A former lodge on Spokane's North Side, last operated by the Spokane chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, is being demolished to make way for a two-building retail complex to be anchored by a Double Eagle Pawn Inc. shop, conceptual plans on file with the city of Spokane show.

Double Eagle Pawn would own the complex, to be constructed at 315 E. Francis, and lease out portions of it to retail tenants, says Ken Craudell, manager at the Double Eagle Pawn outlet at 3030 E. Sprague.

Although the project is in the early planning stages, Craudell says Double Eagle expects construction to start there this summer and to be completed early next year.

Craudell didn't know if a contractor had been selected to construct the complex or whether any other tenants had been lined up for it. Sean Carbary, president and owner of Double Eagle Pawn, couldn't be reached for comment.

Rob's Demolition, of Spokane, has started to raze the 44,000-square-foot former lodge building there.

The conceptual plan drawn by Russell C. Page Architects, of Spokane, shows the lodge would be replaced by two structures with a combined total of 40,600 square feet of floor space.

The Double Eagle Pawn outlet would occupy 20,000 square feet of space, anchoring a structure that would have an additional 6,120 square feet of floor space, which would be occupied by up to four retail tenants.

An unidentified drug store is envisioned in a separate 14,500-square-foot building that would be constructed on the property, plans show.

The pawn shop would face Francis Avenue and Lidgerwood Street, and the other retail spaces there would front on Francis. The drug store building would be just east of the Double Eagle-multitenant building and also would face Francis, plans show.

Spokane real estate investor Terry Tombari and wife T.J. bought the longtime lodge, which was home to the Spokane chapter, or aerie, of Fraternal Order of Eagles, in 2005.

The fraternal organization then moved to a new 12,600-square-foot lodge located across a parking lot north of the original lodge.

The original lodge building, constructed in 1961, at one time included a restaurant and lounge, meeting space, a swimming pool, and fitness facilities.

Tombari, who is CEO and majority owner of Tombari Properties LLC, couldn't be reached for comment about the Double Eagle project.

Double Eagle Pawn, founded 15 years ago, currently operates an outlet in Deer Park in addition to its East Spokane outlet.