The Washington state Housing Finance Commission has agreed to issue $9.5 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds for a multifamily affordable housing project at the Clare House retirement complex on Spokane's South Hill.Whitewater Creek Inc., of on

Renton, Wash.-based American Drapery, Blind & Carpet says it plans to move its longtime store on East Sprague further east to larger quarters, and also will begin selling flooring products at the new location. Wendy Edwards, a Renton-based for a

AmericanWest Bancorp., of Spokane, says it expects its regulatory capital ratios and those of its main operating subsidiary, AmericanWest Bank, to improve significantly as the result of a new law that extends the federal income tax carryback period

The Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau will seek to appoint a blue ribbon committee of board members and other business leaders to help it address long-range funding issues.Separately, the CVB and the Greater Hartford (Conn.) and a

A California-based real estate investment trust has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the former Empire Ford auto dealership property in downtown Spokane, says Nate Greene, who along with his wife, Roberta, owns the property through The Greene

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., a national trucking company based in Thomasville, N.C., says it plans to erect a $3.6 million, 18,000-square-foot terminal in Spokane Valley and move its Spokane operations there from space it currently leases.The

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians could begin work as early as next spring on infrastructure improvements for an envisioned mixed-use development on land it owns near its expanding Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, says Kent Caputo, on