Spokane’s University District is where business and education grow together and the place to live, learn, work, and play in the Intermountain Northwest.  With five major universities, two medical school programs, top-notch community colleges, a nationally-recognized smart city testbed, and a burgeoning life sciences ecosystem, this is an idea-generating and innovation-focused community to its core.

Few can resist living mere footsteps from class or cubicle, the Spokane River and Centennial Trail, a new high-performance transit line, the iconic and award-winning Gateway Bridge, and the recently refurbished East Sprage and humming Main Avenue neighborhoods. Mixed-use, educational, and commercial sites pepper the District, and residential developments are capitalizing on the critical mass of students, healthcare workers, and young professionals.

Why not work where you play and play where you work?

In the University District, after-hours entertainment can include riverside outdoor dining, kicking back with friends over a perfectly pulled coffee or beer, exploring West Main’s eclectic shops, or attending a world-class concert, lecture, or Zags basketball game.

This is where a lunch break can mean fly fishing for native redband trout, renting a paddleboard, cycling for miles along the river on car-free blacktop, or walking a wooded trail to the secret rendezvous of herons.