Firehouse Subs, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based restaurant chain, plans to open a restaurant in the Northgate Center retail complex, at 7808 N. Division, says Natasha Wojcik, a company spokeswoman. The 2,100-square-foot restaurant, to be located at the southe

Two sporting goods store chains are planning to open outlets within a mile of each other in Spokane Valley. One of them, Midvale, Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse, has leased 32,400 square feet of retail space at the former Sports Authority site, near

The Spokane County Library District says it plans to open The BookEnd, providing additional library space, in a vacant 2,200-square-foot area next to Macy's on the second floor of the Spokane Valley Mall at the beginning of May. 'The idea is for tha

Papa John's Pizza franchisee Ken Moore says he has leased 1,250 square feet of space for a new restaurant in a multitenant retail building at 9600 N. Newport Highway, in the Mead area north of Spokane. Moore, who's been a franchisee with the Jefferso

Eastern Washington University has added several new food-and-beverage vendors to its Cheney campus in an effort to keep up with demand for food services during the renovation and expansion of the Pence Union Building. Dining Services Director Dave McKay

Plans are in the works for the construction of a $10 million La Quinta Hotel that's to be built at 4523 S. Dowdy Road, just south of Spokane International Airport and visible from Interstate 90. Surinder Khela, managing broker with Kent, Wash.-based B