Plans for a proposed new office tower in downtown Spokane appear to be gaining momentum.A couple of Spokane investors who envision developing such a high-rise structure at the southeast corner of Howard Street and Riverside Avenue expect to an 1

A Tri-Cities truck dealer called Jims Pacific Garages Inc. plans to open a new dealership here in a West Plains building that the now-defunct Godwin Equipment Co. formerly occupied.Karl Rehwalt, controller of Jims Pacific Garages and son of

Technology entrepreneur Bernard Daines is considering launching a glossy new Spokane magazine that would be part of a multifaceted, electronic-and-print media enterprise here doing business as New River Communications.Daines says plans for the a

Spokane City Councilman Steve Eugster says he has halted efforts to investigate what the city can do to assist in the redevelopment of the Davenport Hotel, after being criticized for his efforts and asked by an attorney for the hotels owner to to

Spokane auto dealership co-owners Chris Marr and Ray Kish have expanded their business affiliations here, which Marr says could result in some operating efficiencies and new marketing strategies.He says he has bought from Kish a 40 percent in of

In a move that underscores the increasingly competitive nature of health care, Sacred Heart Medical Center has solicited and is mulling offers from two major national companies to buy its 38-year-old kidney dialysis program. The Spokane hospital is

The Spokane area could benefit economically if a conceptual strategy unveiled earlier this year to turn Moses Lake into a major inland freight hubessentially moving some shipping activity across the Cascades from Seattlewere to materialize, it

Three separate development projects that together have an estimated eventual value of more than $4.6 million are being planned for Airway Heights.The projects include a 60-room hotel, an eight-acre, mixed-used industrial park, and a storage Rudy

Cancer Care Northwest PS, which opened a $7 million cancer-treatment center southeast of downtown Spokane two months ago, now is readying plans to open a North Side facility.The expansion of the physician-owned enterprise could intensify among a

The proposed development of an office-retail complex on the east side of downtown Spokane, which investors had said earlier they were considering, now appears poised to move ahead.Spokane real estate specialist Dick Edwards, one of the says call