Projects designed by Spokane firm top $400 million in recent yearsOne of Spokanes largest architectural firms, NAC|Architecture Inc., says its blueprint for growth has helped it corral projects with a total construction value of well over in

A Spokane developer plans to build an $11.4 million, 144-unit apartment complex west of the Mirabeau area in Spokane Valley.The developer, HAL Valley Apartments LLC, has obtained building permits to construct a six-building complex, to be at E.

August Systems Inc., a Spokane company that develops and sells computer software for home health-care agencies, plans to move next month and hire more employees.Rick Williams, chief operating officer for August Systems, says the business plans

Lake Spokane Properties LLC, of Suncrest, says it plans to develop a $10 million retail complex, to be called Lake Spokane Center, in that growing area northwest of Spokane.The company expects to begin work on the $5 million first phase of the

Suzan Mihara loves plants and is drawing on her passion for gardening to help her and her sons sprouting organic and hydroponic plant business blossom, even as the economy wilts.Mihara and her son, Paul, opened Spokane Organic & Hydroponic in

Rockwood Clinic PS says it plans to open a physical therapy clinic in Cheney, its fourth overall. The Spokane-based physicians group has leased a 3,900-square-foot space at 1717 First Street, in Cheney, and expects to open a clinic there at the

The city of Spokane Valley has issued building permits for 15 metal buildings, together worth about $7.2 million, to Spokane developer Lanzce Douglass, who plans to construct a self-storage complex at the former site of the East Sprague Cinemas, a

Washington State University has selected Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, to oversee an estimated $39 million worth of design and construction for the third phase of its Martin Stadium expansion. ALSC Architects PS, of Spokane, as

Lingering cold and wet weather this spring, a weakened economy, and Internet wholesalers are vexing Spokane-area retail golf equipment vendors, who say that though theyve been knocked into the rough, the closures of two large retail golf stores a

The economy might be declining, but executive pay continues to grow at a healthy paceat least at some Inland Northwest public companies.Top executives here on average received a 12.2 percent bump in total direct compensationto an average of