Spokane real estate broker Mike Schmitz says he plans to develop a small retail center at the southeast corner of Ruby Street and Montgomery Avenue north of downtown, and Williams Seafood Market & Wines, of Spokane Valley, plans to move there.

Schmitz, of the commercial real estate brokerage SDS Realty Inc., says the center, which he for now he is calling the Ruby Retail Center, will include a 4,000-square-foot former warehouse building at 108 E. Montgomery that will be renovated and a 4,000-square-foot addition. He declines to estimate the cost of the project, which he expects to be completed in the spring.

Yost, Mooney & Pugh Contractors Inc., of Spokane, will be the contractor on the project, and Wolfe Architectural Group PS, of Spokane, designed it, Schmitz says.

Williams Seafood, a longtime fresh seafood retailer here with a large wine selection, has agreed to lease 2,800 square feet of space in the building, and the rest of the center will include up to four bays to be configured in sizes ranging from 1,300 square feet of space to 4,000 square feet, Schmitz says.

Williams Seafood currently is located in 1,800 square feet of leased space in the U-City North shopping center, at 10627 E. Sprague, says Mike Offield, who has owned the 30-year-old business for four years.

Offield says the business has three employees, and he expects to hire additional employees as business grows in the new location.

Schmitz says he will own the Ruby Retail Center, and SDS Realty will manage leases for it.

The property at Ruby and Montgomery formerly was occupied by National Music Service Inc., Schmitz says. National Music Service was a longtime Spokane company that produced and distributed recorded music and videos and sold related equipment for funeral homes and other customers. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005, and its Washington state business registration expired in 2008.