Longtime Spokane restaurateur Cyrus Vaughn has developed a new Mexican restaurant concept called Jose Arribas and plans to open the first such eatery on Spokanes North Side. Vaughn says the restaurant company he formed to operate Jose Fresh

Food Services of America Inc., of Seattle, is undertaking an $8.8 million expansion and renovation at its big food-service distribution facility in northeast Spokane. Mike George, president of Food Services Spokane branch, says the company on

Three of Eastern Washingtons more prominent developersK. Duane Brelsford, of Pullman, and Dick Vandervert and Lowell McKee, of Spokaneplan to develop a $9 million, 14-screen movie-theater complex in the Wandermere shopping area north of three

Washington State University at Spokane plans this year to seek proposals from developers for renovation of the big, former Jensen-Byrd Co. warehouse building, on the south side of the Riverpoint Higher Education Park, says Brian Pitcher, chancellor

The master plan is finished, the sales pitch is polished, and the search is in full swing for private developers and public money to make the University District here a reality. Advocates of the U Districta mix of city of Spokane employees, U

Sacred Heart Medical Center, of Spokane, is in negotiations with Spokane Public Schools to buy the former Lewis & Clark High School play field two blocks north of the hospitals sprawling campus.Spokane Public Schools solicited offers to buy a

Wandermere Estates LLC, a development company led by Spokane builder Dick Vandervert, plans to push development in the Wandermere area farther north with an office park and a large apartment complex.The projects will cost about $10 million each

Roses & More Inc., of Spokane, is giving new meaning in the Inland Northwest to the phrase flower power. Already the regions largest floral wholesaler, the company has bought the operating assets of its largest competitor, Glacier Floral

The sparsely developed Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange west of Spokane is set to explode with construction activity later this year, with three projects that together are worth more than $22 million.Fairways Commercial Investments LLC, a

Safeway Inc. is well under way on a $2 million renovation at its supermarket on Spokanes South Hill, and the Pleasanton, Calif.-based chain plans to take on similar remodels at other stores here. Craig Johnson, the Spokane-based district for