Spokane-based GVD Commercial Properties Inc. says it intends this spring to demolish the former Discovery School building at 307 W. Fourth near downtown. It has no immediate plans for the property, but says it expects to develop a commercial there

Leslie's Furniture & Framing, an upscale used-furniture and picture-framing shop, has leased 6,000 square feet of space in the Harbor Ridge retail center, at 1600 W. Seltice Way, in Post Falls, and has moved there from smaller quarters in Hayden. a

Tim Spilker, former president of a prominent masonry company here, says he has bought the assets of an architectural-concrete manufacturing concern and has formed a new entity through which he'll run the renamed operation.He acquired the assets

Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has moved its Spokane Valley outpatient physical therapy clinic and says it's expanding the clinic to serve injured workers.The clinic has leased 2,400 square feet of floor space in a retail at a

Spokane-based weekly newspaper Pacific Northwest Inlander says it's moving this week to the 10,000-square-foot fourth floor of the Hutton Building, at 9 S. Washington, downtown, from smaller quarters it had leased in the old Spokane Area Chamber of

The future is near, say health industry insiders here who are anticipating a plethora of technological advances across many fields, ranging from video consultations to robotically assisted walking exercises.Brian Hoots, an analyst at Northwest a