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,
Spokane businessman Terry Tombari and his wife, TJ Tombari, plan to develop a $5 million retail center at the northwest corner of 44th Avenue and Regal Street, on Spokanes South Hill. Work on the project was to start this week, and the complex is
Mimi Ross Blank loves the Internet. The owner of Tiles by Mimi has found her own slice of heaven in Spokane by creating in her home studio expensive custom murals on tile for customers across the country.If it werent for the Internet, I
Businesses along Third Avenue are struggling to survive as work crews reconstruct the street and replace an important water main there. A half-dozen Third Avenue businesses say their revenues have dropped between 20 percent and 60 percent since
What used to be the boonies north of Spokane is booming with activity.Development is forging farther northward, away from well-establishedand still bustlingretail centers like NorthTown Mall and the Northpointe Plaza shopping say new homes
It was a good year, in 2004, for most of the Inland Northwests publicly traded companies, and their executives, in turn, reaped huge payoffs.Such executives, on average, saw their overall compensation skyrocket 63 percent in 2004, an annual a
Lexington Homes Inc., an 8-year-old Spokane Valley home builder, plans to construct a 6,000-square-foot office building at 11900 E. Broadway and move its headquarters into a portion of the building. It also plans to add three more buildings on the
Northwest Building Components Inc., a young Rathdrum manufacturer that makes roof trusses for homes and commercial buildings, plans to expand its operation to meet surging demand from Inland Northwest builders.The companys production has and
Utility installation and some other work has begun at West Valley High School in preparation for a planned $25 million renovation and expansion there.Peggy Cannon, assistant project manager at the West Valley School District, says the district
Inland Audio-Visual Co., a 59-year-old Spokane business, has ceased operating and has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. A portion of that enterprise, though, now is doing business here as a sole proprietorship.The at 27