Real Estate & Construction

SRM Development launches affordable housing division

Company also intends to provide options for 'missing middle' market

July 1, 2021

Spokane-based SRM Development LLC has added affordable housing to its roster of services, as the company plans to focus on developing new housing using low-income housing tax credits throughout the western states.

Carpet One plans store in Liberty Lake

Project expected to be completed next spring

July 1, 2021

Natasha Nellis

A franchisee of Carpet One Floor & Home is planning a new $1.3 million retail store in Liberty Lake, which, if approved, will mark the fourth Inland Northwest location for the company. The retailer sells flooring materials, including carpet, hardwood

Central Valley School District to relocate administration, ops facilities

District sells surplus land, buildings to finance moves

July 1, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Central Valley School District is preparing for growth with a planned move of its district operations, transportation, and administrative facilities, beginning next fall.

Q&A with Freeform Interiors' Fernando Jauretche

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July 1, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Fernando Jauretche says employers are returning their attention to community meeting spaces from the earlier, pandemic-induced trend of Plexiglas workspace dividers. Jauretche is the CEO and owner of Spokane-based commercial furniture dealer and interior

Downtown Spokane Partnership may be headed to the other side of the tracks

Business improvement district would be expanded under city's current proposal

July 1, 2021

Kevin Blocker

City officials are asking the Downtown Spokane Partnership to take on the added responsibility of providing cleanup and safety services south of the railroad viaduct in the city's core.

Historic Symons Block changes hands in downtown Spokane

Downtown building along Howard sells for $2.6M

June 17, 2021

Natasha Nellis

The historic Symons Block Building, located at 9 S. Howard, in downtown Spokane, has been acquired by a Spokane investor who recently opened a waffle restaurant in the space, according to public records.

Inland Northwest banks, credit unions keep branching out

Despite rise in electronic transactions, financial institutions invest in brick-and-mortar locations

June 17, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Last month, Richland, Washington-based Gesa Credit Union opened a new branch in Spokane Valley located at 13506 E. 32nd. Meanwhile, Numerica Credit Union of Spokane Valley is about two months into a complete overhaul of a branch located at 303 E. Lyons

Stay Alfred founder forms new venture

A year after shuttering vacation-rental startup, Jordan Allen launches Ruumr

June 17, 2021

Mike McLean and Kevin Blocker

Jordan Allen, founder and CEO of the now-defunct vacation rental company Stay Alfred, is starting the next act of his entrepreneurial career with the launch of Ruumr Inc., an online residential real estate bidding service.

VOA, Salvation Army to build new homeless shelters

Both aim to open new facilities by early fall

June 3, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Two Spokane-area nonprofits have set their sights on developing shelters in the city. Volunteers of America Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho is in the early planning stage for a new young-adult shelter in a building at 3104 E. Augusta,

Mountain View Gymnastics plans renovations, move

Owner hopes to add dance program after expansion

June 3, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Sheri House, owner of Mountain View Gymnastics Inc., of Airway Heights, says she hopes to consolidate the business into a renovated building this summer.