Months after a small investor group bought the assets of FirstPharma and rescued the specialty pharmaceutical compounding operation from the brink of closure, the salvaged startup now is growing at an accelerated clip.Operating now as Pharmacy,

Cory Colvin, founder of the Spokane electrical contracting company Colvico Inc., is trying to reverse the sale of the company to a publicly-traded corporation that he contends withheld important information about its own operation.Enviro-Energy

EchoStar Communications Corp., the Englewood, Colo.-based satellite television service provider that operates the national DISH Network, has bought 22 acres of land on the West Plains for a planned uplink center here.The property is located of

Companies in which Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is involved are starting three large retail projectsone in Spokane and two in the Tri-Citiesworth a total of $55 million.Each of the projects involves construction of a multitenant retail

Building-material prices that skyrocketed earlier this year mostly have remained at high levels, and in some cases have risen further, causing continued concern in the construction industry here. Contractors say some building plans are being to

Lanzce G. Douglass Inc., of Spokane, appears to be moving ahead with a $24 million, 328-unit apartment complex on Spokanes South Hill.Spokane County issued building permits late last month for the project, which was proposed for a site at S.

A real estate investment company has bought the former Pre-Vocational Training Center facility on the busy Division Street-Ruby couplet and plans to redevelop the site for retail uses.The company, Magnolia Enterprises LLC, bought the property a

Daybreak Youth Services, a Spokane-based nonprofit that provides drug- and alcohol-abuse counseling to teens, has bought about three acres of land in Vancouver, Wash., and envisions building a new, $10 million inpatient treatment center Smith, says

Dan Mathews remembers how things were when he worked at an advertising agency before he and partner Jeff Culver started the Focus Group Inc. in 1997.Mathews recalls that the agencys creative team would have its first meeting with a client, to

George Gee Automotive has begun site work for a new Hummer dealership facility and off-road test track just east of its main, multi-dealership building in Liberty Lake.The planned 5,700-square-foot building, which is expected to cost more than