Street view was just added to Google maps in Spokane.  Users can now "drive" around town and see the area all from their computer.  Try it out at www.maps.google.com

Another interesting view of Spokane, Post Falls & Coeur d’Alene is Microsoft’s "Bird’s Eye View" found at www.maps.live.com


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A new 75 unit apartment complex is well under in Liberty Lake.  The project sits close to the Idaho border, quite a ways west on Appleway from the center of Liberty Lake.  Whitewater Creek Inc. out of Hayden is developing the project and is proposing a assisted living facility and 800 residences on the 100 acre site.

SR.com: Low-income housing project under way in Liberty Lake

33 local convenience stores have been purchased as a portfolio.  The sales price was not disclosed and may remain confidential as Idaho is a non-disclosure state.

SR.com: Local Zip Trips to become Cenex stores

The following are several articles related to commercial real estate from the March 6th Spokane Journal of Business.

Golf-course community eyed in Idaho
EWU mulls new plan at Riverpoint
Banner Bank to expand its presence here
Whitworth University plans $11.6 million residence hall
Residential work to slow slightly in ’08