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Avista plans to construct new building for its fleet

Work to start in July on structure on its campus
Avista Corp. soon will begin construction of a 30,000-square-foot building on the northernmost portion of its campus that will replace a 70-year-old, 12,000-square-foot maintenance facility located next to the company's headquarters. The new, two-story
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Riverview Retirement mulls memory-loss facility

Complex on Upriver would add 20 rooms for residents
Riverview Retirement Community, the Spokane-based nonprofit retirement complex operator, is looking to build a 20,000-square-foot facility dedicated exclusively to patients with memory care needs, according to a pre-development application filed with the
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Longtime produce seller to open store in Hillyard

Market to feature goods from Inland Northwest
Mike McLean
Jack and Mary Green, of Spokane, have bought a 3,500-square-foot, single-story retail building at 4915 N. Market, in the Hillyard community, where they plan to open Green's Fresh Market this month. The store initially will be a produce market, selling
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—Mike McLean

Appraiser shortage hits both private, public sectors

Profession has been losing workforce in recent years
Mike McLean
Filling a national shortage of real estate appraisers comes down to a matter of compensation catching up with demand, says Michael Robinson, owner of Hearthstone Appraisal PLLC, of Spokane. He adds, however, that some forces within the industry don't
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—LeAnn Bjerken

Deaconess seeks to soften labor, delivery experience

Nitrous oxide gas, 'gentle' C-section among options
LeAnn Bjerken
While managing the experience of labor and delivery can be a difficult task for any woman, Spokane obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Lori Smetana says hospitals here and across the nation are working to make things just a little bit easier. 'Women tod
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—Kevin Blocker

New breast cancer nonprofit emerges in Spokane

Advocates here opt to end affiliation as Susan G. Komen chapter
Deb Barnes, president and CEO of Every Woman Can, says the newly created nonprofit dedicated to breast cancer awareness soon will start seeking to move the topic of the disease more pointedly into the discussion of health care in general. The new nonpro
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—Kevin Blocker

Spokane Business & Industrial Park's occupancy peaks

Big complex shuns pot industry, benefits from space absorption elsewhere
Crown West Realty LLC executive Dean Stuart says the Spokane Business & Industrial Park's current 98 percent occupancy rate is the highest he's seen in his 17-year tenure with the company. SBIP, located at 3808 N. Sullivan, has a total of 5 million s
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