Spokane Journal of Business

Special Report

Most near retirement have time for market return

You’ve worked diligently and saved and invested for retirement. You put in 40 to 60 hours per week for a whole lot of years. Now, at long last, you’ll get to kick back and do whatever pastimes you enjoy. ...

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Learning the publishing business in retirement

This year, Stephen Lalonde, a retired high school teacher, published his fifth book, “Anissi,” the final in a trilogy for which he says had a waiting list of people ready to purchase it. He is 72 years old. ...

Chronic optimism is rational opinion on stocks

As I write this, the U.S. stock market is off by the largest amount since the COVID bottom. The fear index watched by many on Wall Street is currently “extremely high.” And it just seems the market’s current momentum is down. I’ve been doing this ...

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In housing shortage, mobile home values soar

Manufactured homes historically haven’t been known for appreciating in value. That’s no longer the case, Spokane-area lot owners and real estate agents say....

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Spokane-area permit activity maintain brisk pace

Overall permit activity in the first half of the year has kept pace with the first six months of 2021. While residential permitting has slightly declined, commercial permit volumes have boosted the overall totals, according to officials with ...

288 residential units envisioned in Liberty Lake development

A mixed-used development, tentatively named Neighborly Ventures Apartments, is planned in the city of Liberty Lake, says Allyson Andrade, marketing communications coordinator for Whipple Consulting Engineers Inc., the project applicant. ...

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Seattle developer plans 160-unit apartment building at Iron Bridge

A four-story, 160-unit multifamily building is proposed on the Iron Bridge Office Campus on the east edge of Spokane’s University District, says Jake McKinstry, principal of Spectrum Development Solutions LLC, of Seattle. ...

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Old Masonic Temple to be remodeled into Bison Bar, events center

A 30,000-square-foot building in northeast Spokane’s Hillyard neighborhood formerly used as a Masonic Temple is undergoing a makeover to become a restaurant, bar, and events center....

Mixed-use project envisioned in Garland District

Two Spokane real estate companies, Millennium Northwest LLC and Greater Northwest Assets LLC, are planning a mixed-use development featuring 60 living units on five lots along Wall Street, between Garland and Walton avenues, in the Garland District, ...

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Second phase of work begins on City Line stops

Spokane Transit Authority has entered the second phase of construction on stops for its $92.2 million City Line rapid-transit bus line. Brandon Rapez-Betty, chief operations officer at STA, says installation of vertical elements at the 28 stops along ...

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