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Coeur d’Alene dealership erecting $450,000 building

Sun., July 8, 2018

Dave Smith Motors in Coeur d’Alene is building a $450,000 structure at its dealership just off Interstate 90, according to permits issued by the city.

News >  Business

Large storage development planned near Spokane airport

Sun., July 8, 2018

A $5.5 million storage unit development is being built on Geiger Boulevard, according to permits filed with the county, just northwest of a 2.5-million-square-foot building that is believed will be an Amazon fulfillment center.

News >  Business

Office building revamp to benefit Passages Family Support addiction-recovery organization

Sun., July 8, 2018

A $700,000 renovation of a building just off Sunset Boulevard in west Spokane will remake nearly 34,000 square feet of office space, according to permits filed with the city.

News >  Spokane

Greenstone Homes: No arterial in proposed 25-acre South Hill development

Sat., July 7, 2018

A proposal to develop 25 acres of vacant land on Spokane’s South Hill – land that neighbors used as a defacto park for decades – is moving forward, and officials at Spokane City Hall said they are helping clear the way for the development of 230 new residential units and 70,000 square feet of commercial space.

News >  Spokane

Hamilton’s westbound Interstate 90 on-ramp to close for repairs

UPDATED: Fri., July 6, 2018

For motorists who use Hamilton Street’s westbound on-ramp to I-90, mark your calendars for Halloween. Because that’s the next time you’ll get to use the road.

News >  Spokane

Carl Maxey Center, a hub for local African-American community, proposed for East Central

UPDATED: Wed., July 4, 2018

A community center devoted to Spokane’s African-American population, and named after Carl Maxey, an icon of the local civil rights movement, has been proposed for the East Central neighborhood.

News >  Spokane

Additional security checkpoint lane at Spokane airport designed to accommodate increase in travelers

UPDATED: Wed., July 4, 2018

At ease, summer flyers. There’s a brand new fifth lane for security at the Spokane International Airport.

News >  Spokane

PIRG calls North Spokane Corridor a ‘boondoggle’

UPDATED: Tue., July 3, 2018

Spokane’s north-south freeway is one of nine highway projects featured in “Highway Boondoggles 4,” a report by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the Frontier Group issued in June.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Time to reconsider our approach to uncontrolled intersections

Mon., July 2, 2018

It’s time to expand the idea of common space to something that’s very common in the United States, even in Spokane: The uncontrolled intersection.

News >  Business

Perry District apartment boom continues

Sun., July 1, 2018

Another apartment building is coming to Spokane’s South Perry District, and it will share a lot with an existing house.

News >  Business

Southeast Boulevard office building purchased; tenants sought

Sat., June 30, 2018

The Boulevard Park Office Center has sold for $1.05 million to a family that owns a number of local convenience stores and hotel-motels.

News >  Business

Perry District apartment boom continues

Sat., June 30, 2018

Another apartment building is coming to Spokane’s South Perry District, and it will share a lot with an existing house.

News >  Spokane

North Spokane Corridor a harsh reality for homeowners, businesses still in its path

Fri., June 29, 2018

Since construction began in 2001, 606 pieces of property have been purchased by the Washington State Department of Transportation, and 533 buildings demolished. Much of that destruction has been in Jim Ringo and Patricia LaVoie’s neighborhood, even if the highway is still miles and years away from coming to this part of East Central.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: City eyes ordinance to strip parking requirements in some parts of town

Mon., June 25, 2018

The City Council is considering an ordinance that would do away with parking requirements for developers of apartment buildings and condos in certain parts of town.

News >  Business

Hearthstone Homes plans rental homes in west Spokane neighborhood

Sun., June 24, 2018

The first four houses of a planned 16-rental-home development are under construction in a neighborhood just off the Fish Lake Trail in west Spokane, where the Grandview-Thorpe and Latah-Hangman neighborhoods meet.

News >  Spokane

Demise of Spokane’s Manito zoo marked by shots of a .30-30 rifle

Sun., June 24, 2018

Charles Balzer probably didn’t think much of it when he fenced off one of the many spring-fed ponds scattered around Spokane’s newest park.

News >  Spokane

Goodbye Linnie’s Thai: Storied corner to be site of new women’s shelter

Sun., June 24, 2018

As West Coast cities grapple with rising homelessness, the storied southwest corner of Third Avenue and Adams Street is about to change once again, this time into a four-story building that will act as a beacon of hope for homeless women.

News >  Business

Hearthstone Homes plans six houses in west Spokane neighborhood

Sat., June 23, 2018

Hearthstone Homes is adding to a neighborhood just off the Fish Lake Trail in west Spokane, where the Grandview-Thorpe and Latah-Hangman neighborhoods meet.

News >  Business

$2.5 million warehouse, office building to bolster Playfair Commerce growth

Sat., June 23, 2018

A new 60,000-square-foot industrial building is coming to east Spokane, as the Playfair Commerce Park continues its unabated development.

News >  Spokane

New development – and more traffic – coming to Indian Trail neighborhood

UPDATED: Sat., June 23, 2018

A development in the Indian Trail neighborhood that caused heartburn among elected officials and neighbors more than two years ago was issued building permits last week.

News >  Spokane

Restoration of historic Otis Hotel underway again after delay

Fri., June 22, 2018

Restoration work on the Otis Hotel has started again, following a three-month construction delay while state inspectors investigated complaints that cancer-causing asbestos had not been appropriately handled and removed from the building.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Ditch the car and meet your neighbors – Summer Parkways is Thursday

Mon., June 18, 2018

Every Sunday and every holiday since 1974, Bogotá, Colombia, closes 76 miles of streets. No cars go on these Andean roads these days, but every other type of “human-powered transportation” is allowed on the suddenly safe roadways. Bicycles, scooters, skateboards – even feet.

News >  Business

Office, residential building planned for former Beau K Florist site

Sat., June 16, 2018

A two-story office and residential building will be built on the site of the demolished Beau K Florist building on the South Hill.

News >  Military

New leader assumes command of Fairchild Air Force Base

UPDATED: Fri., June 15, 2018

Flanked by sentinel stratotankers and facing 250 airmen in formation and short-sleeve blues, Col. Derek Salmi assumed command of Fairchild Air Force Base and the 92nd Air Refueling Wing on Friday morning.

News >  Spokane

Spokane has potholes. Domino’s Pizza has a grant to fill them.

UPDATED: Wed., June 13, 2018

Domino’s Pizza canceled its “30 minutes or less” guarantee five years ago. Was the move prompted by the potholes along our nation’s obstacle course-like roadways?