Against the backdrop of rising housing demand in North Idaho, JMC Idaho Inc. is consolidating its various business ventures under one regional entity and rebranding to Jacklin Northwest, while expanding its development footprint to include residential housing for the first time in its nearly 100-year history. 

The development, dubbed Crown Reserve, is an 83-acre property in Post Falls located north of Prairie Avenue, west of Chase Road, east of Idaho Road, and south of Hayden Avenue. 

Tag Jacklin, president and CEO of the family-owned business, says the Crown Reserve development will act as an extension of the neighboring Crown Pointe Apartments at 8060 N. Crown Pointe. 

The project reflects both the company’s long-term land strategy and broader regional housing pressures, as legacy landholders respond to population growth, workforce needs, and shifting development priorities.

Initial platting began earlier this month and will result in 37 acres divided into 148 residential lots, Jacklin explains. The lots are being sold to multiple builders, he adds, though he declines to disclose additional details.

“With the land holdings that we have, we knew that having a residential component in addition to industrial and commercial is going to be a natural fit,” Jacklin says. “This just happens to be the first; we expect to have future residential developments.”

The land for Crown Reserve was acquired through a land swap with the city of Post Falls, which is assembling acreage on the Rathdrum Prairie for future wastewater treatment. For Jacklin Northwest, the exchange presented an opportunity to activate land surrounded by growing residential development and existing infrastructure, Jacklin says.

While Crown Reserve marks the company’s entry into residential development, Jacklin Northwest continues to advance commercial projects across its portfolio. One of the largest is Jacklin Ranch Commercial Park, an 88-acre site just east of Highway 41 and north of Prairie Avenue, where 41 acres have been divided into 13 commercial lots. Of those 13 lots, seven have been sold or are under contract, Jacklin says. The remaining acreage has not yet been developed, and company leaders have not announced plans for its future use.

In October, Jacklin Northwest announced it had consolidated its various real estate and development entities under a single regional identity. The rebrand brings together operations previously managed through multiple companies, including industrial parks, commercial properties, and undeveloped land holdings across Kootenai County. Those businesses include Jacklin Land Co., Riverbend Commerce Park, the company's angel investment portfolio dubbed Bighorn Ventures, Jacklin Ranch Commercial Park, and the Jacklin Site just west of Riverbend Commerce Park.

Under the Jacklin Northwest name, the company now oversees more than 600,000 square feet of leasable industrial and office space, as well as nearly 850 acres of developable land. Jacklin says the move is intended to better reflect the scale and diversity of its portfolio, while positioning the business for long-term planning as growth continues across North Idaho.

The rebrand also coincides with recent leadership changes, including the promotion of Tag Jacklin to president and chief executive officer from his previous role as president, and Logan Brastrup, who has been promoted to chief financial officer from controller.

“Our family has been committed to building opportunities in the Inland Northwest for four generations,” Jacklin says in a prepared statement. “The rebrand is about honoring that history while positioning ourselves for the future. Our family remains committed to supporting the economic vitality and quality of life in North Idaho.”

Jacklin Northwest is headquartered in the Riverbend Commerce Park, at 4752 W. Riverbend. It is operated by seven full-time staff, and its leadership team is comprised of board members, board observers, and executive management including Tag Jacklin, his uncles Don Jacklin and Doyle Jacklin, cousins Wade Jacklin and Glenn Jacklin, in addition to Mike Stegmann, Tom Stoeser, and Logan Brastrup. 

The Jacklin family’s roots in the region date back nearly a century. The family moved to the area from Wisconsin in 1926, later founding Jacklin Seed Co. in 1936 in Dishman, which today is a neighborhood in Spokane Valley. Over the following decades, the business became a global leader in turf-grass seed research and production, establishing a long presence in the region’s agricultural economy, Jacklin says.

In the late '80s and '90s, the company began to diversify beyond seed production, eventually shifting its focus to real estate and land development. Family members, Jacklin says, recognized both the growth potential in North Idaho and the need for broader economic diversification in Post Falls, which at the time functioned largely as a bedroom community.

One of the most visible outcomes of that shift is Riverbend Commerce Park, a 300-acre industrial park in Post Falls that spans much of the area between Pleasant View Road and the Spokane River. The park, which was developed in phases beginning in the late '80s, was Post Falls’ first urban renewal district, Jacklin says. Today, it serves as the company’s headquarters and is home to Inland Northwest companies, such as Buck Knives Inc., Ednetics Inc., and the North Idaho Workforce Training Center.

Over the years, Riverbend has evolved from former farmland into a major employment center, with many of the park's 35 buildings constructed in the last five years, Jacklin says. According to the company, all but one of the developable lots in the park has been sold. Jacklin Northwest has also donated land within Riverbend for the Idaho State Veterans Home Post Falls, at 590 S. Pleasant View Road. The Veterans Home is a 64-bed skilled nursing facility with a centralized community center, chapel, and other amenities that opened in 2022.

While much of Jacklin Northwest’s work focuses on development and growth, the company is also investing in cultural preservation. On a former family farmstead at 4114 E. Feely Road, the Jacklin family is in the process of developing a small prairie history museum at a farmhouse once operated by the Feely family.

The project is led by senior family members, Jacklin says, and is intended to document the agricultural history of the prairie and the families who worked the land long before it became a center of commercial and residential development. When it opens, the museum is expected to operate by appointment, offering a window into the area’s past, even as new construction continues nearby.