Western Washington-based lumber distributor Specialty Forest Products Inc. plans to open a distribution hub in Spokane Valley from which it will serve its Inland Northwest customers.Mike Wynne, general manager for Specialty Forest Products of

Crown West Realty LLC, of Spokane Valley, has bought a $12 million office complex in the Denver area, its first acquisition in that market.Richard Rollnick, president of Crown West, says the company currently is looking at additional properties

The city of Spokane wants to turn its temporary, voluntary transportation-impact fee into a permanent, mandatory fee on new development, an idea thats dusting up debate in business circles. Proponents say impact fees, also known as mitigation

The shuttered Garden Terrace Manor Nursing Home, on Spokanes lower South Hill, will be redeveloped into medical-office condominiums as part of a $3 million project there.The four-story structure, to be renamed the Northview Medical Arts is at

Two and a half years ago, a three-bedroom waterfront home on the east side of Lake Coeur dAlene sold for $195,000, says Coeur dAlene real estate agent Richard Kohles. Earlier this month, Kohles says, the same 1,400-square-foot housewith a

More employers are showing interest in customized training through Inland Northwest community colleges, something officials from both North Idaho College and Community Colleges of Spokane point to as proof of a thriving economy. At North Idaho

Lithia Motors Inc., the Medford, Ore.-based automobile-dealership chain that owns Spokanes Camp Automotive Inc., plans to build a new building on Spokanes North Side and move its Mercedes-Benz dealership there from downtown. Mark DeBoer, of

Is there really a Heidi?Thats the question Heidi Acuff heard so often after she started a small pancake-mix company called Heidis Cottage Classics LLC five years ago.Posing for a photograph with a plateful of pancakes on her heada to

Some economic-development leaders and aviation-parts manufacturers here believe Spokane could become the Motor City of aerospace-parts production if it focuses on growing that already strong manufacturer niche.Moreover, theyre forming a a

Pring Corp., of Spokane Valley, has started work on a $2.8 million office building along Springfield Avenue, less than a block west of its intersection with Sullivan Road, in Spokane Valley.The 30,000-square-foot structure will be two stories a