-- The transformation of the Holley Mason building into a mixed-used facility

-- A planned $50 million, 19-story downtown high-rise

-- Expansion work planned or underway at each of the county's four hospitals, including additions at Sacred Heart Medical Center of $90 million, at Deaconess Medical Center of $18 million, at Valley Hospital and Medical Center of $20 million and at Holy Family Hospital of $20-$25 million

-- A large corporate park that offers warehouse and office space has opened along Interstate 90

-- In Liberty Lake, a suburb about 15 miles east of downtown, more than $45 million in commercial development is either planned or underway

-- Near the airport, work has begun on a $200 million commercial park designed as a 224-acre "cluster" for high-tech and biotech companies

-- A new Health Sciences Building on Washington State University's downtown Riverpoint campus opens in January, with 145,000 sf of laboratories, clinical space and classrooms

-- Interstate 90 was recently widened and ground has been broken on a North Spokane Corridor to cut commute times from the city's north side

-- Construction of a new concourse at the Spokane International Airport is complete and plans for further expansion have been announced