Attention female shoppers: Soon youll be able to get your hands on a guidebook that will provide the scoop on many of the locally owned stores and services in the Inland Northwest that cater specifically to women.The book, Nosey Parker, a

Spokane businessman John Crow has bought the former Wyvern Cellars property on the West Plains and plans to develop an industrial park there.Crow, who is president of Spokane Valley-based Lloyd Industries Inc., which makes pizza and bakery the

The owner of Northwest Steel Fabrication Inc., a maker of structural steel parts for construction projects, is building a $3 million shop and office in Deer Park and will consolidate the companys operations at that location, including an office

Construction is to start this fall on a $10 million subsidized housing complex for seniors on Spokanes North Side.The 50-unit complex, to be called Lilac Terrace, will be part of the Lilac Plaza Retirement Community, located at 7007 N. says a

A company headed by Spokane developer Dick Vandervert plans to build additional retail space at its Wandermere Village Shopping Center on the east side of U.S. 395 in the Wandermere area.The company, Wandermere Investments LLC, plans to build

Avista Corp. will pay $2.1 million of a $25 million settlement reached recently in a Montana District Court case involving alleged damage to buildings from a leaking reservoir and contamination of groundwater caused by waste-slurry reservoirs at it

The Spokane City Council has overturned the city hearing examiners decision to deny a proposed zone change near the Spokane County Courthouse, clearing the way for a company headed by Spokane cardiologist Marcus DeWood to build what plans have be

Big commercial projects have propped up construction-sector volume here during the first four months of this year, despite a drop in building permits for new homes to a level not seen since 2001.Total permit valuations, including those for both

The Spokane Airport Board has enacted a 50 cents per-trip fee for courtesy shuttles that hotels use to transport guests to and from Spokane International Airport, amid opposition from the Spokane Hotel-Motel Association and the Spokane Regional and

The demand for low-rent office space downtown is rising, statistical and anecdotal indicators suggest, but real estate experts here say a number of obstacles are impeding the development of more such space.The need for low-rent offices in the a