Land sales that have been completed recently or are under way in the Silver Lake Center, a 145-acre commercial development along U.S. 95 in Coeur dAlene, are expected to lead to a surge of construction activity there.The timing is right. of

POST FALLSFrom a spare Jacklin Land Co. office inside the newest building at the Riverbend Commerce Park here, Doug McQueen is busy drafting big plans for the University of Idahos research park project, which is slated for property next to the

Whites Boots Inc., the longtime Spokane manufacturer of work boots, plans to add 12,000 square feet of floor space to its 42,000-square-foot facility at 4002 E. Ferry to make room for a new retail push into fishing gear, says Alan Roberts, the of

A subsidiary of Hon Industries Inc., the big Iowa-based office-furniture maker, has bought the assets of Aladdin Steel Products Inc., a Colville company that makes wood-, pellet-, and gas-burning stoves, says Alan Trusler, Aladdins president. the

In the last year, Accra-Fab Inc., a Spokane-based precision sheet metal fabricator, has had strong success on its home turf, but struggled at its West Side branches.Here, the company bloomed following its move last year into a brand-new, in Lake

Rosauers Supermarkets Inc., of Spokane, plans to close its grocery store at 8517 E. Trent by the end of March, says Larry Geller, Rosauers president.The store has been ravaged by competition over the last several years, says Geller.The

Coldwater Creek Inc., the Sandpoint, Idaho-based catalog retailer, plans to open a new $6 million facility in Coeur dAlenewhich it says will be completed by next falland move its Coeur dAlene call center there from leased quarters in a

Bullhide Liner Corp., a Spokane maker of a spray-on, pickup truck bed liner, is planning an aggressive expansion, fueled in part by money its attempting to raise in an initial public offering launched in December.Ron Grossman, Bullhides says

Northwest Strawboard Inc., a Pasco, Wash.-based company thats been formed to develop three plants in Eastern Washington to make particle board out of straw, hopes to raise $5 million in a stock offering to help pay for the first of the plants, in

Dakotah Direct Inc., the big Spokane telemarketing company, plans to hire 300 additional insurance agentsmost of them in Spokaneover the next eight months to handle increased telemarketing business from insurance companies.Connie Browning, a