Office vacancy rates here are somewhat higher than a year ago, but in some cases show a reversal of a steeper climb seen earlier this year, a new survey has found.Meantime, a separate new survey shows theres a surplus of industrial space say

When Spokane architect Steve Piscitello embarked on his first design-build project last yeara $5.1 million student-housing building at North Idaho Collegehe was unsure how well it would work to have a contractor involved in the design his he it

Banner Corp., the Walla Walla, Wash.-based parent of Banner Bank, plans to open a commercial lending center here in January. Banner has leased about 3,500 square feet of office space for the new center on the second floor of the Riverpoint One

Merrill Gardens LLC, a Seattle-based retirement-center owner and operator, has agreed to buy the Academy Retirement Community here.The company is buying the 99-unit North Side retirement center from The Academy LP, a partnership headed up by is

Already among the fastest-growing companies in Washington state, the Spokane-based security company Argus Services Inc. is planning an aggressive expansion into the southwestern U.S. during the next year.Separately, Argus is negotiating to Jim

Last year, tax-law changes provided individual income-tax relief. This year, however, its all business.A federal economic-stimulus bill, called the Jobs Creation and Workers Assistance Act and signed into law last spring, provides a for a

Riverview Retirement Community, of Spokane, is studying whether to develop a large retirement complex in the Liberty Lake area.Riverview, which has operated a senior-living development in Spokane for 43 years, has hired Santa Monica, Services a

Income-tax relief passed in 2001 is beginning to bear fruit this year, and Spokane-area tax accountants say taxpayers still can take action to benefit from the measures now and in the future.The Economic Growth & Tax Relief Reconciliation Act a

A large retail, office, and apartment development called Pine Water Plaza is being proposed on a 40-acre site along U.S. 2 just north of Spokane.The Spokane office of CLC Associates Inc. has requested from Spokane County a zone reclassification

With its four-year timetable, the much-anticipated Spokane Convention Center expansion and remodel project is more like a marathon than a 100-yard dash.Still, the Spokane Regional Public Facilities District will be sprinting during the next to