The city of Spokane has won a $200,000 grant from the Washington state Department of Ecology to plan the cleanup of a 28-acre parcel it owns near the University District.The city's water department administrative offices are located on the site,

T. LaRiviere Equipment & Excavation Inc., of Athol, Idaho, has won a $2.5 million Spokane County contract to install sewer line in Spokane Valley that eventually will serve about 250 homes there.The project will include excavating the roadways a

Spokane and Post Falls contractors are the low bidders for two separate Washington state Department of Transportation projects worth a combined about $2.6 million and involving U.S. 195 south of Pullman, Wash., and U.S. 395 north of Spokane. Poe

Zome Design LLC, an apparel screen-printing and embroidery company, has leased 2,500 square feet of space at 1821 W. Fifth Avenue, and plans to move there from smaller quarters at 6714 N. Pittsburg. Erik Nelson and Cody George, both of Kiemle & the

A Spokane mother-daughter-owned real estate brokerage has changed its name and plans to move to new quarters on the South Hill.Exit Real Estate Professionals, formerly Exit Real Estate-Jones & Associates, has leased 2,700 square feet of floor on

The Spokane chapter of the American Institute of Architects plans to celebrate National Architecture Week with a slate of events April 10-16.Thirteen different events are scheduled with participating groups, mostly at River Park Square downtown,

Nu-Ray Metal Products Inc., based in Auburn, Wash., has expanded its operations to Airway Heights, and hopes to employ eight to 10 people there by year's end. Mike Bankers, who owns the business with his father, Tim Bankers, says the company a a

Westslope Properties Inc. says it has launched two real estate brokerages in the Inland Northwest that specialize in selling forested land owned and managed by its parent company, Boston-based Forest Capital Partners LLC, Forest Capital is an of