A type of design-build project delivery method known as progressive design-build is catching on in the state, and that approach already is being employed on a couple of Spokane-area projects, says veteran architect Rustin Hall.

Real estate investment company Wall Street LLC has bought the six-story Old City Hall building in downtown Spokane for $5.3 million, says one of the company's partners, Nicholas Knapton. Located on the southwest corner of Spokane Falls Boulevard and

Spokane real estate investment and development company Watts Project LLC has purchased two adjacent buildings on the 1300 block of west First Avenue downtown, where the company plans to transform the two existing single-story buildings into a combination

Amazon.com Inc. is on track to begin construction here as soon as early summer on a massive fulfillment center planned near Spokane International Airport, planning records indicate. Technical and environmental documents recently filed with Spokane County

During the past three years, Spokane Valley-based environmental services company Budinger & Associates Inc. has seen about a 25 percent increase in staff, which now consists of 46 mostly full-time employees, says John Finnegan, CEO, principal engineer, an

Whitworth Water District No. 2 plans to start construction next week of a new $4.3 million administration and operations facility, says Tim Murrell, general manager for the district. The facility will be located at 17401 N. Newport Highway, in the Mead

Eleven U.S. Census Bureau tracts in Spokane County have been selected as Opportunity Zones, in which investors can earn federal tax breaks and potentially bring further economic development to the region. The neighborhoods here are among 139 census tract

Road crews have closed Trent Avenue between Hamilton & Helena for the purpose of building a roundabout at Perry and Trent streets. The roundabout will assist in facilitating traffic flow from Martin Luther King Jr. Way to the University District.

Spokane County has issued building permits for what appears to be an $8.5 million new phase at Hilby Station, an apartment complex at 5317 S. Palouse Highway on Spokane's South Hill, records indicate. The apartment complex is owned by Hilby Station LLC