Sabey Corp., the Seattle-based owner of NorthTown Mall, says the company is getting ready to move ahead with a previously announced $54 million expansion of the mall, which is Spokanes largest shopping center.Work is expected to begin next on

Steve Gevurtz, one of the founding officers of Itronix Corp., a Spokane maker of rugged, hand-held computers for field-service technicians, has stepped down as that companys chief executive officer. Separately, the company has cut back its work a

Weinstein Beverage Co. of Spokane, the distributor here of Seven-Up and other beverages, has leased part of a warehouse building in the Spokane Valley and plans to move there in August from cramped space it occupies near the Rock Pointe office of &

J. Kingsley Novell, chairman of Spokanes financially troubled Alloy Trailers Inc., says he has agreed to sell the companys assets to Redwood Reliance Sales Co., of Santa Rosa, Calif.Alloy filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11

With the renovation and expansion of Lewis & Clark High School looming just 14 months away, Spokane School District 81 is taking steps to buy most of a city block just east of the downtown-area school that it says is crucial for the expansion. and

Ask your lunch partners how the Asian financial crisis has affected their businesses and youll likely get a blank stare.But ask Tom Hill of Spokane computer-printer maker Output Technology Corp., or Richard Hanson at heavy-equipment RAHCO or a

A nonprofit alliance has been formed here with the backing of some of Spokanes biggest high-technology players to grow the high-tech industry in the Spokane Valley and to make it more attractive to out-of-town companies that are looking to from &

Spokane Mars Limited Partnership contends it has paid nearly all of a gambling-tax debt that has led the city of Spokane to try to convert Spokane Mars U.S. Bankruptcy Court case here from a reorganization to a liquidation.Rob Saucier, Spokane

John Stone Development LLC, of Spokane, plans to develop two more apartment complexes near downtown Seattle that together are expected to cost about $15.5 million. They will include a total of 119 apartment units.The company, which is owned by a

Congress has included a light-rail system for Spokane in the final version of a major federal transportation-spending bill that now is awaiting a signature from President Clinton. The legislation eventually could lead to federal spending of about a