team with LGE Design Build to develop a 60,000-square-foot office condominium development that is scheduled to break ground in January 2006."

06/02/05
Merlin Motors to move Valley assembly facility
Merlin Motors Inc., the young Renton, Wash.-based maker of Merlin Roadster three-wheel motorcycles, plans to move its Spokane Valley assembly facility into larger quarters as it ramps up production and prepares to release to consumers its high-end, high-performance trikes.

05/31/05
Crown West Realty Acquires Giant Corporation Headquarters
Crown West Realty, L.L.C. recently completed the purchase of the Giant Industries Corporate Headquarters in Scottsdale. This represents the 7th acquisition for Crown West Realty in the Phoenix area over the last three years.

04/21/05
Battery maker opens branch
East Penn Manufacturing Co., a big national battery manufacturer based in Lyon Station, Pa., has opened a wholesale branch in Spokane Valley called Deka Batteries & Accessories.

04/21/05
Big storage company opens here
A franchisee for PODS Inc., a national storage and moving company that does business as Portable On Demand Storage, has entered the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market.

04/16/05
FedEx Ground plans building, Will consolidate in industrial park
FedEx Ground will consolidate its Spokane operations beginning in October when it moves to a new 56,000-square-foot building to be constructed in the Spokane Business and Industrial Park.

11/24/04
Crown West in growth mode
Crown West Realty LLC is on an aggressive building-acquisition spree in Phoenix, having been involved with two recent purchases there worth more than $80 million, including one earlier this month.

11/08/04
Crown West Realty Acquires Class “A” Office Building in Prestigious Location
Crown West Realty has recently completed their second joint-venture acquisition with St. Paul Properties. This purchase, Crown West’s sixth in the Phoenix area, boosts their total portfolio size to approximately 1.2 million square feet in the Phoenix market.

09/02/04
Lloyd Industries moves to industrial park space
The pizza and bakery equipment manufacturer will move out of its two facilities at 2825 N. Hogan and 3808 E. Queen, both located on Spokane’s North Side. Together, the two buildings have a total of 18,000 square feet of floor space, while the new facility will have 40,000 square feet of space, says John Crow, company president. Crow expects that the company will make the move in the next couple of weeks.

08/19/04
Venture buys park in Arizona
A joint venture involving Crown West Realty LLC, the Spokane-based real estate company that owns the large Spokane Business & Industrial Park, has bought for just under $52 million the Arizona Business Park, in Phoenix.

08/19/04
New specialized lumber maker to start up here
The contractor, Spokane native David Thompson, has leased 40,000 square feet of warehouse space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3808 N. Sullivan, for the operation and expects that the company, Timberlake Forest Products Inc., will begin production this October.

08/04/04
Crown West Realty Announces $52 Million Acquisition; Nearing 1 Million Square Feet in the Phoenix Market
This purchase, Crown West's largest to date, is their fifth Phoenix-area acquisition in less than three years and brings the value of their Phoenix portfolio to over $130 million.

07/31/04
Purcell to move to industrial park
The move is prompted by the company's rapid growth in selling its line of customized backup power cabinets, used primarily by wireless data and voice carriers, such as Verizon or T-Mobile. The privately held company has doubled its revenue the past three years, company officials have said.

07/28/04
Valley industrial park to add two tenants
Timberlake Forest Products will move into 40,000 square feet in October, hiring about 36 people, said company owner David Thompson. And the Book and Game Co., which operates Uncle's games shops, will lease space for its warehouse and on-line operations in September, moving from the basement of the Liberty Building in downtown Spokane. Company President Hans Isaacson said the expansion likely will result in five new hires.

07/19/04
JV's $52M Scores Office Portfolio Win
Crown West Realty LLC and St. Paul Properties have purchased 11 buildings in the Arizona Business Park for $52 million. The deal adds 440,000 sf of fully occupied office and flex-office space to the new joint venture's portfolio.

04/08/04
U.S. Customs inspects first import container here
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently performed the first-ever routine inspection of an international cargo container in the Spokane area.

04/06/04
Recreation, politics bring H. Potter to Washington
The company is moving into 18,400 square feet at the Spokane Business and Industrial Park at 3808 N. Sullivan Road in Spokane Valley. Company President Jerry Peed expects the company to be operating fully by May 17.

02/21/04
Bumble Bar makes beeline to Spokane
Tacoma-based Bumble Bar is moving to Spokane Valley. The company will move into 3,200 square feet at the Spokane Business and Industrial Park on April 1, drawn by family ties, lower rent and an easier commute.

01/15/04
Boat-parts wholesaler to open operation here
A Los Angeles-based boat-products wholesaler, Diversified Marine Products, plans to open a Northwest distribution center at the Spokane Business & Industrial Park.

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