Spokane businessman Ahmad Haghighi plans to develop a two-story, $1 million retail-and-office building on Spokanes South Hill. The project is proposed for two-thirds of an acre at the southwest corner of 55th Avenue and Regal Street. As the a

Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, has announced first-quarter earnings of $25.2 million, up sharply from $20 million in the year-earlier quarter.The federally-chartered ag-lending cooperative says its 2006 first-quarter net income far

The joint venture chosen to redevelop the former Jensen-Byrd warehouse property in the Riverpoint Higher Education Park is working on a master plan that now includes erecting four new structures in addition to rehabilitating the big warehouse. Work

Mario & Son Inc., a Spokane Valley stone fabricator, plans to move to a new, larger plant that its owners will develop for it in Liberty Lake along the south side of Interstate 90, says Joey Marcella, the companys president.Tentatively, the a

What a difference five years can make.In 2001, there wasnt much to be happy about at Coeur dAlene Mines Corp. Losses had been mounting for years, and the big silver producer knew the red ink likely would continue to flow. Silver prices had

A Coeur dAlene development company has started work on the first building in whats expected to be at least a seven-building, $20 million retail development along state Route 41 in Post Falls.Though its overall plans are still preliminary, a

A joint venture involving Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has been selected as the design-build contractor for a $160.5 million prison facility expansion in Connell, Wash., a small town 100 miles southwest of Spokane. Lydig and Hunt of up

While much has been said about the need for more health-care workers as the U.S. population ages, the greatest need for such workers isnt among the ranks of doctors and nurses. Rather, its for entry-level workers who provide basic health care,

Spokane developer Jim Greenup knows something about multigenerational living.When his father died 30-some years ago, Greenups mother moved into a duplex the family owned in Shelby, Mont., and her motherGreenups grandmothermoved into the

The city of Post Falls expects to spend $30 million over the next six years on upgrades to its waste-water treatment plant to meet stricter environmental standards and to handle the citys growth.The city also tentatively plans to spend $7 in