The city of Spokane Valley is taking some of the uncertainty out of development on an 840-acre northeast industrial area, near Barker Road and Trent Avenue. The goal is to save developers time and money by providing them with both a traffic analysis and

San Pedro, Calif.-Rich Development Enterprises LLC has filed an application to begin site work for the Texas Roadhouse restaurant to be built at the 15-acre site of the former Costco Wholesale Corp. building on Division Street.

Atlanta-based United Parcel Service and Warren, Mich.-based Crown Enterprises Inc. are planning to develop a distribution center and a truck terminal, respectively, at the southeast corner of Beck and Jacklin roads, in west Post Falls.

Work on the newest buildings in the fast-tracked Playfair Commerce Park is well underway. L.B. Stone Properties Group LLC is building three new warehouses at the 58-acre site in East Spokane, as well as a 100,000-square-foot facility

Spokane County has begun the permitting process for the planned $10 million renovation of a former carpet and wholesale flooring store at 102 S. Spokane, on the edge of the University District

Construction is under way on a new $12 million, 30,000-square-foot Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery facility at 2230 E. Sprague.

Cascadia Senior Living LLC's Fieldstone Memory Care assisted-living center is taking shape on Spokane's South Hill and is expected to open this fall.