Jo-Ann Stores Inc., the Hudson, Ohio-based specialty retailer that does business here as Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts, has leased most of a building that formerly housed a Circuit City Stores Inc. outlet near the Spokane Valley Mall, says a commercial &

All Pro Screen Printing & Embroidery Inc. has leased 2,300 square feet of retail space in the Eagle Plaza, at 14415 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley, for a new textile screen-printing and embroidery shop. Earl Engle, of NAI Black, handled the Stone a

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has won a contract to build a $1 million gas station here for Fred Meyer Stores, and has started work on the project site near the retail chain's outlet in the East Central neighborhood, the Portland-based

Rowand Machinery Co., a longtime Spokane-area heavy-equipment dealer, says it has bought 6 acres of land adjacent to its West Plains operation and is considering developing a business and industrial park there, among other possible uses.The is

The U.S. Social Security Administration has leased 37,000 square feet of space in the Iron Bridge complex, at 1401 E. Trent, and plans to move its two Spokane offices there, says a real estate agent involved in the lease.The agent, Mike of & 3