A Spokane property owner is researching the viability of a $17 million, 101-unit multifamily complex envisioned in the Liberty Park neighborhood east of the Spokane city center.

The complex would take up eight of the 11 lots on a city block bounded by Hogan and Perry streets to the east and west, respectively, and Pacific and Second avenues to the north and south, respectively, according to preliminary planning documents on file with the city of Spokane.

The predevelopment application was filed by Steve Goodmansen of the Spokane architecture firm Bernardo Wills.

Goodmansen describes the development concept, tentatively named Pacific & Perry Multifamily, as a “project in search of a developer.”

As envisioned, Pacific & Perry Multifamily would have two buildings, preliminary site plans show. A 59,500-square-foot building with four above-ground levels would have 70 units and would take up most of the north half of the development site. The other building, a 25,900-square-foot, four-story structure, would have 31 units and would take up much of the south half of the site.

The application shows Pacific & Perry Multifamily would include 30 studio units, 44 one-bedroom units, and 27 two-bedroom units. Conceptual site plan information shows 33 off-site parking stalls and 23 on-site stalls, including three electrical vehicle charging stations and a potential for nine future EV stations.

“We did a schematic set of plans to run through predevelopment to get comments on feasibility,” he says.

No contractor is listed on the predevelopment documents, and a construction schedule hasn’t been determined, the application says.

The lots on the development site — 1402-1424 E. Pacific and 1407-1413 E. Second — are owned by J.G. Fox Inc., a Spokane entity formed in 1992, which is governed by Capri Fox and the estate of James Fox, according to Washington state Secretary of State records.

Spokane County Assessor’s Office records show five of the lots have structures described as single-family living units, and three of the lots are vacant.

Goodmansen says there’s been no movement on the plan since a predevelopment conference was held with city planning staff in the spring.

City records from that meeting indicate a house at 1424 E. Pacific likely is eligible for listing on the Spokane Register of Historic Places, which would require the developer to provide a plan to deconstruct and preserve salvageable materials to be identified in collaboration with the Historic Preservation Office.

The other buildings currently on the development site likely could be permitted for demolition without historic-preservation restrictions, according to predevelopment conference notes.

The notes also show the development would qualify for reduced open space of no more than 36 square feet per unit due to its proximity to Liberty Park, which is roughly a block south of the development, just south of Interstate 90.

The conceptual site plan for Pacific & Perry Multifamily shows two swales near each building and a lawn and plaza on the south side of the larger building.

Predevelopment conference notes also show an environmental review document known as a State Environmental Policy Act checklist will be required due to the scope of the development, and individual demolition permits will be required for the buildings that will be razed before individual building permit applications can be submitted for each multifamily building.