In the last year, John L. Scott Real Estates Internet site has gone from receiving about 1.6 million visits, or hits, a month to about 10 million hits, and that number still is increasing rapidly.Now, Lennox Scott, president of the Bellevue, a

The Griffiths & Co. PS accounting firm and KDL Inc., which operates as Inland Mortgage, have agreed to buy the 10,000-square-foot Chamberlain Building, at 906 W. Sprague downtown, and hope to move into the two-story structure in May. Tom owner a

Lincoln Partners LLC, a development company launched by Spokane developer Joe Stanek and his brothers, Steve, Frank, and Tim Stanek, has doubled the size of a proposed Mead-area shopping center, named Mount Spokane Plaza, because of interest from 2

Cost Plus Inc., an Oakland, Calif.-based retail chain that sells imported home dcor and specialty items, appears to have firmed up earlier reported plans to enter the Spokane market.A city of Spokane building-plan reviewer says the city is to a

Payday loan centers are opening in the Spokane area faster than you can say, Show me the money.At least 12 payday loan stores have set up shop here within the last yearnine of which have opened since Novemberand another eight such are to

The owner of the Wolf Lodge Inn Restaurant, a North Idaho establishment long known for its big steaks, plans to open a steakhouse this spring in the building that the Otter Restaurant & Beach Club Lounge currently occupies.Wolf Lodge Inn owner a

Hanson Industries Inc., of Spokane, has bought 113 acres of vacant land along Interstate 90 on the Idaho side of the Washington-Idaho state line, and has commissioned a study to determine the best use of the land, says Bob Boyle, the companys is

When Brian Abrams runs a marathon, hes just getting warmed up.When he downhill skis, cross-country skis, runs, bicycles, and kayaks solo through each stage of an Ironman competition and wins, hes getting in shape to do what he likes. The

Gonzaga Universitys Regional Information Services, an offshoot of the Foley Center library that provides fee-based research services to businesses, has been given an ultimatum: break even or shut down.Library officials say the universitys 1,

A Spokane real estate executive says a California businessman is trying to prevent the collapse of a call-center project here after two men and a company that allegedly were involved in the project were indicted by a Spokane grand jury for federal