In response to rising sales here, Recreational Equipment Inc.s Spokane outlet is undergoing a major remodeling project that will increase its sales-floor space.The REI building, at 1125 N. Monroe, has about 30,000 square feet of space on two

FLSmidth RAHCO Inc., the company formed in April when Danish industrial giant FLSmidth & Co. A/S bought the material-handling business and name of longtime Spokane manufacturer RAHCO International Inc., has moved from the former RAHCO complex to a

The name of all 14 branches of F&M Bank here will be changed to Banner Bank within a month, says Lloyd Baker, chief financial officer of Banner Corp., the Walla Walla, Wash.-based bank holding company that acquired F&M in May.Banner Corp., the

Think of food banks and you think of canned-food drives and small charitable outlets where shelves of donated items await the needy. Look behind the curtain, however, and youll find a distribution operation that rivals grocery warehouses in and a

Engineering work has begun for a planned new freeway interchange that would serve the big Cabelas Inc. sporting goods store thats under construction on the west edge of Post Falls.Dave Larsen, who heads up Idaho projects for Spokane-based a

Former rental homes on a block just east of the Fred Meyer Stores outlet at Fourth Avenue and Thor Street have been vacated recently, and the landowner says shes planning to clear the property to make room for a possible commercial project is by

The number of new lots platted in Spokane County shot up by almost 23 percent last year to reach its highest total since at least 1976.Some 3,087 lots were platted in the county in 2006, up from 2,515 lots in 2005 and 2,574 lots in 2004, says a

The city of Spokane is implementing the first wave of recommendationswhich should yield an annual cost savings of about $500,000from the comprehensive efficiency study it ordered last year. The 500-page, $260,000 study, prepared by Matrix

Express Messenger Systems Inc., a Phoenix-based freight-delivery and courier service, has opened a hub in Spokane.The company, which specializes in same-day delivery, is leasing about 4,900 square feet of office and warehouse space at 6207 W. a

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has begun work on a $50 million infrastructure project that will serve new housing developments planned at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, near Sandpoint, says the real estate broker whos marketing the work will a