At the end of June, the Spokane City Council voted to adopt some long-overdue code amendments easing restrictions on accessory dwelling units, short plats, and lot sizes. Those changes come at a time in which Spokane is facing a critical housing crisis

Progress Rail Services appears to have switched tracks regarding its plans to construct a rail manufacturing plant in Spokane Valley, although many other industrial projects in that area have been completed or are in construction or planning phases.

With an ever-increasing customer demand for electricity, Spokane-based Avista Corp. is updating and modernizing the electrical grid that powers the city, says Heather Rosentrater, of Avista. Rostentrater is senior vice president of energy delivery and

The Spokane Regional Plan Center has been providing access to commercial construction project documents to members for nearly 80 years, and the nonprofit membership organization's leaders say its services are in higher demand than ever.

The Journal of Business has selected its 2022 class of Rising Stars. They are: •Jessica Atkinson, CEO, Sweet Frostings. •Justin Botejue, physician relations liaison, Shriner's Children's Spokane.

Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho Inc. is preparing a 1.5-acre site to construct a $4 million, 21-unit condominium development in Coeur d'Alene. The site is located at 3246 N. Second, about a block south of the Costco Wholesale Corp. warehouse store

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

A new 193,000-square-foot facility is planned on 17710 E. Euclid Avenue, just north of the Union Pacific main line and roughly halfway between Flora and Barker roads.