P2J2 Shadle Associates LLC, which owns Shadle Center here, expects to move forward in coming months with further improvements at the North Side shopping center, including construction of a new Safeway Stores Inc. supermarket and work at the former

A nonprofit corporation called Cougar Property Holdings, which the Washington State University Foundation formed earlier this year, quietly is buying up property near the Riverpoint Higher Education Park for future expansion of that campus. The

Payne Properties & Development, a company here owned by Al and Patricia Payne, has bought the former Gung Ho Restaurant building north of downtown Spokane and plans to remodel it for retail use.The building, which Payne Properties bought for and

Inter-Mountain Management Inc., a Monroe, La.-based hotel franchisee, has agreed to buy just over two acres of land near the Spokane Valley Mall and plans to build a three-story, 84-suite Residence Inn by Marriott there.Dewey Weaver, president a

MEISolutions.com Inc., a Spokane-based maker of software for retail transactions, has signed two agreements that could bring it millions of dollars in new sales and royalties over the next three years, says John E. Molloy, the companys chairman a

Selling electrical parts to contractors and manufacturers has kept the lights on at Stoneway Electric Supply Inc. for years, but a recent surge in sales has given the Spokane-based company an even brighter outlook.Edward E. Ralph, CEO of the the

William Schara doesnt merely crunch numbers for a living. Hell help you crunch your personal budget numbers, too, so youll know precisely when youve blown your entertainment budget or need to hold off on a clothing purchase.The Spokane a

Big plans are in the works that could spur revitalization at the east end of downtown Spokane, but developers have led a resurgence on their own in recent months with a passel of smaller projects.A handful of companies and businessmen have old a

Jim Sheehan, a longtime Spokane attorney, has bought the former Birkebeiner Brewing Co. building at 35 W. Main in downtown Spokane and has started a $1 million renovation project there.The remodeling project involves converting the three-story,

Ranch & Home Supply Inc., a Bozeman, Mont.-based company that operates a small chain of Big R Ranch & Home Supply stores, has broken ground on a 51,000-square-foot outlet along U.S. 2 near Mead.John Murdock, owner of Ranch & Home Supply, says to