MassMutual Northwest has leased 3,350 square feet of space in the Hutton Building, at 9 S. Washington, where the company moved from larger quarters at 501 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Justin Folkins, of RenCorp Realty LLC, and Cody George, of Kiemle Hagood, handle

Predevelopment plans on file with the city of Spokane show a new $900,000 early childhood education facility is planned just south of Interstate 90, near Liberty Park.

Spokane Valley-based property management company and real estate brokerage JMA Commercial Real Estate has merged into Seattle-based Leavitt Capital Cos., says Jamie Traeger, owner of JMA and now senior vice president of Leavitt Capital.

A new medical building with an attached coffee shop is planned for a 1.24-acre site at 22011 E. Country Vista Drive in Liberty Lake, city of Liberty Lake building records show.

The Spokane City Council has approved three requests for land-use designation changes and postponed a fourth request, while a fifth request was withdrawn, says Dwight Hume, of Land Use Solutions & Entitlement LLC,

Construction valued at $3.1 million has started on 11 of 22 planned single-family homes in Greenacres, says Jayson Hunnel, vice president of planning for Lexington Homes-DHR LLC, the Spokane Valley affiliate of Arlington, Texas-based homebuilder

The Friends of the Black Lens is in the early stages of planning to remodel a building the nonprofit owns in the East Central neighborhood, says Sandy Williams, editor and publisher of Spokane-based independent news publication The Black Lens.

Brian Bean, owner of Scout Real Estate Group LLC, of Spokane, has closed the company's office at 429 W. First and joined Spokane-based commercial real estate brokerage Kiemle Hagood.

Construction is under way on a $15 million renovation project at the Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel, in Worley, Idaho, says Laura Stensgar, spokeswoman for the casino.

Representatives of Spokane Urology PS medical practice say the group plans to move both of its Spokane offices in January to newly remodeled space in the Iron Bridge Office Campus.