Tractor Supply Co.’s regional expansion plans call for the construction of five new retail stores in Eastern Washington and North Idaho during the next two years.

The city of Deer Park will be the home of Tractor Supply Co.’s first location in Spokane County.

Tractor Supply, of Brentwood, Tennessee, is preparing for a grand opening after recently completing construction of a 21,100-square-foot retail store on 4.5 acres at 425 W. Crawford in Deer Park, says district manager Michael Hardesty.

The Deer Park Tractor Supply store is scheduled to open next month, Hardesty says. 

Reese Real Estate Development Partners, of Middletown, Ohio purchased the property last August for $763,000, according to Spokane County Assessor’s Office records. The company also is developing the property. W.R. Newman & Associates Inc., of Nashville, Tennessee, is the general contractor.

A new Tractor Supply store typically requires about 15,500 square feet of interior space, according to Tractor Supply’s website, but the Deer Park store will be larger to accommodate a garden center and a pet washing station.

Planning documents show the garden center at the Deer Park store will have an additional 20,000 square feet of outdoor space.

Hardesty says the Deer Park Tractor Supply store will have, “an improved layout and accessibility from a shopping standpoint.”

The layout will include a customer service hub, upgraded digital technology, an expanded assortment of power tools, hardware, pet food, and animal feed, he says.

A pet washing station will have elevated wash bays and grooming tables, he adds.

Tractor Supply will offer parking for 95 vehicles, plus three tractor-trailer parking stalls, planning documents show.

Hardesty says the Deer Park Tractor Supply store will have about 15 employees.

The Deer Park location is one of five new stores planned or underway in Washington and Idaho, he says.

Hardesty anticipates construction will begin in early January on a store in Spokane Valley, although he declines to disclose an address for the project. Hardesty also declines to disclose the construction values for the new stores.

Next year, Tractor Supply will be constructing or opening stores in 100 towns across the country, he says.

“When you look at what’s happening in the communities and the growth out there, I think it’s a good time to enter many locations,” he adds.

The presence of agricultural and rural communities along with regional population growth recently has prompted the company’s interest in the Eastern Washington and North Idaho markets.

“We’ll look at the demographics of the market, and we look at the presence of the rural or agricultural communities when we’re considering where we’re going to go,” Hardesty explains.

Tractor Supply also has three new stores planned or underway in North Idaho.

In Kootenai County, the company is building a 21,900-square-foot retail store in Athol, which is expected to open in October, he says.

Kootenai County Assessor’s Office information shows the Athol store is located on about 4 acres of land, at 7032 E. Athol Crossings Road, near the Super 1 Foods supermarket that anchors the Athol Crossings shopping center, just northeast of the state Route 54-U.S. 95 interchange.

A Tractor Supply store, at 207 W. Cameron, in Kellogg, Idaho, also is under construction, and the company plans to construct another store at 87 Homestead Loop, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

W.R. Newman & Associates also is the contractor for the Kellogg store.

Project updates:

•MultiCare Health System, headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, has submitted a building permit application to the city of Spokane for a new 5,600-square-foot primary care clinic at Sundance Plaza, located at 5238 W. Lowell.

Associated Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the general contractor for the project, and ROMR Architects, of Spokane, designed it.

Permit information shows a construction value of $800,000 to $1 million for the project.

•Spokane Public Schools has filed a pre-development application with the city of Spokane for the planned $26 million school replacement of Adams Elementary, at 2909 E. 37th.

The proposal calls for the demolition of an existing three-story building and adjacent portable classroom structures, followed by the construction of a 60,000-square-foot, three-story building with onsite parking, playgrounds, fields, landscaping, fencing, and a student drop-off area.