Irina Ustimenko is direct when asked why she started a bakery business. 'It was my dream, and I like sweets,” says Ustimenko, who was born and raised in Ukraine before moving to Spokane about 20 years ago.

Nina Booth, operations manager for the Meeting House, in Spokane's South Perry District, says she expects the new café and coffee shop to open Feb. 3. The café is located at 1801 E. 11th, which is two blocks east of South Perry Pizza.

Gonzaga University graduate Michael Stobie currently is setting up his own physical therapy clinic near the Division Y, on Spokane's North Side.

After nearly 30 years of operating in Spokane, business and real estate brokerage company Cunningham Group Inc. closed Dec. 31. Owner and sole employee Donald Cunningham says he is retiring.

Spokane-based landscape architecture company Place Landscape Architecture LLC, which does business as Place LA, is expanding to the Tri-Cities with its recent merger with Sage Design Group PLLC, of Kennewick, Washington, says Place LA owner Joshua Tripp.

It's only fitting that a former Gonzaga University basketball player, a local physician, a couple of restaurateurs, and a one-time track and field athlete at Spokane Falls Community College team up to purchase a restaurant and bar as eclectic

Spokane Valley-based aerospace repair and overhaul company SkyOne Aerospace LLC has found a new home at 10305 E. Buckeye Lane, in Spokane Valley.

Liberty Lake-based Greenstone Corp. has its sights set on its next two Kendall Yards developments with plans for two new mixed-used buildings on Summit Parkway.

Collins Aerospace is planning a three-building expansion to its existing facilities at 11135 W. Westbow Lane in the West Plains. A representative of the organization declined to comment on the expansion.