Real Estate & Construction

Second round of Sprague Avenue makeover is in the works

Next phase to include span from Browne to Scott Street

November 9, 2017

Following reconstruction of one of the more downtrodden stretches of east Sprague Avenue, the city of Spokane is turning its attention closer to downtown for another section of improvements along the well-known thoroughfare. The next phase of improvement

Costco obtains permit for new Spokane store

$15.6 million project slated north of Spokane city limits

November 9, 2017

Samantha Peone

Costco Wholesale Corp. has obtained building permits for its new $15.6 million retail warehouse, about three months after Spokane County said the permits were complete and ready for pickup. Representatives of Costco and the project contractor, Spokane-ba

Linger Longer Lodge sells for $5.9 million

Los Angeles investor buys 90-unit apartment complex

October 26, 2017

Samantha Peone

Hutchinson Chelan LLC has purchased a 90-unit apartment complex at 1815 N. Hutchinson Road from Los Angeles-based 1815 Hutchinson LLC, for $5.9 million, says James Black, senior investment specialist with Spokane-based commercial Real Estate Brokerage NAI

Construction is underway on garden-living complex

87 townhomes to be built on 15 acres on South Hill

October 26, 2017

Samantha Peone

Construction is underway on the first phase of the estimated $35 million gated community project Bella Terra Gardens, says Roger Fruci, developer at Bella Terra Gardens LLC. Located near the southeast corner of 24th Avenue and Havana Street just outside

VA to relocate Health Care for Homeless Veterans program

$850K remodel underway at site east of downtown

October 26, 2017

Samantha Peone

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Heath Care for Homeless Veterans program in Spokane plans to move into a building being renovated and expanded at 504 E. Second, east of downtown, says Bret Bowers, public affairs officer at Mann-Grandstaff VA Me

Industry veterans form Vista Title & Escrow

New company acquires assets of old Stewart office here

October 26, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Vista Title & Escrow Co., a recently formed Spokane-based estate title and escrow company, has opened its first office. Jessica White, business development and sales manager for Vista Title, says the company was created last month by a group of local inv

Lars Gilberts: Connecting dots in the University District

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October 26, 2017

Linn Parish

When Lars Gilberts returned to Spokane earlier this year, he moved back to the middle of everything. As the executive director of the University District, Gilberts is leading the development and promotion of the burgeoning campus east of downtown Spoka

$13.7 million apartment complex planned in Hayden

Complex to have 96 units in Hayden Village first phase

October 26, 2017

Samantha Peone

The city of Hayden has issued building permits for a $13.7 million, 96-unit Villas at Hayden North apartment complex at the northwest corner of Lancaster Road and Vernon J. Baker Boulevard, in Hayden. The building permits are part of the first phase of a

Plans gel for Avista's Catalyst Project

Big complex on Sprague to have 685K square feet in all

October 26, 2017

New details of Avista Development's proposed Catalyst Project, slated for development in the University District, show a larger project than what was first publicly revealed. The entire project is expected to have four mixed-use commercial and resident

Otis building owner plans boutique hotel in downtown Spokane

Portland investor to breathe life into dormant building

October 26, 2017

Portland, Ore.-based real estate developer Curtis Rystadt plans to turn the long-shuttered, five-story Otis Hotel building in downtown Spokane into a 112 guest-room boutique hotel that will be affiliated with the Hotel Indigo brand. Rystadt says he's a