May 23, 2019, 5:20pm Business
Cinetopia has officially been acquired by AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., the largest multiplex theater operator in the world. The four Cinetopia theaters — two in Vancouver, one in Beaverton, Ore., and one in Overland Park, Kans. — will reopen as AMC theaters. Read story
May 23, 2019, 5:16pm Business
The Uptown Apartments, which opened early last year and became one of the brick-and-mortar symbols of Vancouver’s urban growth, has been sold. Read story
May 23, 2019, 6:00am Business
Clark County’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in April, four-tenths of a point higher than a year ago and a tenth of a percentage point lower than March, the state Employment Security Department announced. Read story
May 23, 2019, 6:00am Business
Two former Cinetopia employees told The Columbian on Wednesday that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. is purchasing the company, and the closure this week of the local luxury theaters is part of a transition that began several weeks ago with a round of layoffs among Cinetopia’s kitchen and server staff. Read story
May 22, 2019, 6:03am Business
Cinetopia, the luxury movie theater chain that started in Vancouver, appears to be undergoing an upheaval as its four locations were either closed this week or were prepared to close — with unclear indications of reopening. Read story
May 21, 2019, 6:28pm Business
With Clark County business advocacy groups and more than three dozen Republican legislators arrayed in opposition, Don Thompson held out hope. Read story
May 21, 2019, 6:01am Business
The latest addition to Vancouver’s growing hotel lineup will host a grand opening tomorrow: the Best Western Premier Hotel at Fisher’s Landing. Read story
May 19, 2019, 6:01am Business
Impactful People NW board meetings have often been a mixture of business and frivolity. The April 15 meeting, however, was all business. Read story
May 17, 2019, 5:38pm Business
David Barnett, an early driving force behind the ilani casino at the Cowlitz Indian Reservation near Ridgefield, filed a lawsuit this week accusing the tribe’s public safety director of defamation. Read story
May 16, 2019, 7:08pm Business
The state Department of Labor & Industries announced Thursday a $503,200 fine against a Dollar Tree store in Vancouver, alleging unsafe conditions. It’s one of the largest fines the agency has ever issued. Read story
