The business plan for Corner Booth Productions Inc. was developed ingo figurea corner booth at a North Side diner. A few years back, Frank Swoboda and Mark Forman met regularly at an out-of-the-way table at Fergusons Caf, in the Garland

A company owned by prominent Spokane developers Dick Vandervert and Lowell McKee is building a retail center on Spokanes South Hill to be occupied by a Washington Mutual Bank branch, a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop, and other tenants.The MV is

These are rough-and-tumble days for Spokane-based rugged computer manufacturer Itronix Corp.After strong growth in fiscal 2002, the companys sales tailed off in fiscal year 2003, which ended March 31. In early April, the company cut 10 of its

A group of northeast Spokane landowners is eyeing development of a mixed-use residential project with a total estimated value of roughly $50 million.As currently envisioned, the development would include a 200-unit retirement complex, 200 and a

The relatively new profession of certified professional guardian has emerged as a growing field of work here and statewide, as demand increases for guardians who manage the affairs of those who cant completely tend to things themselves.The in

Pitney Bowes Inc.s Spokane customer-contact center knows its business: Answer phone calls from customers across the nation and tell them how to fix Pitney Bowes office products. The Stamford, Conn.-based company didnt, however, know the way

Collecting postcards and stamps isnt for those short on time and attention span, Mike and Kathy McLean say. To find a desirable item, the owners of Vintage Postcards & Stamps say, a collector often must sift through hundreds of items to find

Spokane developer Rob Brewster Jr. has bought seven buildings and a parking lot in the east end of downtown Spokane and is planning a multimillion-dollar construction-and-renovation project there.The buildings include a total of about 84,000 of

Hoping to attract more people at the younger end of the 55-and-over spectrum, Touchmark Living Centers Inc., of Beaverton, Ore., has proposed a $20 million offsite expansion of independent-living housing for its big Waterford on South Hill company

The $17 million expansion project at Valley Hospital & Medical Center wont be fully completed until later this year, but the hospital already has launched a handful of new or upgraded services in its expanded and remodeled space.In one key to