The need for rental self-storage facilities has surged here in recent years, some Inland Northwest industry veterans say, and the storage construction permit volume has surged past the pre-recession peak. 'In the past 2 1/2 or three years, growth has b

Community pharmacies located in rural areas across the state are less likely to contract with at least one Medicaid plan than pharmacies located in urban areas, preliminary results of research conducted through the Spokane-based Washington State Universit

Spokane-area homebuilders have been struggling to find enough land to meet the demand for single-family homes, some construction industry professionals say. The land need is constraining new home inventory, which in turn could be contributing to rising h

Ryan Kuster, parts and manufacturing department manager for Cheney-based Ag Enterprise Supply Inc., says he's noticed fewer companies offer custom fabrication these days. 'It does require more care, effort, and time,” says Kuster. In contrast, Ag

A type of design-build project delivery method known as progressive design-build is catching on in the state, and that approach already is being employed on a couple of Spokane-area projects, says veteran architect Rustin Hall.

Real estate investment company Wall Street LLC has bought the six-story Old City Hall building in downtown Spokane for $5.3 million, says one of the company's partners, Nicholas Knapton. Located on the southwest corner of Spokane Falls Boulevard and

Spokane real estate investment and development company Watts Project LLC has purchased two adjacent buildings on the 1300 block of west First Avenue downtown, where the company plans to transform the two existing single-story buildings into a combination

During the past three years, Spokane Valley-based environmental services company Budinger & Associates Inc. has seen about a 25 percent increase in staff, which now consists of 46 mostly full-time employees, says John Finnegan, CEO, principal engineer, an