Alvin J. Wolff Inc., of Spokane, has broken ground on an $8.5 million, 186-unit apartment complex in Liberty Lake.Work on the big complex began last month on a 9.5-acre site just north of Country Vista Drive, to the east of and behind an a

You dont need to go to Sheryl and Jay Oiens business on Garland Avenue to see what kind of work they do. You can stand on most any busy street corner in the Spokane area and the Oiens highly visual products will come to you.The Oiens

Former Spokane clothier Harvey Jones is heading a fast-growing Seattle-based sportswear company that now is working to build a worldwide distribution network.The company, Cutter & Buck Inc., hopes to make its clothing a prominent brand, as

Since arriving in Spokane just six years ago, Zak Designs Inc. has quadrupled its sales, more than tripled the size of both its work force and its West Plains facility, and made a push into foreign markets.Now the distributor of cartoon to

Spokane radiologist Rod Raabe has begun implanting artificial veins inside blocked blood vessels in patients legs to help restore blood flow and eliminate leg pain that can be debilitating.Raabe is working with the Heart Institute of on

FirstBank Northwest, a rapidly growing bank with headquarters in Lewiston, Idaho, and an office in Coeur dAlene, has applied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for approval to establish a branch bank in Liberty Lake.If the FDIC the a

Spokane-based Farmers & Merchants Bank plans to open a new on the southern edge of downtown Spokane by the end of the year, says Ric Odegard, the banks executive vice president and chief operating officer.A new branch, to be located in a

A Spokane limited liability company called Otak Holdings LLC says it plans to develop a three- or four-story office building on a one-block parcel that it recently bought southwest of downtown Spokane.Otak would develop the structure on a

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge here has authorized the sale of the assets of Alloy Trailers Inc., of Spokane, to California-based Alliance LLC, essentially clearing the way for a financial rescue of the struggling trailer-manufacturing John M.

A new 21-acre industrial park is being proposed along Sullivan Road in the Spokane Valley, adding to recent and envisioned development activity along that burgeoning north-south arterial.Bob Bonuccelli, of Village Square Realty Inc., is seeking