May 3 / Sterling plans $555 million placement to meet needs Sterling Financial Corp. announced it planned to offer $555 million in securities in a private placement that, if completed, could satisfy its government-mandated effort to H.

Choice Holdings LLC, of Spokane, has bought a 6,840-square-foot building, formerly the Kendall Yards business office, at 110 N. Post, as an investment. Erik Nelson and Carl Guenzel, both of Kiemle & Hagood Co., handled the transaction.Chris &

The Spokane Indians Baseball Club says it's building a railroad-inspired, group-seating area at Avista Stadium.The seating area, to be called The Depot, will include a replica train car, which will be located beyond the right field bleachers at

Vandervert Developments LLC, of Spokane, has secured three new tenants for commercial properties it owns here, in the Wandermere area, on the West Plains, and in Cheney. The tenants include a new sports bar, an insurance company branch office, and

In 1989, when the Journal of Business first published a comprehensive story on the Spokane-area wine industry, two local businessmen talked about opening what would become a fifth winery here.That winery, the Livingstone Winery, later became but

Advertising site offers online business guide Jeff Johnson and Chris Garras, two longtime Spokane radio station managers, have started a venture here called Adserveo.com, which they say provides Internet-based advertising for says the a

Bend, Ore.-based Les Schwab Tire Centers says it plans to start a $1 million remodel and expansion soon at its South Hill outlet here. Plans for a 4,100-square-foot addition to the store, at 3105 S. Regal, have passed the city of Spokane's and a

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning a $972,000 remodeling project at its store in the Shadle Center, in northwest Spokane, documents on file with the city of Spokane show.The makeover at Wal-Mart's 148,000-square-foot store, at 2301 W. Wellesley, a

An Eastern Washington University institute that developed Web-based data banks to track indicators about the Spokane, Walla Walla, and Wenatchee areas now has created such a site for three counties in the northeast corner of Washington. EWU's to

The city of Spokane has awarded a contract to KPFF Consulting Engineers, of Seattle, to study possible sizes, types, and locations for an envisioned bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the BNSF Railway Co. tracks near Sprague Avenue to link parts of