Special Report

Vandervert Construction's modular hotel project to be template for Marriott

Spokane Contractor wraps Pullman job with prefabbed units

June 8, 2017

Prominent Spokane-based general contractor Vandervert Construction Inc. is scheduled to complete construction on a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Pullman this month using a hybrid construction method. That method is expected to be the template for new h

Riverview Retirement mulls memory-loss facility

Complex on Upriver would add 20 rooms for residents

June 8, 2017

Riverview Retirement Community, the Spokane-based nonprofit retirement complex operator, is looking to build a 20,000-square-foot facility dedicated exclusively to patients with memory care needs, according to a pre-development application filed with the

Longtime produce seller to open store in Hillyard

Market to feature goods from Inland Northwest

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

Jack and Mary Green, of Spokane, have bought a 3,500-square-foot, single-story retail building at 4915 N. Market, in the Hillyard community, where they plan to open Green's Fresh Market this month. The store initially will be a produce market, selling

Newly formed Scout Real Estate finds that industry appeals to attorneys

Owner here adds partner, plans to diversify services

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Scout Real Estate Group LLC, a newly established brokerage here is growing quickly, thanks in part to its owner's background in the practice of law. The company's owner and managing broker, Brian Bean, is an attorney who initially became interested

Appraiser shortage hits both private, public sectors

Profession has been losing workforce in recent years

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

Filling a national shortage of real estate appraisers comes down to a matter of compensation catching up with demand, says Michael Robinson, owner of Hearthstone Appraisal PLLC, of Spokane. He adds, however, that some forces within the industry don't

Spokane Business & Industrial Park's occupancy peaks

Big complex shuns pot industry, benefits from space absorption elsewhere

June 8, 2017

Crown West Realty LLC executive Dean Stuart says the Spokane Business & Industrial Park's current 98 percent occupancy rate is the highest he's seen in his 17-year tenure with the company. SBIP, located at 3808 N. Sullivan, has a total of 5 million s

Percussionaire set to breathe life into old Coldwater Creek campus

N. Idaho ventilator maker prepares new products

May 25, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Bonner County-based manufacturer Percussionaire Corp. is preparing to move its operations to new quarters this summer, a decision company CEO Mark Baillie says will allow for increased production capabilities, as the company gets ready for the release of

Marijuana testing a must for many manufacturers

Legalization leads to more usage, industry challenges

May 25, 2017

Jodi Slavik

Manufacturers in the Northwest are facing a new crisis. Until recently, hip tech firms and Mom and Dad's couch were the biggest recruiting threats to the manufacturing industry. Although many manufacturing companies are adapting with flex schedules, lea

Servatron stays on growth track

Company projects $30 million in sales by end of '18

May 25, 2017

The president of Spokane Valley-based Servatron Inc., a maker of electronic circuitry boards, says he expects the company to top $26 million in sales this year, which was the sales total the company reached last year. 'Based on our current trend, we fu

Lloyd Industries' plan beyond pans

Company expands into manufacturing nonculinary items

May 25, 2017

Mike McLean

Lloyd Industries Inc., the prominent Spokane Valley pizza pan and bakeware maker, is expanding the nonculinary manufacturing side of its operations with the launch of a newly named affiliate, Lloyd Metal Fabrication, says Traci Rennaker, the company's p