Counter to national trends, nonresidential new construction in Spokane has remained strong through the pandemic, say local industry observers. Permit data provided by Spokane County, the city of Spokane, and the city of Spokane Valley show...
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The five highest-value projects currently under construction in the Spokane area are all on track for their projected completion dates. Valued at a total of nearly $150 million, the top five projects include Shaw Middle School...
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A new $8 million development at the southwest corner of Country Vista Drive and Whitman Lane is expected to bring a pediatric dental office, a Mexican cuisine restaurant, and retail space to Liberty Lake....
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It wasn’t what was in Airway Heights that drew Spokane-area investor Dick Edwards to buy large chunks of land on the West Plains through the years. It’s what surrounded the area that caught his eye. “It was the interstate, a pair of interchanges...
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If the welding industry ever fielded an all-star team, Lonnie Benn, co-owner of Anvil Welding Instruction, of Spokane, might earn a roster spot as an accomplished utility player. Benn, a draftee during the Vietnam War, spent time in Thailand as a welder ...
Full StorySalt Lake City-based convenience store and gas station chain Maverik Inc. is among three companies planning new convenience store-fueling station outlets in the Spokane area....
Full StoryFour new apartment projects valued at more than $21 million with a total of 212 living units are planned or underway in the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene area....
Full StoryThe Spokane Association of Realtors this month released two statistics that both excite me and concern me. Spokane County’s median closing price in October this year was $320,000. In October last year, that number was $265,000. This is a 20.8% increase...
Full StoryThe popularity of payday lending in Washington state has been decreasing steadily, according to data released in August from the Washington state Department of Financial Institutions’ 2019 Payday Lending Report....
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Nearly seven years ago, Sean Ruggiero, a Coeur d’Alene-based financial investment adviser, started an annuity and retirement company in large part because of the financial uncertainties he experienced in his childhood....
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