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

HAYDEN, IdahoNeiman Marcus products? Straight from Hayden, Idaho?Its true. Though the prestigious Dallas retailer might not peddle its crystal champagne buckets and ermine bathrobes around here, the gourmet frozen crab cakes and seafood a

Football players aspiring to be the next Kurt Warner could be playing in Spokane if the owners of the Los Angeles Avengers, an Arena Football League franchise, decide to start a team here.Kevin Demoff, Avengers vice president of business says

In the course of doubling in size this year, LineSoft Corp., the Spokane-based maker of software for power-line planning and design, has discovered a new market that it believes has the potential to account for tens of millions of dollars in within

On its way to becoming an incorporated city, Liberty Lake is experiencing anotherand some say its biggestwave of general commercial construction.Liberty Lake area residents voted earlier this month to form their own city, rather than an part

Tech Group Inc., a Spokane-based company that provides temporary staffing for hospitals nationwide, has bought the former Integrus Architecture PS building in downtown Spokane.Royce Drye, president and CEO of Tech Group, says the company plans &

Avista Laboratories Inc., Avista Corp.s Spokane-based technology-development company thats commonly referred to as Avista Labs, plans to move its operations into a former Itron Inc. office-and-manufacturing building in the Spokane Business & in