Small towns that are within an hour's drive of Spokane are seeing an increase in new home starts as developers turn to them for buildable land as infill opportunities in the urban area become harder to find, industry and planning officials say.

Three industrial warehouse buildings will be under construction this summer at a new development called West Plains Logistics, at 9813 W. Hallett Road, in west Spokane.

Some lenders here say they're working around challenges to finance commercial construction developments and keep projects moving forward despite soaring prices of construction materials and rising labor costs, which have resulted in some project

Gantry Inc. has procured $4.8 million in permanent financing on behalf of Black Enterprises LP for the Marjorie Apartments, in downtown Spokane, says Demetri Koston, principal at the Spokane office of the San Francisco-based full-service mortgage

Kelly Right International Inc., a Spokane-based real estate company, has reported over $270 million in local residential sales volume two years after rebranding two of its divisions, Kelly Right Real Estate and Modus Mortgage, company representatives say.

The Museum of North Idaho expects to begin work soon on its new home at the historic J.C. White House. Britt Thurman, executive director of the Coeur d'Alene-based museum, says the house, was saved in 2019 from

The city of Spokane Valley has made strategic acquisitions of parkland in three targeted areas, says John Bottelli, director of Spokane Valley Parks, Recreation, and Facilities.