Building-material prices that skyrocketed earlier this year mostly have remained at high levels, and in some cases have risen further, causing continued concern in the construction industry here. Contractors say some building plans are being to

Lanzce G. Douglass Inc., of Spokane, appears to be moving ahead with a $24 million, 328-unit apartment complex on Spokanes South Hill.Spokane County issued building permits late last month for the project, which was proposed for a site at S.

A real estate investment company has bought the former Pre-Vocational Training Center facility on the busy Division Street-Ruby couplet and plans to redevelop the site for retail uses.The company, Magnolia Enterprises LLC, bought the property a

Daybreak Youth Services, a Spokane-based nonprofit that provides drug- and alcohol-abuse counseling to teens, has bought about three acres of land in Vancouver, Wash., and envisions building a new, $10 million inpatient treatment center Smith, says

Dan Mathews remembers how things were when he worked at an advertising agency before he and partner Jeff Culver started the Focus Group Inc. in 1997.Mathews recalls that the agencys creative team would have its first meeting with a client, to

George Gee Automotive has begun site work for a new Hummer dealership facility and off-road test track just east of its main, multi-dealership building in Liberty Lake.The planned 5,700-square-foot building, which is expected to cost more than

Rockwood Clinic PS, in cooperation with Cancer Care Northwest PS, plans to open a cancer treatment center on the Deaconess Medical Center campus later this year.Rockwood, a major physicians group here, has leased 10,400 square feet of floor &

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has landed a $4.5 million contract to erect five buildings at a new gold mine in Alaska.The new mining operation, called the Pogo Mine, will located near Delta Junction, which is about 90 miles southeast of

A Seattle family trust has started work on a $1.5 million industrial building at the Chimney Rock Industrial Park, in East Spokane, and plans to break ground on a smaller, $500,000 structure there later this month.Those buildings, being by the

A fast-growing Chicago-area real estate investment trust has bought for $54.5 million the big Northpointe Plaza shopping center, on Spokanes far North Side.The company, Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust Inc., completed the transaction a