Expo at Post Falls, the big, multi-use development thats been on and off the radar screen for more than a decade, is seeing a surge of activity that includes nearly a dozen new buildings with a combined value of $8.3 million.One building has

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has landed a $46 million project to build a new school in Everett, Wash., for the Lake Stevens School District.Joe Williams, a project manager here for Lydig, says work on the project is expected to start be

Mailstream USA Inc. was a direct-mail marketing company that dabbled in the fulfillment business until one day four years ago when a Spokane man let his fingers do the walking. At that time, says company CEO Allan McEachern, Mailstream was the

Spokane-based Fast Way Freight System Inc. has increased its sales every year since Jeff Bosma and a former partner bought the company and renamed it in 1993, but a second company created by Bosma and two others in 2001, called Fast Way Transport a

The Pizza Pipeline Inc., a Spokane-based company thats been expanding here and elsewhere in the country for nearly 20 years, not including a temporary downturn after 9/11, is eyeing more stores here.A franchisee in Missouri opened the newest

A limited-liability company owned jointly by four Spokane and North Idaho dental practices is constructing a $4 million professional building in Post Falls in which each of the practices will have space.The company, Post Falls Specialty Dental

Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank plans to open a full-service branch in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland this spring.When that branch and another planned for construction in Liberty Lake are completed, Sterling will have 62 branches in and 80

A $13.4 million proposal to address storm-water issues in three unincorporated areas of Spokane County is expected to come before the county commissioners soon for consideration.The proposal is included in the countys first Comprehensive a by

The former American Sign & Indicator Corp. building complex in Spokane Valley attracted a winning bid of $2.3 million at a public auction earlier this month, says Jim MacDonnell, executive managing director of Sheldon Good & Co., the Chicago-based

Since home sales started to surge in Spokane and Kootenai counties a few years ago, real estate professionals have pointed to historically low mortgage rates as one of the key reasons for the increased activity. With mortgage rates rising over