McDonald's Corp. is well under way on construction of a controversial new drive-thru-only restaurant on the southwest corner of Hamilton Street and Augusta Avenue, near Gonzaga University's campus, in Spokane. The restaurant is expected to open in

Green energy technology company FlyBack Energy Inc. has leased an 8,000-square-foot building formerly occupied by TRC Tire Sales LLC, at 102 S. Flora Road, in Spokane Valley, and has consolidated its operations there, says Paul Babcock, company president

The City of Coeur d'Alene has issued a building permit for a Jack in the Box restaurant to be built in the CrossRoads Coeur d'Alene retail center, which is anchored by a WinCo Foods grocery store, in northwest Coeur d'Alene. Feast Foods LLC, of M

Salt Lake City-based Western Region Nonprofit Housing Corp. has agreed to buy the nine-building Regal Arms Apartments complex on Spokane' s North Side and plans to start a $1.5 million renovation there later this month, says Ryan Hackett, development

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has begun construction of a $1.1 million, 15,000-square-foot commercial building in Liberty Lake that's slated to be the first structure in the planned McKinzie Business Park. Located at 2208 N. McKinzie

Spokane Public Radio, the nonprofit station that operates as KPBX-FM, plans in early May to start a $5 million renovation at the historic Spokane Fire Department Station No. 3, at 1229 N. Monroe, on Spokane's North Side. Walker Construction Inc., of

John Hansen and business partner Barbara Chisholm, co-owners of five car wash plazas in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, plan to open a sixth facility in June at the former Marie Callender's Restaurant site, in Spokane Valley. Vandervert Construction

Spokane Public Schools has accepted a $6.1 million bid from Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, to build a gymnasium at Salk Middle School, on Spokane's North Side, says Greg Brown, the district's director of capital projects. The total pro