Union Gospel Mission of the Inland Northwest is planning two construction projects in Spokane with a combined value approaching $1.4 million.

One project, valued at $875,000, is titled UGM Children’s Development Center, and will be located at 2826 W. Dean, in Spokane's West Central neighborhood, according to preliminary planning information on file with the city.

The other project, dubbed UGM Women’s Center Chapel and valued at $500,000, will be located at 2411 N. Hogan, in the Logan neighborhood, according to separately filed information.

Both projects are in predevelopment, a preliminary stage in which the applicant and the city identify and clarify potential planning issues.

The applicant for both projects is Ron Mackie, of Spokane Valley design firm Architectural Ventures.

Mackie says UGM aims to begin construction on the chapel in April or May, and the children’s center in mid-summer.

UGM hasn’t selected a contractor for either project yet, he says.

A representative of UGM couldn’t be reached immediately for comment.

Plans show the children’s center project will include constructing a 3,800-square-foot, two-story, wood-framed structure across Dean Avenue from the UGM women’s recovery center, also known as Anna Ogden Hall.

The main floor of the children’s center will include five to six classrooms, a lounge, and restrooms. The second floor will consist of four to six apartment units with one to two bedrooms each.

The plans call for demolishing and removing an existing house and garages on the property.

The UGM Women’s Center Chapel project will include construction of a 2,800-square-foot, single-story, wood-framed chapel with restrooms and a kitchen for support services for UGM’s women and children crisis shelter, which is located across Hogan Street from the project site.

The chapel project will include the demolition and removal of an existing, two-level, 2,100-square-foot house and a garage on the property, plans show.

The chapel property has a 27-space parking lot that will be updated on the south side of the chapel site, plans show, and the chapel and crisis shelter will share the lot.

Mackie says the city hasn’t identified any planning issues regarding the projects so far.

“Both are allowed in their zones, and they’re tied into adjacent UGM properties,” he says.

UGM of the Inland Northwest serves northeast Washington and northern Idaho and is the Spokane-based affiliate of a multicity network of faith-based nonprofits that provide services for people experiencing poverty, homelessness, and addiction.