President Clinton has signed into law an appropriations bill that includes $38 million for new construction and design work at Spokane-area military facilities.The bill, the Fiscal Year 2000 Military Construction Appropriations Act, includes for

The anticipated construction of a new Heilig-Meyers Co. furniture store in the Spokane Valley is under way, and the subsequent demolition of the current store is expected to begin near year-end.The new Heilig-Meyers store is being built behind a

Sierra Development LLC, an investment group headed by Spokane developer Dick Vandervert, plans to break ground next month on two big retail centers on opposite sides of Spokane Countyone at Cheney and the other at Liberty Lakethat both will be

JP Realty Inc., the Salt Lake City-based real estate investment trust that owns NorthTown Mall and Spokane Valley Mall, is moving forward with part of a previously announced expansion at NorthTown Mall, says G. Rex Frazier, the companys president

Hanson Industries Inc., of Spokane, plans a mixed-use development on 113 acres of land it acquired earlier this year along Interstate 90 on the Idaho side of the Washington-Idaho border, according to a master plan submitted to the City of Post vice

Olympic Foods Inc., a Spokane-based company that makes juices, bottles juices, and manufactures plastic beverage bottles has started a warehouse expansion and expects to break ground soon on an office addition at its West Plains facility. Both a

Excuse the pun, but the Spokane-Coeur dAlene golf market is at par with demand.That, however, is about to change.The golf course-to-population ratio here matches the national average, and area golf pros say their courses are busy, but not

Costco Companies Inc., an Issaquah, Wash.-based membership warehouse chain, is seeking county approval to add about 16,000 square feet of floor space to its store on Spokanes North Side.At a public hearing set for July 7, Costco will request a

Northpointe Office Building LLC, a development company headed by prominent Spokane developer Dick Vandervert, hopes to start work within 90 days on a new, $10 million office building on Spokanes North Side. The three-story, 102,000-square-foot

Two major golf course developments, both of which will be semiprivate and designed to appeal to upscale golfers, are planned in Kootenai County.One course, called The Links Golf Course, is being built north of Post Falls on the Rathdrum Prairie