Special Report

Recruiting tax expertise to help with health plans

Insurance agency hires tax professional to help with subsidies, rebates

January 31, 2019

Robert Welk, licensed insurance broker and owner of Mead-based Welk Security & Trust, says it's no longer enough for employers to choose health insurance plans perfunctorily.

Banking in a gig economy

Wells Fargo works to meet needs of those with nontraditional incomes

January 31, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

With technology enabling people to complete their work from just about anywhere, a growing number of workers are turning to 'gig work,â€ or income-earning activities outside of traditional long-term employment.

Rooted in Spokane area, Wheatland Bank expects to grow

Bank reported record net income last year

January 31, 2019

Alla Drokina

With several Inland Northwest banks in the area becoming acquisition targets in recent years, Spokane-based Wheatland Bank is steadfast to remain independent, asserts Susan Horton, CEO and president of the bank.

Two new ministorage facilities go up in Spokane Valley

Projects will have up to 325 units ready in May

January 17, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Post Falls-based Steel Structures America Inc. has obtained permits to build two separate storage facilities in Spokane Valley with construction values totaling about $3.8 million. The $1.3 million, initial phase of the Railway Storage project

$9.5 million mixed-use center planned on West Plains

Car wash eyed to anchor five-building development

January 17, 2019

Alla Drokina

A $9.5 million commercial center to be anchored by a Bush Car Wash is being planned near the Pacific Northwest Technology Park, on the West Plains, according to a predevelopment application submitted to the city of Spokane.

Work underway on two La Quinta hotel projects

Properties will be updated to meet industry standards

January 17, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Work started this month on a $5 million project that will expand and rebrand the former Fairbridge Inn Express at 211 S. Division into a new La Quinta hotel franchise. The four-story, 36,000-square-foot hotel is owned by Kennewick

Three-building complex planned on North Side

$6M project would have office-warehouse space

January 17, 2019

Samantha Peone

Prominent Spokane real estate developer Harlan Douglass plans to develop a $6 million, three-building office-warehouse complex in north Spokane's Nevada Lidgerwood neighborhood, according to preliminary documents submitted to the city.

New phase planned at Blue Heron

$13.5M development includes18 home lots

January 17, 2019

Alla Drokina

Blue Heron, a residential subdivision off Indian Trail Road north of the Spokane city limits, is launching its next phase of development with 18 new lots. The lots range in price from $140,000 to $200,000, and Blue Heron developer Pete Rayner

STCU to replace branch in North Idaho

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January 17, 2019

Staff Report

Spokane Teachers Credit Union, of Liberty Lake, plans to build a new branch building in Ponderay, Idaho, and move operations from an existing branch there. The new, 4,100-square-foot building will be located at 477123 U.S. Highway 95

New industrial park planned in Hillyard area

L.B. Stone Properties envisions complex with half million square feet

January 17, 2019

Samantha Peone

Spokane real estate development company L.B. Stone Properties LLC plans to construct a new industrial park on 22 acres just west of the Esmeralda Golf Course, in the Hillyard neighborhood