Wide open spaces, scenic views, and large houses surrounded by farmland have made an ideal neighborhood for about 1,600 households in the Glenrose area just east of Spokane, and residents have been active in an effort to protect the countryside

Kohan Retail Investment Group, a Great Neck, New York-based company, has purchased NorthTown Mall, on Spokane's North Side, says the company CEO Mike Kohan.

Holman Gardens Retirement Community has endured recent hard times through creativity and flexibility, administrator Linda Hubble says. Most recently, employees at the 96-unit facility have been cross-trained in culinary duties in order to cover staffing

Cedar Storage LLC, a subsidiary of Spokane-based construction and property management company Cedar Builders Inc., is developing a 45,000-square-foot storage and warehouse complex on vacant land at 3830 E. Olympic, in Spokane's Hillyard neighborhood.

Real estate and property management company East Magnesium Properties LLC plans to develop a 504-unit apartment complex, named Magnesium Village, in the Nevada-Lidgerwood neighborhood of north Spokane, preliminary planning documents on file with the city

It's been well over four years since the Journal broke the story about The Falls, a high-rise development planned at the former YWCA site near the Spokane River, and recent activity logged in planning documents indicates the project remains active and

Auctionable, a new real estate tech company based in Liberty Lake, plans to launch this spring in the Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Boise markets, says Todd Sullivan, an Inland Northwest homebuilder and cofounder of the startup. Sullivan says the

YMCA of the Inland Northwest has purchased 15 acres of vacant land for $3.4 million in the Moran Prairie neighborhood on Spokane's South Hill, where the nonprofit plans to build a new fitness facility.

Some real estate professionals here say anticipated increases in mortgage interest rates this year could price median-income homebuyers out of the market, while others say they don't anticipate immediate widespread disruption in the current market.