Patrick McLaughlin, the former food and beverage manager at the Davenport Hotel, says he's developing what is scheduled to be the Magnolia American Brasserie restaurant on the first floor of Hotel Indigo, in downtown Spokane.

A Northern California-based commercial office furniture dealership has purchased a competitor with offices in Spokane and Seattle. One Workplace, of Santa Clara, California, has acquired OpenSquare at 126 S. Sheridan in Spokane, and OpenSquare's

Spokane-based Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. is expanding its reach geographically with the planned opening this weekend of a grocery store in the burgeoning city of Ridgefield, just north of Vancouver, Washington.

Spokane Valley-based short-term rental company Stay Alfred Inc. has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Chicago-based hospitality brand Dormigo.

Born into a family of self-declared 'stashers,” Spokane entrepreneur Kara Dixon says understanding that she needed to get her possessions better organized led her to found Spokane Organizing Solutions Inc., a company dedicated

Sally Guthrie, a co-owner of Famous Joe's Vendor Emporium, says the goal she shares with her business partners ultimately is to fill the 12,000 square feet of space Famous Joe's is leasing at 9126 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley.

A Sandpoint-based coffee company and a Spokane-based lobster bar are slated to be among the first eateries in the Wonder Market, located at 835 N. Post on the periphery of downtown Spokane. In addition to Evans Brothers Coffee and High Tide Lobster Bar,

PuroClean, a fire and water damage restoration franchise owned by Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based PuroSystems LLC, has added a franchise here spearheaded by local residents. Jerome Matthews and Kevin Rybak will head a group of insurance agents

Business owners Tyson and Shelayna Skidmore have opened Bijou coffee shop and craft bar, at 1945 W. Fourth in Spokane's Browne's Addition neighborhood, west of downtown.