David Cole

Property owner to divide 13 lots west of Spokane

Application submitted for large-lot subdivision near town of Deep Creek

January 14, 2010

The owner of about 285 acres of farmland in the Deep Creek area west of Fairchild Air Force Base says he hopes to sell about 13 10-acre lots from the property for home construction.The property is located south of U.S. 2 and just west of Ritchey

City buys former Kar Brite property on East Sprague

Spokane pays $756,000 for 1.8 acres of land, will use for runoff retention

January 14, 2010

David Cole

The city of Spokane has bought 1.8 acres of land that includes a former Kar Brite car wash site, at 902 E. Sprague, for future development as part of its storm-water retention system.The city bought the property for $756,000 from Michael and Joy

Rainman sets move to new, bigger quarters

Owners buy building on Spokane's North Side

January 14, 2010

David Cole

The owners of Rainman Seamless Rain Gutters, of Spokane, say they have purchased a building on the city's North Side and plan to move the business there to give it more room to grow. Rick Garrett, who owns Rainman with his wife, Chris, says the

Modern Machinery Co. buys assets of Spokane Machinery

Buyer will continue to use longtime company's name for material-handling line

January 14, 2010

David Cole

Modern Machinery Co., based in Missoula, Mont., has bought the assets of Spokane Machinery Co., a company here that has been supplying crushing and screening equipment to mining, quarry, and contracting businesses for 62 years.Modern Machinery

Businesses here expect skating jump

Longer event, other changes portend possibility for more activity at cash registers here

January 14, 2010

David Cole

The 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships that start today differ somewhat from when Spokane hosted the championships in 2007, and that, say business operators here who are poised to cash in, is a good thing.This year, the event is 10 days

R&R to add space on Florida, combine Hillyard operations

Heating, air-conditioning concern intends to vacate building on East Central

December 23, 2009

David Cole

The owner of R&R Heating & Air Conditioning Inc., of Spokane, says he plans to construct two buildings at the company's location at 5202 N. Florida, in the Hillyard area, which would give R&R five buildings there, and it will consolidate all of its

Rendering Courtesy of Bernardo Wills Architects PC

Baker to develop $5 million Liberty Lake office building

Primary-care physicians group Columbia Medical Associates to be a tenant

December 23, 2009

David Cole

Contractor and developer Barry Baker is leading a project to construct a $5 million medical office facility at the Liberty Lake Commons development in Liberty Lake. The two-story, 26,000-square-foot structure will be called the Liberty Lake & be

Durability forged in deep cold

December 23, 2009

David Cole

HAYDEN, Idaho—Terry Thompson says a key to durability and performance rests in the deep cold of minus 315 degrees Fahrenheit—at least for the steel and plastic parts used in industrial machinery and tools.At Thompson's two-year-old Down

Bootmakers don't miss a step

White's, Nick's, and Cruz here, Hoffman, in Kellogg, march on

December 23, 2009

David Cole

Inland Northwest companies that sell handmade work boots have seen once dependable customer bases—including loggers—shrink, but have continued to march ahead thanks to the durability of other markets.Meanwhile, those specialty also a

Creating a sustainable market

New grocery co-op downtown to have multiple ecologically friendly characteristics

December 10, 2009

David Cole

A new grocery cooperative slated to open early next year in downtown Spokane will scream "sustainable" in nearly every way—from the characteristics of its newly redeveloped facility, to the vendors that will sell goods there, to its own say be