The walls are starting to rise at Amazon.com Inc.'s new $150.7 million, 1.6 million-square-foot distribution facility at 18007 E. Garland, in Spokane Valley.

The West Plains area is seeing an industrial warehouse boom, with more than 4.2 million square feet of warehouse space planned, and projects currently valued at about $33 million either planned or underway.

Meridian, Idaho-based Western States Equipment Co. is moving forward with its planned $30 million Caterpillar dealership in Liberty Lake. Western States is building a 117,300-square-foot Caterpillar dealership at 20150 E. Cataldo, where it will

The West Plains-Airport Area Public Development Authority district is a hub of new development, with a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility getting underway.

Ridgeline High School is in the final stages of construction and is on track to be completed by July, Central Valley School District administrators say. The $102 million school has been under construction at 20150 E. Country Vista Drive, on the west side

Gonzaga University is involved in two ongoing construction projects with a combined value approaching $110 million. The larger of the two projects is the $60 million medical and health education building, which is rising at 840 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.

A new health sciences building is rising at Whitworth University, and the $20 million project is on track to be completed early next year. Formally named the Dana and David Dornslife Health Sciences Building, the three-level, 40,000-square-foot

Work is progressing on a handful of middle school projects in Spokane, says Greg Forsyth, director of capital projects for Spokane Public Schools. In northeast Spokane, at 4106 N. Cook, the $46.2 million Shaw Middle School project is on track to be

Work on the Spokane Transit Authority's $92.2 million City Line rapid-transit bus line route is well underway, and the new-to-Spokane transit option is scheduled to be up and running by May 2022.