Alvin J. Wolff Inc., of Spokane, has broken ground on an $8.5 million, 186-unit apartment complex in Liberty Lake.Work on the big complex began last month on a 9.5-acre site just north of Country Vista Drive, to the east of and behind an a

FirstBank Northwest, a rapidly growing bank with headquarters in Lewiston, Idaho, and an office in Coeur dAlene, has applied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for approval to establish a branch bank in Liberty Lake.If the FDIC the a

A Spokane limited liability company called Otak Holdings LLC says it plans to develop a three- or four-story office building on a one-block parcel that it recently bought southwest of downtown Spokane.Otak would develop the structure on a

The Washington state Employment Security Department says it plans to open a new 80-employee call center in the Spokane Valley late next year, where it will handle unemployment insurance claims by telephone, primarily for Eastern and Central a

Itronix Corp., of Spokane, has named a new chief executive officer to succeed Steve Gevurtz, who stepped down earlier this year.The new CEO, David C. Dayton, a 28-year veteran of the electronics industry, joined 6-year-old Itronix late one

Randy May sits quietly next to his pickup and trailer, watching traffic at one of Spokanes busiest intersections whiz by. Occasionally, he catches someone pointing at one of the dozens of birdhouses lined up on a row of tables in front a

A company headed by Spokane builder and developer John G. Miller hopes to begin development next month on the first phase of an estimated $16 million light-industrial and office park near the former Walk in the Wild Zoo site in the Spokane be

A Spokane company headed by prominent developer Dick Vandervert has cleared a 7.5-acre site just north of Wandermere Mall for a retail development project.The company, Wandermere Investments LLC, is considering several options for the site, will

Barrier Industries Inc., of Spokane, says it has begun constructing three buildings at its 80-acre industrial park in Airway Heights, and plans to build three more structures there later this year.The park, which is located in southwest Airway a

Spokane School District 81 has begun spending part of about $26.6 million it has earmarked for a complete technology upgrade at all of its schools. The first wave of spendingfrom which several Spokane businesses will benefitincludes $14.3 of