Real estate transactions and other business moves in the Inland Northwest

Fortune Design & Development LLC is seeking environmental approval for a proposed five-story, 259-unit apartment project at a vacant 5.5-acre site in Spokane Valley.

Site work has begun on a 107-unit multifamily complex at 6020 E. Fourth, in Spokane Valley, says Spokane developer Jordan Tampien.

Permit activity is trending upward this year in Hayden, a building trends report with data through September shows.

Three Spokane hotels—the Madison Inn, the Courtyard by Marriott, and the Wingate by Wyndham—have changed hands in the past few months.

Over $1 billion worth of residential and commercial developments are planned in the Mead area, in north Spokane County, as developers expand their focus from residential subdivision projects to a mix of both residential and commercial development.

Richland, Washington-based Gesa Credit Union has bought a former Applebee’s restaurant building on Spokane’s South Hill and plans to open a full-service retail branch there, after an envisioned, extensive remodel.  

A 24-unit mixed-use building under construction at 295 E. Appleway, in Coeur d’Alene, will be the final project to round out the Appleway Quarter development.

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Historic building owners may find there are additional challenges to meet Washington state’s upcoming energy-performance standards that nonhistorical building owners won’t have to contend with.