Just east of downtown Spokane, nondescript Sprague Avenue and the nearby railroad tracks do little to inspire thoughts of romantic Florence, Italy.In the future, though, a grand bridge structure reminiscent of the Ponte Vecchio in with cafes a

Mario & Son Inc., a Spokane Valley stone fabricator, wants to carve out a larger share of the market here for granite, marble, glass, and quartz surfaces used to class up homes and commercial buildings.To achieve that end, the 14-year-old is a

ASC Machine Tools Inc., a longtime Spokane Valley-based manufacturer, so far is having its best year in a decade, says co-owner and President Ray McGriff.ASC primarily manufactures equipment that handles aluminum and steel coils, or big rolls a

Jensen Distribution Services, the big Spokane-based hardware distributor, suffered a huge blow about eight years ago when Ernst Home Center Inc., a Seattle-based retail chain with more than 50 stores, ceased operating. Ernst had accounted for more

A Spokane couple say they plan this summer to open a nonprofit events facility, to be called the Service Station, along Nevada Street on Spokanes North Side, and work on the $1.9 million building that will house it is under way.Scot Robinson,

Iron Bridge LLC, of Spokane, could start work this summer on as much as $22.5 million in new buildings at the Iron Bridge Corporate Campus, located along the Spokane River just east of the University District.Kent Hull, Iron Bridges managing

A company owned by five Coeur dAlene investors plans to develop a $13.8 million medical office building on a 4.5-acre site near Ironwood Drive in Coeur dAlene.Ginno Construction Inc., of Coeur dAlene, will erect the three-story structure

Fairchild Air Force Base is one of two leading sites under consideration to become the temporary base for up to 500 additional military personnel and a number of aircraft when major reconstruction work begins in May on the main runway at Grand Air

A Spokane real estate broker and his family plan to start work this year on a proposed 128-lot residential subdivision six miles north of Spokane near U.S. 395.The 42-acre development site is located along the east side of Hatch Road, about a a

Isothermal Systems Research Inc., a Liberty Lake-based company that has said it expects to grow to 1,000 employees in the next five years from 200 currently, has taken a step to prepare for that growth by leasing space in an adjacent building for a