Spokane-based Wells & Co., two California companies, and a Denver concern all have submitted proposals for the possible redevelopment of all or parts of a 3.5-acre chunk of land in the Riverpoint Campus east of downtown.Washington State sought

Kim Hotstart Manufacturing Co., the Spokane Valley maker of pre-heaters for diesel engines, says it has broken ground on a 44,000-square-foot addition to its facility to accommodate its continued rapid growth.Work started on the $1.5 million is

Avista Utilities expects to reach an agreement soon to tie up a site to build its first wind-turbine farm and also has released generating-capacity and cost figures for the planned facility.The Spokane company says in its recent annual report

A Red Lobster Restaurant is slated to open at Northtown Square next spring, say Chud Wendle and John Stejer, who are developing the new retail center across from NorthTown Mall.The developers say Orlando, Fla.-based Darden Restaurants Inc. and

Spokane Valley-based Berg Cos. expects a surge in revenue this year thanks to a large, open-ended U.S. government contract for huge, soft-sided military fuel bladders won last summer by a company of which its part owner.The rapid growth from

Whitworth University says it plans to start work next year on a $37 million science center that will be the first phase of a planned $53 million overhaul of its science facilities.The three-story, 63,000-square-foot science center will be the

The Washington State Bar Association plans to add an annual bar exam in Spokane beginning in summer 2010. The organizations board of governors approved the plan last month.The WSBA says it currently holds two exams a year, in February and at

On the heels of a merger that substantially extended its firms global reach, the Spokane office of the multinational law firm K&L Gates says its been growing strongly in recent years, and expects to continue making steady gains in the Spokane a

As Washington Indian tribes grow and operate bigger businesses, knowledge of federal Indian law and of the internal legal systems of the 29 federally recognized tribes in the state is emerging as a focus of the legal field.Indian law now is one

Northwest Mobile Services LLC has secured a foothold in a regional health-care niche by taking its imaging services to assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities, adult-family homes, and home health-care settings to provide X-rays and on-site.