Lease rates for premium downtown office space are rising to new heights here, as increased demand for floor spaceand a dearth of new inventory in the citys corecinch that already tight market segment further.Commercial real estate here say

A new buffalo hunt has begun.

The Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS), a nonprofit organization that provides medical and dental care for low-income Spokane County residents, plans to buy Group Health Cooperatives former clinic on Maple Street.The 6-year-old is

Homestead Birkenstock plans to move its longtime store in the Flour Mill by the end of March to a larger space at the northwest corner of Main Avenue and Wall Street downtown, says Jim King, one of the owners of the small, Spokane-based retail its

Rogue Wave Inc., a young software-design and multimedia marketing company here, has inked a product licensing agreement with Tokyo-based World Bridge Co. Ltd. thats projected to bring the Spokane company between $2 million and $3 million in this

Reliance Trailer Co. LLC, a Spokane-based manufacturer of over-the-road trailers, has bought the assets of one of its competitors, Lynnwood, Wash.-based Sturdy Weld Equipment & Design Inc.Greg Kreshel, general manager of Reliance Trailer, says a

Michael Nowling, president of the Heart Institute of Spokane, says he has resigned from that post, which he has held for 10 years, to pursue other business opportunities.Nowling, whose last day at the Heart Institute was Feb. 14, remains coy his

4 Seasons Coffee Co., which has been operating in Spokane for nearly 25 years, is planning to install a large roaster next month in a warehouse building its leasing east of downtown, at 10 S. Grant.Leslie Hutchinson, president of 4 Seasons, is

Northwest Industrial Services LLC, an Airway Heights industrial-waste recycling company, has bought 149 acres of vacant land on the West Plains that potentially could accommodate new business ventures for the company.The land is located just of