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Special Report - Special Report - December 20, 2012
Contractors said mostly optimistic about rebound


Spokane Public Schools plans to select a contractor and begin work next year on an estimated $26.9 million restoration and modernization at Finch Elementary School.
Spokane Public Schools plans to select a contractor and begin work next year on an estimated $26.9 million restoration and modernization at Finch Elementary School.
—Rendering courtesy of Madsen Mitchell Evenson & Conrad PLLC
Many residential and commercial builders here are looking to the new year with greater optimism than they have in years, some industry observers say.

Corey Condron, owner of Condron Homes LLC, a longtime Spokane homebuilder, says the company has landed a half-dozen contracts in the last few months to build homes in the coming year, and is working with another dozen potential clients.

"I'm genuinely excited about 2013," Condron says.

Late last year, Condr...


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