Barry Baker, longtime head of prominent Spokane-based general contracting company Baker Construction & Development Inc., says he doesn’t need to go into the office every day, but now he’s having too much fun there to stay away for long.

Barry Baker, longtime head of prominent Spokane-based general contracting company Baker Construction & Development Inc., says he doesn’t need to go into the office every day, but now he’s having too much fun there to stay away for long.

Two highly visible residential construction projects near Spokane’s downtown core — Spokane Falls Tower and Koz on West 4th Ave. — are expected to be completed this year.

A $200 million Interstate 90 widening project is now underway in Kootenai County just as two other multiyear freeway improvement projects with a total construction value of $108 million are nearing completion.

Work is continuing on the Millworx urban center in Post Falls, where Spokane-based developer A&A Construction & Development Inc. is breaking ground on a new mixed-use building dubbed Silo Block North.

Two mixed-use developments planned to include a total of over 2,000 residential units in Mead and Colbert, north of Spokane, are underway.

The first projects to be funded through the $440 million Together Spokane joint effort between Spokane Public Schools and city of Spokane Parks and Recreation are expected to be under construction this year, according to spokespeople for the two entities. Planning for several others also will be well underway before year-end.

City of Spokane building permit numbers are down significantly in many categories, according to the latest monthly report compiled by the city’s development services center.

Dallas Lightner and Ryan Towner, co-owners of LT Real Estate LLC and LT Property Management LLC, say, despite a challenging year overall for the multifamily real estate market in 2025, they’ve managed to maintain steady growth by pairing real estate and property management services.