After a pause during the pandemic, Kaiser Aluminum Corp. is rolling forward again, finishing a $25 million expansion to its Trentwood rolling mill, the latest phase in the company’s long-term investments that have infused $415 million into the Spokane Valley plant over the past two decades.

New owners of the former Redemption Church building, at 212 S. Division, are proposing a conversion project that will revamp the church into office and retail space, according to a change of use permit application under review with the city of Spokane.  

Steady demand at Press Architecture LLC has prompted the Spokane-based architecture and planning company to relocate to a larger 1,100-square-foot office at 522 W. First, in downtown Spokane, to accommodate a growing staff.

When a building is torn down in Spokane County, permit fees collected from the demolition are redirected to a fund that helps preserve the facades of historic structures that still remain. 

After securing two dozen U.S. Department of Energy projects, Spokane-based Johnston Engineering PLLC is expanding its footprint by building a new 11,500-square-foot headquarters on the West Plains and preparing to increase its staff as clean-energy work accelerates.

Salvation Army Spokane is tentatively preparing to reopen its food pantry at the end of October after completing a renovation intended to more than double usable floor space and add a new waiting room.

Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank has begun a tenant improvement project that includes a new branch and an upgraded lobby at its Washington Trust Bank Tower East building, formerly the Wells Fargo Center, at 601 W. First in downtown Spokane.

In response to surging demand for recreational spaces in Eastern Washington, Innovia Foundation is helping to facilitate a donor-initiated proposal to build a 65,000-square-foot two-sheet ice facility near Spokane Valley Valley Mall.

A 10-pump gas station and convenience store has been proposed  at 2950 W. Sunset Blvd., on the northwest corner of Sunset Blvd. and Government Way.