Companies affiliated with Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, have quietly loaned the owner of the Davenport Hotel property downtown more than $1.5 million over the last 18 months, Spokane County records show.The affiliate Inc. &

Spokane developer Rob Brewster Jr. is leading a group of investors who are seeking tenants for a proposed 25-story, $35 million-to-$40 million office tower at the corner of Riverside Avenue and Howard Street in downtown Spokane.Two other groups

A tiny Spokane Valley company is providing a unique product to the automotive worldcustom grill and truck medallions and data plates for antique (and sometimes not so antique) vehicles.Owner Jerry Turner says he knows of no other source for as

Pounded by depressed metals prices and the Asian contagion, Spokane industrial manufacturer Rahco International Inc. has suffered substantial hits to both its revenues and employment level in the past 18 months. Down but not out, the longtime in

Now that the Washington Legislature has provided a financing package for a proposed expansion of the city of Spokanes convention facilities, proponents of the project are working feverishly to organize a campaign to win voter approval of the by a

When Potlatch Corp. shareholders convene today for the Spokane-based forest-products companys annual meeting, all eyes will be on the future.And theyre hoping sunglasses will be needed.Potlatch, which employs 6,800 people and has annual a

Group Health Northwest, the Spokane-based health maintenance organization, plans to close its 22-year-old Maple Street clinic by this fall, which would be the second facility it has closed here this year. Theres a lot of history there, the

Shea Construction, of Spokane, the general contractor and construction manager for the health sciences building thats to be built at the Riverpoint Higher Education Park, will start the $25.5 million construction project in August.Bill Gray, a

The West Plains Business Association and the Cheney Chamber of Commerce are considering forming a new chamber of commerce that would represent the business interests of western Spokane County.Although theyre still in the early stages of the at

The Five Mile Corp., of Spokane, has proposed developing a 287-lot subdivision, to be called Falcon Ridge, on almost 122 acres located on Five Mile Prairie, where neighbors have contested several recent subdivision proposals.The proposed would a