Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is ready to breathe new life into two long-dormant buildings in the citys core.With an anchor tenant in hand, a newly formed company headed by Vandervert is taking on an anticipated $9.2 million project the a

Once mostly interested in young, healthy males, clinical researchers here say seniors now play an integral role in testing new drugs and medical devices.Spokane has a large, fairly nontransient population of older adults, they say, allowing the

A construction-education program that was intended to train displaced workers has blossomed quickly into its own small vocational school.Two months ago, the Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors and WorkSource Spokane began offering a

IT-LifeLine Inc., a small data backup and recovery company here, plans to move its office and data center into larger quarters at the Liberty Lake Internet Portal building, in Liberty Lake.Steven Tabacek, president of IT-LifeLine, says the has

Apollo College, a Phoenix-based vocational school, has expanded its Spokane facilities to accommodate additional programs and growing enrollment here.The school has moved into about 9,000 square feet of additional leased space that adjoins the

Gonzaga University plans to construct a five-story, $10.5 million apartment and retail complex on an entire block west of its campus that currently is occupied by the Colonial Bowl bowling alley. The development still is being designed, but it

A family trust here hopes to develop a shopping center, a number of office buildings, and multifamily housing on 36 acres of former farmland along U.S. 395 north of Spokane.The retail-office portion of the proposed development is being called a

While a new building here for the Intercollegiate College of Nursing still is three years and more than $30 million from becoming a reality, a vision for the new facility already is coming into focus.Whats clear, says the nursing schools is

Spokane Motor Cars Inc., a recently formed company, has bought the assets of both the Jaguar Land Rover Spokane and Lithia Volvo dealerships here.Jan Richardson, owner of Spokane Motor Cars, says the new company has leased the established Land

The city of Spokane is considering building an arterial that would connect U.S. 195 in southwest Spokane and the Moran Prairie on Spokanes South Hill.Tentatively called the Hatch Road bypass project, the arterial would be an alternate route a