The Shore Acres Resort, located on Loon Lake, has changed hands. Katy and Jim Byrnes, of Spokane, completed their purchase of the 3-acre property for $920,000 last month. Katy Byrnes says her grandparents honeymooned at Shore Acres more than 50 years ago

A year in the making, site work on the $2 million Blockhouse|Life 'smart” housing development in the South Perry District is underway, with construction on the buildings expected to begin by July.

The Spokane Transit Authority plans to construct a new 100-stall park-and-ride facility to offer extended services to riders on Spokane's South Hill.

The 65-year-old Lakes Middle School, located at 930 N. 15th, in Coeur d'Alene, is undergoing a $4 million addition and renovation, and construction on a new $12 million elementary school is scheduled to start this summer.

Douglass Properties, the company owned by well-known Spokane real estate mogul Harlan Douglass, plans to construct a $6.2 million storage facility in west Spokane that will include an office building and 14 storage buildings.

Construction of two new schools – Creekside Elementary and Highland Middle School – has started in the Mead School District north of Spokane, says Ned Wendle, the district's director of facilities and planning.

Centennial Properties Inc. is starting work on the first of three planned, 60,000-square-foot manufacturing warehouses on 18 acres of undeveloped commercial land in Spokane Valley, says Doug Yost, director of real estate for Centennial.