The total value of Spokane-area building permits issued in 2009 fell sharply as a downturn in commercial construction followed the already slumping home-construction sector, industry observers say.Building permit values for last year in Spokane

Developers of the planned Best Western Peppertree Inn at the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Division Street say they haven't been able to obtain commercial loans to complete financing for the $9 million project and they are no longer that any

C Commence Inc., a Spokane tobacco-products retailer doing business as Discount Smoke, has leased 1,300 square feet of retail space at 7011 N. Division. Joe Ward and Raleigh Johnston, both of Pinnacle Realty Inc., handled the transaction. Discount

Spokane home builder Condron Construction Inc. says it's planning a 17-lot residential subdivision valued at more than $2.8 million in the Pasadena Park neighborhood north of the Spokane River near Spokane Valley.The development, to be called be

Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, has submitted an apparent low bid of $6.6 million for a project to replace roofs and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems at three Spokane Public Schools elementary schools.Greg Brown, the of

Providence VNA Home Health (PVNA), formerly known as the Spokane Visiting Nurses Association, has moved to the Iron Bridge office complex from east Spokane.PVNA is subleasing 8,200 square feet of floor space on the second floor of Building 2,

Coldwater Creek Inc. says it has obtained a building permit to restart construction on a mothballed $9 million office building project at its campus in northwest Coeur d'Alene.Bobbi Earle, investor relations specialist with the Sandpoint-based a

Owners of two professional practices plan to develop a $2.3 million office building near the intersection of Grand Boulevard and 37th Avenue on Spokane's South Hill, says one of the two, podiatrist Borys Markewych, of South Hill Foot & Ankle says a