Downtown Toyota Inc., of Spokane, has agreed to buy the assets of Lexus of Spokane from Appleway Automotive Groups owner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Industries Inc., and plans to move the dealership downtown.Before the move can must

Adam and Cindy Yonch, of Spokane, have bought Beneficial Home Health Care Inc. here from Jeff Divilbiss, and the couple now plans to nearly double the companys employment by the end of next year.Adam Yonch says he and his wife began managing a

Spokane developer Jim Frank says that he and about nine other people recently have begun meeting to study the viability and economic feasibility of incorporating Liberty Lake.Frank, president of Greenstone Corp. and a developer in the MeadowWood

Washington Water Power Co., which soon will change its name to Avista Corp., is conducting a corporate optimization study that could result in some job cuts and other organizational changes next month.WWP spokesman Pat Lynch says the changes the

At Mels Nursery Floral & Gifts, Christmas begins in August.Its on Aug. 1 that a team of about 20 Mels employees starts working on the longtime Spokane retailers Christmas Room, decorating the 55 Christmas trees that fill the room and an

Northpointe Retirement LLC, of Spokane, hopes to begin work late next month on the $9.8 million first phase of a planned 326-unit retirement facility on an about eight-acre parcel on Spokanes North Side.Richard Colliton, a principal in LLC, is

The planned expansion at NorthTown Mall has been delayed againthis time until after the first of next year, says G. Rex Frazier, president and chief operating officer of JP Realty Inc., the Salt Lake City-based company that bought NorthTown in of

Ziegler Lumber Co., of Spokane, says it is selling three of its Ziggys building-supply stores in southern Idaho and southeastern Oregon and plans to use the proceeds to build additional outlets in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.Neil the of

SeaMed Corp., a big Redmond-based contract manufacturer of medical devices that disclosed last summer it was considering Spokane for a new plant, now says such a plant could employ as many as 300 people.W. Robert Berg, SeaMeds president and it