Spokane developer Ron Wells says he has fresh financing and strong local and state support to convert the shuttered Ridpath Hotel into a downtown housing complex, but he's bracing for another two-year delay in getting the project started. 'We have a

A group led by Innovation Collective LLC owner Nick Smoot has bought the long-vacant Elks Building in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Smoot says the building will be home to Coeur d'Alene-based Innovation Collective activities, including teaching, mentoring,

A modest predevelopment application to open a bakery in the long-vacant Halliday Building, next to the shuttered Ridpath Hotel downtown, is just the first glimpse of plans to breathe new life into the block, says Spokane real estate investor and developer

Rathdrum Trading Post Hardware plans to move this summer-again. It will be the second move for the independent hardware store this year. The store's permanent location will be in a 12,000-square-foot structure under construction about a half-mile so

Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane has bought for $2 million the former Saint Mark Senior Living facility at 2410 N. Hogan, where it plans to move its women and children's crisis center from smaller quarters at the former Budget Saver motel, at

Swede's Fly Shop, a full-service fly fishing store, has leased 1,400 square feet of space at 825 W. Garland and plans to move to there in June, says shop owner Allen 'Swede” Peterson. Peterson says he's looking forward to moving into the heart of