Patrick McLaughlin, the former food and beverage manager at the Davenport Hotel, says he's developing what is scheduled to be the Magnolia American Brasserie restaurant on the first floor of Hotel Indigo, in downtown Spokane.

Cheney City Council has approved a contract with Liberty Lake-based telecommunications provider Ptera Inc. that will allow the city government to lease inactive fiber-optic lines to the company in exchange for broadband service.

A Northern California-based commercial office furniture dealership has purchased a competitor with offices in Spokane and Seattle. One Workplace, of Santa Clara, California, has acquired OpenSquare at 126 S. Sheridan in Spokane, and OpenSquare's

Spokane-based Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. is expanding its reach geographically with the planned opening this weekend of a grocery store in the burgeoning city of Ridgefield, just north of Vancouver, Washington.

Spokane Valley-based short-term rental company Stay Alfred Inc. has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Chicago-based hospitality brand Dormigo.