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McKinstry nears completion of Airway Heights plant

Manufacturing facility to house two enterprises

November 22, 2023

Construction of a 68,000-square-foot manufacturing building in Airway Heights for energy efficiency system designer and contractor McKinstry Co. is nearly complete.

Apartment complex planned near Corbin Park on North Side

Five-building multifamily project valued at $13.8M

November 22, 2023

Dylan Harris

A five-building, 88-unit apartment complex valued at $13.8 million has been proposed at 516 W. Cora, in North Spokane.

Around Town

November 22, 2023

Erica Bullock

Real estate transactions and other business moves in the Inland Northwest

Embracing AI needed to shape future workforce

Emerging tech will bring revolution in basic skills

November 22, 2023

Joey Gunning

“We are on the cusp of unprecedented change.”

Inland Empire Paper recycles Sonderen Packaging waste

Effort helps support sustainability targets

November 22, 2023

Karina Elias

Spokane-based companies Sonderen Packaging Inc. and Inland Empire Paper Co. have begun a recycling partnership in which the paper maker is buying the packaging company’s manufacturing waste.

Goodwill closes its Cd’A outlet for remodel

Store employees to be shuttled to Post Falls outlet during project

November 22, 2023

Erica Bullock

Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest is remodeling its Coeur d’Alene store to improve energy efficiency, update delivery and drop off sites, and renovate office space for the nonprofit’s workforce services program.

Utah developer envisions rental complex in Spokane Valley

Centennial Lofts construction could begin next year

November 22, 2023

Erica Bullock

Fortune Design & Development LLC is seeking environmental approval for a proposed five-story, 259-unit apartment project at a vacant 5.5-acre site in Spokane Valley.

Apartments to rise near wellness center in Valley

$12.9 million Tampien project expected to be finished next fall

November 22, 2023

Karina Elias

Site work has begun on a 107-unit multifamily complex at 6020 E. Fourth, in Spokane Valley, says Spokane developer Jordan Tampien.

Permit activity increases in Hayden; industrial projects lead way

Residential construction outpaces nonresidential work by about $6 million

November 22, 2023

Dylan Harris

Permit activity is trending upward this year in Hayden, a building trends report with data through September shows.

Meet & Greet Kelli Miller, interim CEO at Frontier Behavioral Health

November 22, 2023

Karina Elias

The Journal recently sat down with Frontier Behavioral Health CEO Kellie Miller to discuss how she plans to lead the organization during this transition, what lessons she learned from late CEO Jeff Thomas that she hopes to continue, and how she came to work in health care administration.