Soaring sales prices for homes here might be a welcome trend for some in the real estate market, but for first-time buyers and those with lower incomes, they mean dwindling housing options.Spokanes reputation as an affordable place to buy a a

Barrett NW LLC, of Spokane, is seeking final plat approval for a 30-lot, luxury housing development south of 57th Avenue along Hatch Road.The development, to be located between the Highland Park and Blackwood residential developments, will in a

When the Inland Northwest home market has been hot in the past, apartment-vacancy rates have risen as people who were renting flocked to buy homes of their own.Thats not the case this time around. Despite the current record-setting home-sales

Miller.WhiteRunkle, of Spokane, has won a contract with Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co., of Hood River, Ore., to be the lead advertising agency for that companys lines of premium beers.Through the agreement, Miller.WhiteRunkle, will be the agency

Fowler Property Acquisitions LLC, the Sacramento-based company that recently bought the Crescent and Paterson buildings in downtown Spokane, has begun remodeling the historic structures.Located at the southeast corner of Main Avenue and Post a

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has submitted an apparent low bid of $34.1 million to build and install two new digesters at the city of Spokanes Riverside State Park sewage-treatment plant.The 130-foot-high digesters, which process the

If the last piece of state funding falls into place as planned, the Spokane unit of the Salvation Army plans to launch in July a major remodeling of the two-story Sturm Building it owns on its campus near Ruby Street and Indiana Avenue.Maj. Ben

Just when coffee lovers have become comfortable tossing around terms like double-shot and tall-and-skinny with extra foam, a little shop in downtown Spokane has put a modern twist on another ancient caffeinated beveragetea.In addition

McVay Brothers Inc., a longtime Spokane Valley-based supplier and installer of siding and windows, says its building a larger complex there to accommodate its growth and plans to move into that facility this spring.The project includes the of

Part of a downtown Spokane building that once housed elegant home furnishings soon will become a destination for lovers of fine steaks.Former Ridpath Hotel General Manager Bill Alles is planning an upscale steakhouse, to be called Churchills,