Two storage facilities, Abraham Self-Storage and Affordable Self-Storage, are being constructed or expanded just a few miles apart in Spokane Valley.

Roughly $44 million in new, recently permitted apartment developments are underway in Spokane and Kootenai counties. In Post Falls, Hayden-based Whitewater Creek Inc. is building a 66-unit senior living apartment community

After more than a decade of owning real estate agency EvoReal, Matt and Jessica Side have started a franchise of Irvine, California-based Realty One Group.

Pacific Northwest Tattoo Co., a new tattoo parlor, has opened shop at 1002 W. Garland, in Spokane's Garland District. Owner Joe Ryd, 43, says he's lived in Spokane for most of his life, but he's relatively new to the art of tattooing.

The O'Malley Apartments, a senior low-income apartment complex at 707 E. Mission, is in the midst of a $3.9 million renovation, which is expected to be completed in the fall. ,

Seattle-based Leavitt Capital Cos., in partnership with Scottsdale, Arizona-based The Wolff Co. LLC, is constructing three warehouses totaling 139,600 square feet of space at 11002 E. Montgomery Drive, near the Central Business Park, in Spokane Valley.