Kelly Chadwick, owner of Spokane arborist service Spirit Pruners, has bought a former mechanic-shop building and single-family residence with 3,600 square feet of combined space at 2425 W. Broadway, where Chadwick plans to move the business and reside.

New Spokane-based company Crafters LLC plans to launch a dollar retail-store chain to do business as Dollar Cents. The company will focus initially on establishing Dollar Cents outlets in the Spokane area, says Crafters owner Richard Erving. The first D

Menlo Park, Calif.-based development, design, and construction company Katerra Inc. has acquired Spokane design firm Nystrom+Olson Architecture and plans to grow a permanent presence here, the company announced recently. Now renamed Katerra Spokane, Nyst

Dr. Heavin Maier, owner of Spokane optometry practice Eyes for Life PS, has bought a two-story, 5,900-square-foot building at 412 E. 30th, where she hopes to move the practice in September. Eyes for Life currently occupies about 1,800 square feet of spac

Spokane Mayor David Condon has appointed commercial real estate broker Charlie Wolff to be the city's business development manager. The position has been created as part of a strategic plan by the city to encourage new investment and job growth, says B