Real Estate & Construction

Kalispel Tribe to start Northern Quest expansion

Project set to be finished by 2023

March 25, 2021

Despite the battering the hospitality industry is taking due to COVID-19-related social distancing and business restrictions, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians plans to start work soon on a hotel expansion at its Northern Quest Resort & Casino

Spokane Tribe expands casino, restaurant space

Project slated to be completed late this year

March 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

The Spokane Tribe of Indians is well underway with a construction project that will nearly double the size of the current three-year-old, 26,000-square-foot casino, just west of Airway Heights. The expansion will have more than 20,000 square feet of

Stadium replacement is in early development stages

Current venue might be demolished by fall, though alternative emerges

March 25, 2021

Virginia Thomas

The Joe Albi Stadium replacement project is in the planning stages and is on track to be completed by fall 2022, says Greg Forsyth, director of capital projects for Spokane Public Schools. Another alternative for replacing the aging stadium recently

Hearing examiner to revisit gun club project

Nonprofit prepares to proceed pending new land-use ruling

March 25, 2021

Mike McLean

Although a conditional-use permit for a shooting sports range planned by the Spokane Gun Club recently has been remanded by a superior court judge to the Spokane County Hearing Examiner's Office, the club is preparing to proceed with the project

$53 million Podium project to open in fall

First high-profile event set for February 2022

March 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Stacked atop a basalt outcropping in the North Bank area overlooking downtown Spokane, The Podium was built on ground that had to be blasted away

Mullen's Memphis deal muddies its future in Spokane

Company exec says lack of Washington state incentives raise barrier

March 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Mullen Technologies Inc.'s future in Spokane is up in the air as the startup electric vehicle manufacturer eyes Memphis, Tennessee, for its future headquarters. A press release from the company on March 18 says the company plans to establish its

Cozzetto's Coin-Op moves to North Side

Commercial laundry machine service provider vacates downtown site

March 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Due to an increase in homeless activity around the business premises, a lack of parking, and traffic growth on Third Avenue, Steve Cozzetto says he recently moved his 44-year-old laundry machine servicing business out of downtown Spokane to a larger

Amazon Air leases planned warehouse at Spokane airport

Work on new facility expected to wrap up by this November

March 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Amazon.com Inc. plans to lease a soon-to-be-built air cargo facility at Spokane International Airport, says Todd Coleman, executive director of S3R3 Solutions. The facility will be used to transfer parcels from the airport to and from the Amazon

Landlord-tenant issues held at bay for now in Spokane

In residential market, mandates provide reprieve; mass evictions unlikely, some say

March 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Lawmakers have enacted extensive tenant protections since the start of the pandemic that lawyers here say will likely blunt a flood of evictions once the eviction moratorium, which was extended this month, ends.

Buying time in the commercial real estate market

Tenants might struggle when pandemic-era relief dissipates

March 25, 2021

Virginia Thomas

As pandemic-related restrictions throughout Washington begin to lift, some attorneys here say commercial real estate attorneys could soon face a rise in disputes, including litigation related to force majeure clauses.