The Dreifus family, which owns and operates Sylvan Furniture Co., has agreed to sell five buildings it owns on the west 200 block between Riverside and Sprague avenues downtown. Sylvan Furniture had notified customers in a recent letter that to

Dix Corp., a longtime Spokane contractor, has started work on a $17 million portion of a fish-bypass project at Rocky Reach Dam, which is on the Columbia River near Wenatchee, Wash.The company also is under way on a $345,000 gantry-crane at in

For the third straight year, a record number of bankruptcy petitions were filed in Eastern Washington in 2002. The trend, experts say, is expected to continue this year.Last year, businesses and consumers filed 10,154 petitions seeking from in

Patients and visitors at Sacred Heart Medical Centers planned new Childrens Hospital will look to animal-themed signs to guide them through the facility after it opens.The signage in the new facility will include fish that will swim around

Robert B. Goebel General Contractor Inc., of Spokane, has landed a contract to build a $5 million, four-story, 56,000-square-foot Class A office building on the former Thadeus T. Thudpuckers site in downtown Spokane.The company thats the 41

Schmidt Development LLC, of Spokane, has proposed building a $1.1 million office building on the periphery of downtown Spokane.As envisioned, the two-story, 10,000-square-foot building would be constructed on a vacant site at 1807 W. Fifth, is

In a manner of speaking, Spokanes Deborah Wittwer sidestepped her way into business. For many years, Wittwer coached a competitive jump-rope team here called Side Steps, which grew through the late 1980s and 1990s, competing in a national on

For Empire Health Services CEO Tom White, the best thing about 2003 is that its not 2002.Last year, the nonprofit parent of Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital & Medical Center suffered a net loss of about $18 million, eliminated its

Spokane-area highway construction companies face a rough road ahead due to an expected precipitous drop in Washington state Department of Transportation-funded roadwork.Also, some planned projects within the new city of Spokane Valley could be

Familian Northwest Inc., a Newport News, Va.-based mechanical- and industrial-supply distributor, has leased a 57,000-square-foot building and five adjoining acres in the Spokane Valley for its main Spokane facility.The company plans to start