Ownership groups led by Spokane developers Dick Vandervert and Lowell McKee plan to start work soon on three major commercial projects in the Tri-Cities area with a total value of $34.3 million.The planned projects include a hotel and an office

A development company headed by the president of Spokane-based Scafco Corp. wants to develop a commercial and industrial park with up to 800,000 square feet of floor space and 800 parking spaces, at the former site of the Playfair horse racing in a

A Spokane-based investor group plans to develop an $11.5 million office building on the West Plains and expects to begin work on the project soon, says Lowell McKee, one of the investors.The planned two-story, 47,000-square-foot structure, to be

Coeur d'Alene-based North Idaho College has placed its college-credit and noncredit trades- and industry-related training programs under joint management and plans to construct a new building so it can expand and move some of its courses off last a

Smart Smoke Inc., an electronic cigarette retailer here that targets longtime tobacco smokers, has enjoyed strong growth in its first year of operation, says Aaron Rollins, director of sales and marketing.Smart Smoke, which opened its first in a

A dwindling supply of big construction projects is leading to unhealthy competition among bidders for too few jobs, some in the industry say.While project owners are benefiting from low bids, contractors are going farther to bid for work, are on

Senior-living projects here are faltering or changing direction or timing at least partly due to continuing recession-related uncertainties.In status changes to three of them, plans for a $14 million skilled-nursing center on the South Hill have

Lenders' tightened credit requirements for construction loans, spurred partly by heightened regulatory scrutiny, are keeping viable commercial projects from getting off the ground, some finance and development market observers here say.Kate and

Soul Patrol Ministry, a Spokane nonprofit Christian organization made up of motorcycle enthusiasts, says it plans to build a clubhouse in the Mead area.The project site is at 12115 N. Market. The site, which is to be cleared, originally was the