The development arm of Athol, Idaho-based Merritt Bros. Lumber Co. plans to develop a sprawling, mixed-use urban village in Rathdrumwith up to 900 residential units as well as commercial and industrial properties and land for parks and 302 acres

When Tommy Servine recently mentioned to an acquaintance that he makes his living selling tires for mining equipment, the acquaintance replied in a sympathetic tone, Things will turn around for you.Servines answer to that is an emphatic,

The city of Spokane Valley has selected a Great Falls, Mont., contractor to build a new $11.3 million bridge to carry Barker Road over the Spokane River.The contractor, Morgen & Oswood Construction Co., is expected to begin work on the project

Employers who enable workers to have some say in shaping their work schedules are more likely to retain them, Spokane-area advocates of the flexible workplace concept say.Flexible work schedules enable employees to maintain a healthy their

Three longtime Inland Northwest waterfront real estate specialists have jumped ship and are now operating under a newly formed company called Century 21-Beutler Waterfront, says Bill Fanning, the broker at the new company and one of the agents who

In the half-century that Spokane specialty contractor Dix Corp. has been taking on unusual and risky construction projects, the only thing thats become routine at the company is family involvement.Founded here 60 years ago by Peter Dix as a a

A 164-acre parcel of former agricultural land in Hayden, Idaho, is on the market for $30 million, a price the Kootenai County Assessors Office says could be a record for a real estate deal in the county in terms of dollar value. The parcel, a

Big commercial projects have propped up construction-sector volume here during the first four months of this year, despite a drop in building permits for new homes to a level not seen since 2001.Total permit valuations, including those for both

Coldwater Creek Inc. says it has put on hold completion of a planned $9 million office structure it began building in Coeur dAlene early this year and also has scaled back its retail-store expansion plans amid a continuing softness in the apparel

Sullivan Homes Inc., of Spokane Valley, one of the top builders of single-family homes here in recent years, plans to stop taking on new projects so its owner can retire from the company.Meanwhile, three managers at the company have formed a a