Packet Engines Inc. founder Bernard Daines says a high-tech office park he hopes to develop in the Spokane Valley could house dozens of buildings with up to 3 million square feet of floor space and the capacity to house more than 1,000 workers. for

Excuse the pun, but the Spokane-Coeur dAlene golf market is at par with demand.That, however, is about to change.The golf course-to-population ratio here matches the national average, and area golf pros say their courses are busy, but not

Newly spun off from Liberty Lake-based Telect Inc., Logan Industries Inc., a contract manufacturer for the electronics and other high-tech industries, plans to add about 20 jobs here by the end of the yeargiving it a total of 150 workersand to

Costco Companies Inc., an Issaquah, Wash.-based membership warehouse chain, is seeking county approval to add about 16,000 square feet of floor space to its store on Spokanes North Side.At a public hearing set for July 7, Costco will request a

Northpointe Office Building LLC, a development company headed by prominent Spokane developer Dick Vandervert, hopes to start work within 90 days on a new, $10 million office building on Spokanes North Side. The three-story, 102,000-square-foot

First National Financial Group Inc., of Spokane, has opened three new branches in the last two months, giving it five, and plans to open a sixth office, in Vancouver, Wash., within the next two weeks.Glen Hays, a director and senior shareholder

The number of foreclosures in Spokane County climbed sharply in 1998 for the third straight year, putting the county within mortgage-tossing distance of highs not seen here since the late 1980s, according to county auditors figures.A total of

Two major golf course developments, both of which will be semiprivate and designed to appeal to upscale golfers, are planned in Kootenai County.One course, called The Links Golf Course, is being built north of Post Falls on the Rathdrum Prairie

Wandermere Investments LLC, an investment company here of which Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is the managing member, has bought a Liberty Lake retail center for $4.8 million from Boise-based Cantlon Properties Inc. The Spokane investment to

To free up more room for its accelerating production lines, Cheney-based electronics manufacturer XN Technologies Inc. is more than doubling its floor space this year through construction of a $2.8 million office building at its Cheney site.Work