Real Estate & Construction

High end, high demand in Spokane's housing market

Variety of factors drive luxury-home market surge in the INW

January 14, 2021

The luxury-home market is especially hot in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market due to what some agents say is a convergence of factors.

Fair Play: $10 million expansion envisioned at Fair & Expo Center

Proponents hope project would boost tourism, retail spending

January 14, 2021

Natasha Nellis

The city of Spokane Valley is planning a two-story, $10 million addition to the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, with the goal of boosting tourism and retail spending.

Tech industry jumps ahead a decade, observers say

Cybersecurity, access to be focus in 2021

December 17, 2020

Natasha Nellis

2020 marked a rapid acceleration in the technology industry, in some cases truncating what would have been a decade of adaptation into a year, and cybersecurity is one of the sectors of the industry most poised for growth in 2021, some tech industry

232-unit West Plains apartment complex sells for $33.5 million

Northern Heights units were developed in 2018

December 17, 2020

Kevin Blocker

A Spokane-based investor group doing business as Northern Heights II LLC and a handful of minor investors have purchased a 232-unit Airway Heights apartment complex for $33.5 million, according to Spokane County Assessor's Office records.

Big RV park planned near Stateline

Project could supplant resort complex that was approved a decade ago

December 17, 2020

Natasha Nellis

A resort development proposed more than a decade ago on the Washington-Idaho border could get a reboot as a 130-space RV park, according to documents on file with Spokane County. The Spokane County Hearing Examiner held a virtual hearing for the proposed

270-lot project planned in Liberty Lake

Mixed residential site plans call for 350 units

December 17, 2020

Virginia Thomas

A 60-acre site just north of Mission Avenue in Liberty Lake is envisioned as the future home of a new mixed residential development, according to documents filed with the city's planning and building services division. A notice of application shows the

Gains expected in much of Inland Northwest

Industrial development, single-family home sales are top performers in '20

December 17, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Real estate in Spokane stayed surprisingly strong in most sectors through the pandemic, say industry observers here, with home sales and commercial real estate investment, particularly in industrial space, seeing strong growth. Rob Higgins, executive

Construction activity likely to be strong in 2021

Labor, supply shortages kneecap builders' efforts to meet high demand

December 17, 2020

Natasha Nellis

The 2020 construction season got off to a slow start because of pandemic-induced restrictions. Overall, though, industry observers here say the season finished better than expected, and 2021 is expected to even better. About $30 million in public work

Bellingham investor acquires portion of Village at Riverstone

Purchase includes 93K square feet in three buildings

December 10, 2020

Natasha Nellis

A Bellingham, Washington-based real estate investment company has bought the 93,000-square-foot commercial portion of the mixed-use Village at Riverstone, in Coeur d'Alene. The company, All Terr LLC, purchased the property from Coeur d'Alene-based Id