Spokane County's housing crisis is now at a tipping point that demands bold thinking.

Groundworks LLC, a national foundation repair company, is expanding to Liberty Lake in October, where the company will increase its coverage area to service roughly 360,000 single-family homes across Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Encompass Health Corp., a Birmingham, Alabama-based healthcare provider, is planning to build a new 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls.

The city of Medical Lake is planning to expand recreation, tourism, and economic development opportunities after assuming ownership of 60 acres of land, including Waterfront Park and portions of the Medical Lake trail system.

Spokane Valley-based general contractor Hug Services Inc., which does business as Hug Construction, has acquired Construction Associates of Spokane Inc., a Spokane-based commercial general contracting company.

Construction is underway on new synthetic turf athletic fields at a pair of Spokane high schools, part of the Together Spokane initiative that is expected to bring stability for architects, engineers, and contractors in the region.

As the books closed on the second quarter of 2026, Spokane's commercial real estate market wasn't booming, and it wasn't breaking. It was holding. 

OneAEC, a Spokane-based nonprofit serving architecture, engineering, and construction professionals, is preparing to transition into a new regional chapter of Alexandria, Virginia-based Society for Marketing Professional Services in 2027.

In the residential real estate sector, crossing the million-dollar purchase threshold in the Northwest varies widely across different markets.