Brothers Kyle and Jared Staples have opened the Coeur d'Alene area's first Firehouse Subs restaurant. Firehouse Subs is a Jacksonville, Fla.-based restaurant chain founded in 1994, which offers small, medium and large hot specialty subs, as well as

Spokane chef and restaurateur Tony Brown says he plans to open a new restaurant mid-year at 225 W. Riverside downtown. Brown says the restaurant, to be named Eyvind, will occupy an 1,800-square-foot space previously occupied by a downtown furniture store

An Arizona-based project consultant has submitted preliminary plans to the city of Spokane regarding three proposed Circle K Store Inc. convenience stores with fueling stations. According to the Spokane County Assessor's Office records, two of the proj

A new Taco Bell is in the works at 6404 N. Ash, and preliminary site plans submitted to the city of Spokane suggest it would displace the longstanding Five Mile Heights Pizza Parlor building, at 6409 N. Maple, a predevelopment application with the city of

Nearly two years after opening its first Spokane-area store at 9324 N. Division, California-based shoe giant Skechers USA Inc. is making plans for a second outlet, near the southeast corner of Sprague Avenue and Evergreen Road in Spokane Valley. The Skec

Fairchild Air Force Base is in the design phase of a planned three-story, 79,400-square-foot dormitory to be used by students of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape course. Plans for the building include 150 double-occupancy, dorm-style rooms,

The developer of a newly proposed five-story, $4.5 million mixed-use building on the lower South Hill has revised original outlined plans first submitted to the city of Spokane a little more than two years ago. The development, named the Vinegar Flats Pu

Prominent Spokane-based general contractor Vandervert Construction Inc. is facing a financial crisis, and control of the company has been placed under receivership. Spokane-based law firm Davidson, Backman, Medeiros PLLC was appointed to serve as the g

Journal of Business reporter Kevin Blocker talks about rising home sales and declining foreclosures in the Spokane housing market.