A Seattle contractor plans to start a specialized lumber-making company in Spokane this fall that he projects will employ 35 people here by early next year. The contractor, Spokane native David Thompson, has leased 40,000 square feet of space &

A joint venture involving Crown West Realty LLC, the Spokane-based real estate company that owns the large Spokane Business & Industrial Park, has bought for just under $52 million the Arizona Business Park, in Phoenix.Located in northern the a

An investment group headed by Spokane contractor Barry Baker has agreed to buy the historic Schade Brewery building. The five-story structure is located at 528 E. Trent, next to the Riverpoint Higher Education Park just east of downtown It a of

Congress has earmarked $17.1 million for new housing at Fairchild Air Force Base.The U.S. Air Force, however, is studying whether to have a private builder develop and remodel homes at the West Plains base through a process called If that were

The small farming town of Colfax is buzzing with something other than the sound of combines at harvest time.About $3 million in historic renovation work led by a Spokane company that is buying up property there has some of the towns leaders a

Sterling Savings Bank Chairman and CEO Bill Zuppe has ducks all over his office.They dont quack, but they do make a statement. The yellow, plush-toy birds symbolize to the Spokane banker what he sees as an unfair competitive advantage off

Products low in carbohydrates, everything from ice cream to booze, are taking up more supermarket shelf space, and at least two Spokane-area food producers have rolled out goods aimed at the low-carb diet craze.Such products are relatively new

Maybe it was the traffic. Maybe it was the job at a monolithic bank. Maybe it wasnt just one thing.Peter F. Stanton doesnt know what triggered it, but one day in the spring of 1982, the 26-year-old Spokane native woke up in his Seattle pad

A co-founder of the Spokane-based computer-game pioneer Cyan Worlds Inc. is heading up a new venture that hopes to blaze new trails in museum technology.The executive, Chris Brandkamp, says the fledgling company in which hes involved, IES is

Think moving to a retirement community is going to be just like moving from one house to another?Think again.The retirement-home industry has a set of lease arrangements and fee structures unlike most others, and the system can be confusing