A scarcity of child care options that worsened in 2020 has led to legislation that ultimately could increase the number of working women, child care providers here and industry organizations say.

While proponents of a new sports stadium near the city's core had reason to celebrate recently, a number of steps still need to be taken-and are underway-before the project can come out of the ground.

Longtime developer John Stone and partners Nikole Cummings and Ryan Martin are taking their last bow in the development of the Riverstone District with plans to build one final mixed-used building in the Coeur d'Alene urban village.

The owner of the former Les Schwab Tire Center near downtown Spokane says he plans to convert the site into a modern retail center. Site plans on file with the city show the nearly 7,500-square-foot building at 101 W. Second will be renovated

Longtime Spokane-area commercial real estate broker Dan Cantu plans to build a new 40,000-square-foot airdome in the Hillyard neighborhood for sports teams to practice in during inclement weather.

Scott Fischer has spent nearly 40 years of his 45-year career working at Coeur d'Alene-based Architects West Inc. In that time, he's been involved with dozens of projects in North Idaho and Eastern Washington and rose to become president

Renovations in the Spokane area are in high demand as homeowners look to improve their living spaces during the pandemic, say area architects. Rex Anderson, principal of Spokane-based Fusion Architecture,

Landscape architects here say their work has shifted toward residential projects, where demand remains high. Dale Gephart, landscape architect with the Spokane office of Coeur d'Alene-based Architects West Inc., says the company has worked