The Spokane-area office market has tightened dramatically, especially downtown, and is expected to remain tight through next year, say executives at two of Spokanes largest commercial real estate companies.As a result, businesses that are to &

Gonzaga University is seeking approval of a $41 million bond issue to pay for a number of planned capital projects on the Jesuit schools campus northeast of downtown Spokane and to refinance some debt.The university has asked the Washington to

The U.S. Postal Service appears to be solidifying plans for a huge new processing-and-distribution center in the Spokane International Airport Business Park that will replace an older facility located near downtown.The agency recently completed

A common sight in the heavily urban Kansai Region of Japan is that of a man in dapper business attire riding a bicycle, carrying a portfolio case in his bikes front basket and holding a cellular phone to his ear.Spokane delegates who returned

NISHINOMIYA, JapanSpokane civic leader and former businessman Ed Tsutakawa remembers as a teen-ager in Japan watching American baseball legend Babe Ruth play in an exhibition game at Koshien Stadium. The venerable old ballpark sits just across a

WTB Inc., a troubled Spokane trucking company that at one time purportedly commanded a fleet of 260 trucks operating nationwide, has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.Petitions submitted to the U.S.

Spokane-area school districts expect to kick off more than $34 million worth of construction this year, and are drawing up or seeking public comment on proposed projects worth at least another $81 million.Add to that another $30.3 million in and

Pier 1 Imports Inc., of Fort Worth, Texas, plans to open a store later this year in the Northpointe Plaza shopping center on Spokanes North Side, says company spokeswoman Joy Rich.Pier 1 has leased a 10,000-square-foot, free-standing building

Crown West Realty LLC, which operates the huge Spokane Business & Industrial Park in the Spokane Valley, is refining plans for a $15 million commercial and light-industrial center on vacant land just south of the parks main entrance.The center

Summit Property Development says it expects to begin work shortly on a 30,000-square-foot, multitenant building in the Spokane Valley Plaza, a power center anchored by Wal-Mart and located just south of Interstate 90 and east of Sullivan Harding, &