GVD Northwest LLC, of Spokane, has bought majority interest in the former Burgans Fine Furniture complex at 1120 N. Division for an undisclosed sum, and plans to redevelop the property as a mixed-use development.GVD Northwests parent company

The developer of Northtown Square says the 71,000-square-foot shopping center rising on the former site of the Wendle Ford dealership at 4727 N. Division is 75 percent leased. The developer, Northtown Square LLC, says it has signed leases with

The Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center says it plans to seek bids soon for a 10,000-square-foot addition to its facility in northwest Spokane that is expected to cost between $2 million and $5 million.The addition will be constructed on of

Spokane County is planning nearly $26 million in projects to replace or rehabilitate eight bridges here over the next six years, though lagging availability of federal funding might delay some of those projects, says Neil Carroll, county bridge the

With the soft economy putting greater strain on businesses, an emerging breed of consultants known as business coaches say theyre seeing increased demand for their services, especially from small-business owners who want to become more so can

Food manufacturers, retailers, and other entities here that provide food say dramatically rising costs are causing them to scramble to manage the increases and stay afloat until they get some relief. Dan Nagy, a partner in Bar NZ Inc., a that a

Commercial Creamery Co. hopes to take advantage of a stagnant economy that it believes will cause people to stay home and snack rather than dine out. The 100-year-old Spokane-based producer of largely cheese-based dried sauces and seasonings in

Mitchells Harvest Foods, which has operated a grocery store in Cheney for nearly 30 years, says it plans to build a grocery store in the Suncrest area. It said its purchase of land for the store included a buyout of the Suncrest Supermart, the a

Retail sales fell sharply in the city of Spokane in the first quarter of 2008, dropping 5.1 percent from the year-earlier period while slipping a less dramatic 2.6 percent in Spokane County.The citys drop in taxable retail sales, the biggest

Never mind the soft economy, for Brandon Brown and Skip Mayhew, business is bubbling, and as rising travel costs drive consumers to look to their back yards as recreational destinations, the prospects for jetted revenues grow.Brown and Mayhew a