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BHW1 LLC, a Spokane advertising agency, has leased 4,500 square feet of floor space in the Fidelity Building, at 522 W. Riverside, and has moved there from 19 W. Pacific. Earl Engle, of NAI Black, handled the transaction.KMS Inc., doing as a

Shamrock Paving Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $798,000, for a city of Spokane project to rehabilitate a small cluster of aging streets in the Altamont Boulevard area of the South Hill this summer.A contract for the

Kiemle & Hagood Co., the big Spokane-based commercial real estate and property management company, says it has sold its Friendly Parking Services division, which it formed about six years ago, to Seattle-based Republic Parking Northwest for an & of

The Washington state Department of Transportation expects two projects worth a combined $7.2 million to get under way soon on busy U.S. 395 between the Spokane County line and Immel Road, near Chewelah, Wash. The work is being paid for with says

The Washington state Court of Appeals has upheld a Spokane County Superior Court judge's dismissal of a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Spokane heavy-duty truck dealer Ken Cook by former dealership investors Clark and Barbara Kinney.The

The owner of the site of the former Ichabod's Tavern on Spokane's North Side has torn down the tavern structure and an adjacent building and plans to redevelop the property. The former tavern, located at 1823 N. Division, had been burned in an

Brian Abrams, a Spokane Valley entrepreneur who at one time owned the Liberty Lake businesses Integral Designs USA Inc. and Adventure Tech Inc., has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here.Abrams, who filed the bankruptcy a

A Southern California executive of the Shakey's Pizza Parlors chain has moved here to open a franchised Shakey's outlet on Spokane's North Side, and says he plans to open two more restaurants here in the next five years.The franchisee, Steven to

AutoZone Inc., the Memphis, Tenn.-based retail auto parts supply chain, says it has leased 12,000 square feet of floor space on Spokane's North Side for a new store.Company spokeswoman Brenda E. Berry says the company expects to open the store &