Costco Wholesale Corp., the big Issaquah, Wash.-based membership warehouse chain, is attempting to buy the building near downtown Spokane that it will vacate next month after it opens a new, bigger outlet in the Spokane Valley.Kyle BrinJones, at

Spokanes apartment market has weathered stormy conditions for several years, but finally, observers say, theres a break in the clouds.A recent survey conducted by Washington State University says apartment vacancy rates in the Spokane area 5

Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest plans to develop a $1.4 million building on Spokanes North Side that will house a new store, the nonprofit organizations fourth here and 11th in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.Diane Galloway, a

The first phase of Sundance Plaza, a proposed 300,000-square-foot retail center along Indian Trail Road on Spokanes North Side, is scheduled to start coming out of the ground in March.That $8 million phase, which will involve construction of a

XN Technologies Inc., of Cheney has opened a subsidiary based in York, England, in hopes of increasing its presence throughout Europe.The subsidiary, called XN Technologies Ltd., provides sales and customer-support services to the companys and

Bryan Stone, son of Spokane developer John Stone, will take over as CEO of John Stone Development LLC at the beginning of 2001, replacing his father.The leadership change comes as the Stones, through separate companies, have $40 million in or in

Three companies in which Spokane developer Steve Schmautz is involved have bought three acres of land in the Liberty Lake area for future commercial development.The newly acquired parcels were among the last available small pieces of land in the

S&P Foods Inc., a longtime Spokane meat producer, merged the operations of a large competitor here, Hathaway Meats Inc., into its own operations in October, and the beefed-up wholesaler is expected to post $55 million to $60 million in sales in Tim

Northview Ventures LLC, a company formed by a group of real estate investors here, has bought a 50 percent interest in the undeveloped parts of the big Northwood subdivision in the Spokane Valley.Bryan Walker, Northview Ventures managing says

Iron Bridge LLC, which bought the former Layrite Products Co. site two years ago and has been acquiring small parcels of adjoining property at the East Spokane location since then, plans to develop a 19-acre riverfront business park there.Kent a