More than $500 million worth of multimillion-dollar construction projects are planned or underway this year in Spokane County. That doesn't include any of the projects to be built under the $429 million school-funding measures concurrently approved in

JB LLC, the Seattle-based development company recently selected by Washington State University to redevelop the historic Jensen-Byrd Building and adjacent properties, has begun to share its $45 million-plus vision for the site with city planners. A prede

Coeur d'Alene businessman Ron Ayers says the hotel he's planning would be the engine that drives an economic development campus, in addition to increasing lodging capacity near downtown Coeur d'Alene. Ayers proposes to develop a $10 million, 112-ro

Kent Hull, managing partner at Iron Bridge Office Campus, says his development companies are planning major projects in Spokane and Hayden that could total $70 million in construction value. The project closest on the horizon would be Iron Bridge IV, a 9

Jeff Gallagher, owner of Gallagher Construction Group Inc., and Cory Yost, owner of Yost, Mooney & Pugh Contractors Inc., say they're merging their commercial construction contracting companies to form Yost Gallagher LLC. The merged company initially w

Leaving a legacy to a charity can be a complex endeavor best accomplished through planned-giving strategies formed jointly by the donor, financial professionals, and fundraisers, says Kjirstin Graham, president of the Inland Northwest Planned Giving Counc

Catholic Charities of Spokane hopes to start construction this summer on another 51-unit residential building in the next phase of its Father Bach series of low-income apartments for the chronically homeless. John Fisher, housing development manager for

The overall property value for Spokane County reached a record level in 2015, finally breaching the earlier crest of 2009, says Byron Hodgson, the county's deputy assessor. Spokane County's total assessed value for 2015 was $40.2 billion, up from $38