Four fast-food and fast-casual restaurants around the Spokane area are being built, rebuilt, or are in the planning stages. According to documents filed with the city of Spokane, the Carl's Jr. restaurant at 707 W. Third will be demolished and fully

509 Design LLC plans to renovate the former Madison Elementary School, on Spokane's North Side, for a new showroom and design studio, founder and interior designer Wendy Nolan says. The new space is located at 320 W. Dalke, one block south of Francis

Roots Coffee Kitchen opened Sept. 1 in the former Logan Tavern space, at 1307 N. Hamilton. Owners Amanda Baxter and Nick Byrd say they've created a menu that's plant-based "from the roots up." The menu features a bevy of traditional coffee and

The new medical education building is taking shape at the southwest corner of Spokane Falls Boulevard and Hamilton Street. The University of Washington and Gonzaga University have agreed to a long-term lease of the four-story, 90,000-square-foot structure

Pacific Steel & Recycling has obtained building permits to construct two new industrial buildings valued at $8 million combined, at 2901 E. Trent, where the company plans to move its Spokane operations. City of Spokane permit records show Hansen-Rice

A relatively young design certification that aims to improve the effects of a commercial environment on a building's occupants is gaining traction in the Inland Northwest. The Well building standard was created in 2014 by Paul Scialla, developer and

Kim Zentz will transition from her leadership role as CEO of Urbanova to senior project manager in mid-November in a gradual transition toward retirement. Zentz grew up in Chattaroy and attended Riverside High School, where she was student body president

Prominent Spokane developer Lanzce Douglass has a large new apartment development valued at $45.2 million under construction in Coeur d'Alene. The development is the largest of several new multifamily projects in various stages of planning and

The Downtown Spokane Partnership and the Spokane City Council have agreed to a five-year contract extension for the DSP's management of the downtown Business Improvement District, says Roy Koegen, DSP chairman. Under the new contract, DSP will work

Prestress concrete manufacturer Knife River Corp. is building a new $40 million facility for its Spokane-area operations just west of the Washington-Idaho state border. Peter Gay, general manager of Knife River's Spokane-area operations, says the