After a 40-year career as an architect and 22 years into his retirement, Ron Sims, former principal of ALSC Architects PS, says he's satisfied with the contributions he's made to commercial, educational, and government projects in the Spokane

A sandwich shop named after the owners' family pet will occupy the former Azar's Restaurant building on north Monroe Street. Jennifer Hesseltine says she and her husband, Aaron, will open Zozo's Sandwich House, at 2501 N. Monroe, in December.

While the pyramid-shaped concrete building at 1520 W. Third on the west edge of downtown still has Imprezzio's name on it, the company hasn't occupied the building since the early days of COVID-19. Founded in Spokane 2004 by entrepreneurs

Evident 316 Inc., the Spokane-based vehicle-brakes service shop operator that does business as Golden Rule Brake, is expanding into Idaho. Dallas Low, third-generation owner of Golden Rule, says construction will begin in December on a

The Spokane office of Seattle-based engineering company Parametrix Inc. is receiving more work than its staff here can handle and is having to share some of that work with its other offices. Roger Flint, chief operating officer at Parametrix, is based

Matthew and Julie Collins, principals of quickly growing Spokane architecture company Uptic Studios Inc., are starting a new interior design company. And soon, Uptic plans to move to a larger location and expand its team of architects and designers.

An 84,000-square-foot Charlie's Produce warehouse and office building is planned at 6505 W. 40th, in West Spokane, according to permit information on file with Spokane County.

Skyler Oberst has been hired as executive director of Embrace Washington, the Spokane-based nonprofit with a mission to provide support and care to children in foster care. Oberst was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Vancouver, Washington.

Spokane-based Gestalt Diagnostics LLC has secured eight patents in the United Kingdom for its PathFlow software, as well as clearance for clinical use of the software throughout Europe. Dan Roark, CEO of Gestalt, says the UK patents are

City leaders in Spokane are working to create an ordinance that would cap at 15% the commission rate charged to merchants by DoorDash Inc., Grubhub Inc., and other third-party delivery companies, says City Council member Zack Zappone.