Ken Mullinax, owner of Spokane-based Mattress Outlet Inc., has bought the assets of the Comfort World Inc. chain, which has three stores here, and says he plans to begin selling an expanded line of bedding at the eight-store chain. Mullinax he

Furniture Superstore Inc., of Kent, Wash., plans to close the two retail furniture outlets it operates here and to cease operations altogether, says owner Kai Chang.The company operates a 38,000-square-foot store at 5605 E. Sprague that it in a

A longtime co-owner of White Elephant Surplus Stores has left the well-known family toy and sporting-goods retail business to launch a new store that will sell boats and boating accessories.Ed Conley, who managed White Elephants store in and

Erin Nelson is one-part orchid placement consultant, one-part orchid plant doctor, and all-parts orchid lover. At her store, Small Hill Orchids, which she opened in February at 2207 N. Hamilton, a few blocks south of North Foothills Drive, is a

Kantor Diamond Co., of Cathedral City, Calif., plans to close a store that it has operated here for 17 years.The store occupies a roughly 1,200-square-foot space in the Logan Center, at 1601 N. Division, where it has been located for five It a

A large planned unit development in the Wandermere area, tentatively named Stone Horse Bluff, appears to be moving forward again after being in limbo for years.Spokane County has approved a road plan and the vacation of two current streets for

RiverBank, a boutique financial institution that opened here about 19 months ago, has applied to the Federal Reserve to form a bank holding company.The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, part of the Fed network, is accepting comment on the

Spokane-area business advocates say their top priorities heading into the next session of the Washington Legislature will be to protect budget items approved last year, seek more money for items that werent fully funded, and watch for additional

Dissatisfied with proposals it received from prospective vendors interested in providing it with long-term renewable energy, Avista Corp. says it now is looking at building its own wind-power plant to meet some of those future electrical-generation

Health-care-related real estate activity has been brisk here as doctors groups and commercial real estate developers continue to pursue medical office building projects. Experts say they anticipate more growth in that real estate niche as Spokane