Spokane developer and architect Ron Wells says Wells & Co., which he heads, is close to buying the Fairmont Apartments building downtown and hopes to convert the gutted six-story structure into an upscale office building with retail space on the by

Five years ago, waist-high weeds dominated cracked sidewalks along South Perry Street, drug deals went down in the middle of the day, and graffiti-covered commercial buildings sat boarded up and vacant, some residents there say.This area was &

One year after its rebirth as an independent company, Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based allergy-products maker, is building its role as a contract manufacturer for other pharmaceutical companies and, in that role, is broadening is

Construction of a third Hico Village in the Spokane area is expected to get under way this month at 1201 N. Barker, says John Tonani, a partner in P&T Partners, the Spokane company that owns and develops the retail and fueling centers.Tonani to

Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc., a New Jersey-based home merchandise and furnishings retailer, is close to securing space at Franklin Park Mall for its first store in the Spokane area, says Lance Taylor, a Dallas-based development partner with P.OB. & &

Two Kootenai County companies, Bella Granite & Marble Inc. and Quality Stoves & Pellets Inc., plan to move their operations to separate new buildings they will construct in the Interstate Business Park, on the north side of Interstate 90 in Post &

Hidden Lakes Golf Resort, located just outside of Sandpoint, Idaho, is undergoing a $5.5 million expansion and renovation project that includes construction of a new clubhouse, reconstruction of four golf holes, and work on the first phase of a in

MSC incorporated as Premera Blue Cross, one of Eastern Washingtons biggest health insurers, has leased the entire third floor of the nearly completed Northpointe Office Building on Spokanes North Side for expansion of its operations here.The

World Wide Packets Inc., a Spokane start-up company thats developing and plans to manufacture gigabit networking equipment, is planning to open an engineering office in Portland, Ore., and also expects to double its employment here within the six

Construction will begin in July on a $10 million laboratory-and-office building at the U.S. Navys acoustic-research detachment in Bayview, Idaho.WPC Inc., of Gig Harbor, Wash., is the primary contractor for the design-build project, says Cmdr.