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Real estate roundup: Fly fishing shop to cast its line in Garland District

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June 2, 2016

Swede's Fly Shop, a full-service fly fishing store, has leased 1,400 square feet of space at 825 W. Garland and plans to move to there in June, says shop owner Allen 'Swedeâ€ Peterson. Peterson says he's looking forward to moving into the heart of

Apartments abound in Spokane market

Multifamily housing market projected to stay strong

June 2, 2016

Mike McLean

Even as hundreds of new apartments are set to come online, vacancy rates remain low, and rents are edging upward, meaning development of rental housing isn't likely to slow down any time soon, some professionals involved in the construction industry say

Spokane Community College begins $1.9 million remodeling project

Old woodshop to become counseling, tutoring center

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Community College has begun a $1.9 million remodeling project, creating a combined counseling and tutoring center in what formerly was its woodshop space. The SCC campus is located at 1810 N Greene. The project will take place in the Old Main Bu

Alliance Data expands in Coeur d'Alene

Company plans to add 200 workers by year-end

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Alliance Data Systems Corp., the Plano, Texas-based credit-card, customer-service call center operator, has expanded its Coeur d'Alene operations by moving into an additional 75,000-square-foot building, and intends to add 200 more employees there by th

Garco ramps up two projects worth $16 million total

Company chosen to build Amtrak station in Tacoma

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has begun work on two construction projects totaling about $16 million, one here in Spokane and the other in Tacoma. The first, which began in April, involves the $5.9 million construction of a combined sewer overflo

Spokane Transit Authority starts $5 million bus plaza renovation in core

Walker expected to finish two-phase project in '17

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The Spokane Transit Authority's downtown bus plaza is in the midst of a two-phase remodeling project that began in May and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2017. The project is estimated to cost almost $5 million, including design, enginee

HUB Sports Center capital campaign draws more donations

Nonprofit still $1.4 million short of its year-end goal

June 2, 2016

Staff Report

The nonprofit HUB Sports Center says it now has raised $1.8 million in its capital campaign aimed at generating $3.2 million so it can purchase its leased 66,000-square-foot multipurpose facility at 19619 E. Cataldo, in Liberty Lake. Executive Director P

Teaching the 'real secrets' of real estate investing

Industry veteran here uses book to share knowledge

June 2, 2016

Though it dÃ©buted three years ago, Jeff K. Johnson's self-published book, 'Cash Flow Forever â€“ The Real Secrets of Real Estate Investingâ€ has been garnering noteworthy attention just in the last year or so. Much of that, says the 61-year-old pre

City of Spokane to begin $8.7 million in summer street projects

WSDOT has additional jobs worth $4.6 million in works

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The city of Spokane is in the midst of a busy construction season, working to complete street projects totaling about $8.7 million. City spokeswoman Julie Happy says that starting in mid-June, a section of 37th Avenue from Regal Street to Custer Stree

Spate of highway projects in works in North Idaho

ITD recently has awarded $12.4 million in contracts

June 2, 2016

Mike McLean

The Idaho Transportation Department recently has awarded contracts totaling $12.4 million for highway projects now in their early construction stages in North Idaho, says Marvin Fenn, the department's Coeur d'Alene-based District 1 engineering manager