Planned giving is expected to increase in the coming years, and Spokane-area nonprofits are ramping up efforts to draw in long-term donors. The U.S. is barreling toward the largest wealth transfer in history, with baby boomers expected to transfer

The Mater Dei Ministry Institute at Gonzaga University has sold its seven-property residential portfolio and is reevaluating how the nonprofit will serve students moving forward, says program director Shonna Bartlett.

Fiber optics company Fatbeam LLC, of Coeur d'Alene, and its subsidiary, Ednetics Inc., have purchased a Twin Falls, Idaho-based tech company that serves education-based organizations and local and state governments.

Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to open a new restaurant in Spokane Valley and is well underway in remodeling an existing structure at 209 N. Sullivan Road that once served as the home of a Tesoro gas station.

Elaine Couture has been with Providence Health & Services for 34 years, but she's worked in health care for her entire career. Couture, now age 65, first joined Providence as director of the organization's TotalHealth program.

Amazon.com Inc. has pulled out of plans to develop a new North Side delivery station in the former Lowe's Home Improvement building along north Division Street.

A local screenwriter says he's pitching to his Spokane and Hollywood contacts the idea of building dedicated warehouse space here for movie and TV production to help clear a mounting backlog of entertainment projects in Southern California.

Phoenix-based Sagamore Spokane LLC is moving forward with plans to build a 298-unit apartment complex overlooking the Spokane River in Spokane's University District, according to a press release from the development company.

The Downtown Spokane Partnership and other supporters are revisiting plans for a new sports stadium just north of downtown Spokane.