Using a Roth individual retirement account to invest in real estate is a little-known strategy that can provide interesting diversification and attractive benefits for certain investors looking to try something different, says David L. Baker, a longtime f

Inland Northwest Community Foundation, the Spokane-based nonprofit that manages assets for charitable organizations and donors, has seen extraordinary growth during the past few years, says Mark Hurtubise, the organization's president and CEO. He attrib

Rivercrossing LLC, an affiliate of Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp., is planning a subdivision in Liberty Lake's River District that would include about 500 residential units and future commercial development. The Tru

Prominent homebuilder and developer Copper Basin Construction Inc., of Hayden, has agreed to sell 1,200 residential lots in the Inland Northwest to Redmond, Ore.-based Hayden Homes LLC, the companies jointly announced last week. Hayden Homes will acquire

The University of Washington says it plans to move this spring, following a remodel project, into its newly leased downtown building, which is to be renamed the UW Spokane Center. The 2,250-square-foot building at 201 W. Main formerly was occupied by the

The total value of Spokane-area building permits fell sharply last year compared with a year earlier, but some sources monitoring the construction industry say that perhaps the bar was artificially high in 2013. Building permit values for last year in Sp

Two longtime Spokane businessmen, Ned Rumpeltes and Ray Lawton, are entering their fifth year as Rumpeltes & Lawton LLC, a business transition consulting firm. Lawton and Rumpeltes, who both have significant business backgrounds here with Spokane-based