The Spokane-area hospitality market could take up to five years to absorb all of the new rooms that the new convention center hotel will add to it when the 715-room establishment opens downtown in the summer of 2015, lodging and tourism promoters says. I

A $26 million fly-in community at Sandpoint that the developer, SilverWing at Sandpoint LLC, characterized two years ago as ready for takeoff, hasn't lifted off the ground since then-and currently is sputtering in litigation. A lawsuit filed by Silv

Clarence 'Cip” Paulsen III, of Spokane, says he plans to convert the former Costco building at 800 E. Third, east of downtown Spokane, into a 131,500-square-foot marijuana growing and processing facility. Paulsen says he and business partner Brian Mu

Kootenai County is gaining momentum in most sectors of the construction industry. In 2013, construction volume in unincorporated Kootenai County and its three largest cities-Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and Hayden-totaled $337 million, an astounding

More than $140 million in new and continuing transportation-related construction projects are slated for 2014 across Spokane County, roughly on par with last year, including continuing work on the North Spokane Corridor, multiple bridge projects, and asso

The residential construction market here is continuing to strengthen, but some market observers expect the rate of improvement to soften a bit this year compared with the gains of the last two years. Regardless of the pace, it's clear that the trend sti

Capital projects in the education sector this year are robust in number and scope, with about $300 million in projects under way or expected to begin, including major construction jobs for Gonzaga University and Spokane Public Schools. The Spokane school