Melissa Murphy started her career as a Realtor at the height of the residential real estate market in Spokane in the mid-2000s, then founded her own brokerage when that market troughed out about five years later. After five years in business, Prime Real

Commercial drone use is taking off, and soon more Spokane-area industries and businesses big and small are likely to see and hear what the buzz is about, some drone users here say. Robert Rees, owner of Rees Aerials LLC, of Spokane, has been flying drone

An affiliate of Spokane-based energy company Avista Corp. has entered the early land-use planning stage with the city of Spokane for the first phase of an ambitious development concept for the area near the south landing of the soon-to-be constructed Univ

Cascadia Development LLC, a rapidly growing Yakima-based developer and operator of senior residential facilities, plans to construct and operate a $9 million memory-care center on the South Hill, says Justin Younker, a founding principal with the company.

The Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority, an entity of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, is expanding its land holdings for potential future development near the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, bringing its total contiguous holdings there to

Building permit values last year for unincorporated Spokane County and the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley-at a total of $1.02 billion-were up 38 percent over the 2015 total and nearly reached the 2013 record of $1.03 billion. Six of the 10 larg

A Spokane architect is among local pioneers of an energy-saving design and construction standard known as passive house. Sam Rodell, a longtime architect, has been certified for three years as a passive-house consultant through Chicago-based Passive Hous