A few months after finishing work on a 140-unit student-housing facility to serve Eastern Washington University, ConoverBond LLC, a Spokane development company headed by Rob Brewster Jr., is eyeing more projects in Cheney.Brewster says the has

Two years ago, Alvin J. Fritz Wolff Jr.s four sons came to him, requesting a family meeting to discuss a departure from Spokane.It was a weighty topic to broach for the four sons, whose grandfather and father had built the family Wolff is

Seeking greater prominence in downtown Spokane, Global Credit Union has bought a building in the citys core and plans to invest $1.3 million to convert it into a commercial real estate lending center and a full-service branch.Global is the is

Regal Partnership LLC, of Spokane, says it plans to seek next month a zoning change that would allow it to build a $5 million, three-story professional office building on a residential site along Regal Street on Spokanes South Hill.The the of

Office vacancy rates here are somewhat higher than a year ago, but in some cases show a reversal of a steeper climb seen earlier this year, a new survey has found.Meantime, a separate new survey shows theres a surplus of industrial space say

When Spokane architect Steve Piscitello embarked on his first design-build project last yeara $5.1 million student-housing building at North Idaho Collegehe was unsure how well it would work to have a contractor involved in the design his he it

Banner Corp., the Walla Walla, Wash.-based parent of Banner Bank, plans to open a commercial lending center here in January. Banner has leased about 3,500 square feet of office space for the new center on the second floor of the Riverpoint One

Merrill Gardens LLC, a Seattle-based retirement-center owner and operator, has agreed to buy the Academy Retirement Community here.The company is buying the 99-unit North Side retirement center from The Academy LP, a partnership headed up by is

Already among the fastest-growing companies in Washington state, the Spokane-based security company Argus Services Inc. is planning an aggressive expansion into the southwestern U.S. during the next year.Separately, Argus is negotiating to Jim

Last year, tax-law changes provided individual income-tax relief. This year, however, its all business.A federal economic-stimulus bill, called the Jobs Creation and Workers Assistance Act and signed into law last spring, provides a for a