Seven professionals from the real estate, education, and professional fields will be honored in the Journal's class of 2023 Icons. This year's Icons are: • Cher and Jim Desautel, founders of what's now the DH public relations firm.

Mark Bray, 61, retired from his chief financial officer role from Spokane Valley-based Lydig Construction Inc. on Dec. 31. Bray joined Lydig Construction in June of 1994 as the company's controller. In 1998, two years after the company's founder

The historic Peyton Building, located at 10 N. Post in downtown Spokane, has been purchased by a group of investors led by developer Jordan Tampien, who plan to convert the seven-story structure from office use to 96 residential units.

Spokane-based InterUrban Development LLC recently has submitted updated building permit applications for a three-building second phase of construction at the historic McKinley School site, in East Spokane. Construction hasn't started yet on the first

Years into its development, the Mirabeau Point area of Spokane Valley is now home to nearly $100 million in projects that are planned or underway. Development activity includes the addition of a lodging facility, an entertainment center, retailers

The Native Project, a Spokane-based social-service nonprofit, is proposing a new $8 million project for children and youth services at 1907 W. Maxwell, in Spokane's West Central neighborhood, according to preliminary planning documents on file with the

Lakeside Companies, a Spokane-based real estate investment company, has scuttled plans to develop a coworking complex at the former Triumph Composite Systems Inc. property, at 1514 S. Flint, in west Spokane, says Lakeside marketing director Maria Lusardi.

A former funeral home building on North Monroe Street could be remodeled into apartment units, according to plans filed with the city of Spokane. A change-of-use application calls for renovating the former Hazen & Jaeger Funeral home, at 1306 N. Monroe

The Spokane City Council has a matter of days to decide whether to adjust transportation impact fees before a moratorium on new construction in the Latah Valley area expires. The Council could raise the fee to 600% or more of the current level. It also

At the recently opened Affinity at Mirabeau retirement complex, residents take the lead in planning celebrations, holidays, happy hours, and other activities. 'It really is a community. It's people coming together as neighbors, and they become