Advanced Thermoplastic Composites Inc., a young Spokane company that makes airplane parts, is gearing up its operations after a year of research-and-development work.The company, which does business as ATC Manufacturing, is beginning production

Two heavy hitters in the Inland Northwest development community are joining forces on a 900-acre mixed-use development in Liberty Lake that will skirt the Spokane River. Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based residential development company a

Conversations have started about establishing scenic viewshed regulations to preserve views of the Spokane River and other natural features in the city of Spokane by limiting new building heights and girths in certain view corridors. Its

Show some downtown office space. Get an iPod. Land a tenant for some retail space in Liberty Lake. Drive away in a BMW.Some landlords are ponying up perquisites, trying to fill vacant spaces by offering toys to commercial real estate agents

A Spokane development company is proposing a 207-lot residential subdivision, to be called Blue Grouse Estates, on the West Plains. The company, Blue Grouse Development LLC, is seeking preliminary-plat approval for the proposed subdivision, be

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., rumored to be considering development of a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution facility on the West Plains, has decided for now not to open such an operation. Keith Morris, a Bentonville Ark.-based community affairs for a

Findlay Automotive Group, a Las Vegas-based car-dealership chain, plans to build a Hyundai dealership in Post Falls and might develop a couple of additional new-car outlets in the Inland Northwest in the future.The planned Post Falls being for

With Wal-Mart Stores Inc. breaking ground on its planned West Plains supercenter, a crush of additional retail development is expected in the mostly undeveloped Crosspointe Plaza Shopping Center.Spokane developer Dick Vandervert says that LLC,

Linda Waali and Chris Dever say it was passionpassion for America, U.S. military history, and gunsthat brought them from the Seattle area to Spokane about 1 1/2 years ago to invest everything they had in a retail venture. The two women, 38

Wilbert Precast Inc., the 100-year-old Spokane-based concrete-products manufacturer, has bought the assets of Yakima Precast Inc., a concrete-products maker in Yakima, Wash.Dan Houk, president of Wilbert Precast, says the company completed the