Real Estate & Construction

The Need For LEED

Demand for sustainable certification wanes

February 1, 2018

The popularity of LEED certification programs has diminished in recent years as building and energy codes have strengthened, some Spokane-area engineers and architects say. LEED, short for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a certification p

The Post Falls Factory Stores, which had two tenants late last year, is expected to be up to 70 percent full this spring.

Old Factory Outlets spaces to fill up in Post Falls

Large amounts of space absorbed in buildings that had been mostly vacant

February 1, 2018

Samantha Peone

The former Post Falls Factory Outlets complex and the neighboring Post Falls Factory Stores building, both of which have been mostly vacant for roughly a decade, will be mostly occupied by the end of the year, current owners say. 'I think it's going

Spokane-area building permit volume breaks record

Valuations top $1.1 billion; city sees biggest increase

February 1, 2018

Samantha Peone

Building permit values for Spokane County, the city of Spokane, and the city of Spokane Valley's combined hit $1.13 billion in 2017, a record high, records indicate. That's greater than the previous record from 2013, which totaled $1.03 billion.

Two commercial real estate agents open new brokerage in Spokane

Former NAI Black agents establish LT Real Estate

February 1, 2018

Samantha Peone

Spokane commercial real estate brokers Dallas Lightner and Ryan Towner have opened a new brokerage on Spokane's North Side, Lightner says. The new company, LT Real Estate LLC, occupies a 1,700-square-foot building at 2614 N. Monroe. The agency speciali

126-unit apartment complex slated for Spokane Valley

$9.3 million in permits issued for development

February 1, 2018

Samantha Peone

A 126-unit apartment complex with a construction value of $9.3 million is slated for 16511 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley, says Del Stratton, project manager with Douglass Properties. Wyatt Architects & Associates PLLC, of Spokane Valley, is the architect

Spokane International Academy hopes to house its two schools at one site

Consolidation to involve buying, expanding building

February 1, 2018

Administrators for the Spokane International Academy are moving forward on a $3.7 million proposal to consolidate the two schools they operate into a single location on the 500 block of East Wellesley Avenue, on Spokane's North Side. The Primary Academ

Two more buildings rising at Playfair Commerce Park

Projects in park to be completed later this year

January 18, 2018

Construction is underway on two more warehouse buildings at the nearly 60-acre Playfair Commerce Park, the former home of the Playfair horse racing track in East Spokane. 'Depending on the success of the two buildings, construction could start on anoth

Downtown structure renovated, renamed SoDo Commons

Building's units marketed to be workforce housing

January 18, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Chris Batten, a Spokane developer and owner of RenCorp Realty LLC, has renovated the former Danmor Apartment building, at 410 W. Third, into SoDo Commons micro apartments. Batten purchased the 110-year-old building in the fall of 2016. The building's s

Project ID moves programs to Spokane Valley building

Organization plans be in new home later this month

January 18, 2018

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based nonprofit Project ID is in the process of moving to a 19,400-square-foot building at 4209 E. Pacific, says Bob Hutchinson, executive director. The organization, which provides opportunities for personal development, work, socialization, and

$1 million food hall planned in old Sterling Savings building

Eatery project to involve interior, exterior remodel

January 18, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Preliminary plans on file with the city of Spokane show the first floor of downtown Spokane's former Sterling Bank building could soon be converted into a multitenant 'food hallâ€ restaurant space to be called Market Hall Eatery, following a renovati