Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, is expanding its express bank branch at the northwest corner of Southeast Boulevard and 29th Avenue on Spokanes South Hill into a full-service branch.Lea Werner, the banks spokeswoman, says Washington Trust

Sprague & Custer LLC, of Spokane, is developing a retail complex that will house a Schucks Auto Parts store, as well as several other tenants.The complex, which is to be called the East Sprague Retail Center, is being built on 3.5 acres of at

P.OB. Montgomery & Co., a Dallas-based real estate company that bought Franklin Park Mall about a year ago, is grappling with how it can create a new identity for the North Side retail center.Meanwhile, the mall continues to lose some of its &

A group of businesspeople concerned about how growth management could affect the potential for economic growth here is spearheading a painstaking look at industrial land included within the interim urban growth boundary established in the growth a

Jody Young and Cindy Majeski both remember learning how to do beadwork as a hobby at a young age and how joyous it felt when they discovered they could sell the custom-designed pieces they made.Now, the two close friendsthey call themselves in

Pacific Security Cos., a longtime Spokane-based commercial real estate developer and real estate receivables investor, has changed its name to Pacific Security Financial Inc. to reflect a shift in emphasis.We are aggressively pursuing real as

The U.S. Postal Service expects to spend more than $20 million to equip the $40 million, 362,000-square-foot distribution annex its building at the Spokane International Airport Business Parkand that investment will quicken mail handling here.

Biomedex Inc., the young Spokane company that hopes to launch a $200 million biomedical and biotechnology business park on the West Plains, has goals far more reaching than mere real estate development.Launched quietly this year by a group of of

United Paint & Coatings Inc., of Spokane, plans to leave paint in the past, and count, instead, on specialized coatings to carry the company into the next millennium.Within the next five yearsas the company continues to produce its current and

Fiber-Tech Industries Inc., a Spokane-based manufacturer of fiberglass-reinforced plywood panels for the transportation industry, is expanding. The company has leased an additional 40,000 square feet of industrial space in the Spokane Business &