Doyle Knight has grown accustomed to taking the road less traveled, both literally and figuratively.For about 10 years, the Deer Lake, Wash., man has been negotiating unexpected switchbacks and detours while seeking to develop and bring to a for

GMAC Mortgage Corp., a Horsham, Pa.-based mortgage-loan company, is growing exponentially in Spokane and in the Pacific Northwest, says Marco Begovich, the companys Spokane-based senior vice president and division manager.The company just

Water problems that have plagued a host of West Plains construction projects, including most recently work on the BFGoodrich airplane brake plant, now may also be putting a wet blanket on commercial and industrial development efforts in an area for

A development company here is working to sign tenants for a proposed $35 million-to-$40 million skyscraper in downtown Spokane, sources close to the project say.The sources decline to divulge the name of the development company, but say it has a

A warm glow emanates from a storefront nestled among run-down structures on a sleepy block of south Madison Street downtown. Through the picture windows, light radiates from antiquated lamps and 1930s ceiling fixtures on display in the showroom

Spokane businessman Dave Clack and North Idaho businessman Harry Magnuson are considering developing a business park on 18 acres east of a railroad overpass on Freya Street in the heart of East Spokanes industrial area.A portion of the has for

Spokane Countys 25 nursing homes, which collectively care for thousands of elderly and disabled residents, have begun feeling the squeeze of federally reduced Medicare reimbursement rates.The Medicare reimbursement changes, though only months

Plans have been submitted to the city of Spokane for a proposed 120,000-square-foot Wal-Mart store at Shadle Center on Spokanes North Side.If the project proceeds as expected, the new development would give the aging retail complex a facelift

Nothing but boat trailers. For nearly 50 years, that tight focus has kept Spokane-based EZ Loader Boat Trailers Inc. successfully cutting sometimes choppy seas, company officials say. Now with a generally healthy U.S. economy and a strong market EZ

Providence Services, which oversees two of Spokanes major hospitals and others in the region, is asking state health-care facility authorities in Montana and Washington to issue about $241 million in bonds in its behalf.Proceeds of the bond be