Real Estate & Construction

1.5-acre development planned along north Ruby

New Advance Auto Parts store slated on part of site

July 20, 2017

Construction will be starting soon on a new 1.5-acre commercial complex along Ruby Street just over a mile north of downtown Spokane that will include an Advance Auto Parts store. Mike Schmitz, of SDS Realty, of Spokane, is marketing the project, which

New road improves access to Playfair Commerce Park

Developer hopes project will spur interest in park

July 20, 2017

The owner and operators of the Playfair Commerce Park predict within a year as many as 5,000 vehicles will traverse through the park as a result of a newly opened street connecting Altamont Street with Ferry Avenue at the west end of the complex in East S

Cancer Care Northwest to expand North Side clinic

Practice will add machine with 4-D imaging capability

July 20, 2017

Spokane-based Cancer Care Northwest, a physician-owned oncology practice, wants to expand its clinic space at the Northpointe Office Plaza, at 605 E. Holland, in North Spokane, says a permit application submitted to the city of Spokane. Dr. Jason Call, t

$16.3 million in school work starts in Spangle

Graham named contractor for expansion, renovation

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

Construction is underway on a multiphase, $16.3 million expansion and renovation project at the Liberty School District school complex in Spangle, about 20 miles south of Spokane. The project will be constructed in four phases with completion of the fina

Reardan school remodel, expansion project looms

Work on hold while district waits for matching funds

July 20, 2017

Kim Crompton

A Reardan-Edwall School District project that will include extensive elementary school and gym renovations and construction of an addition connecting the elementary school and nearby high school is waiting only on action by the Washington state Legislatur

Three structures in works at Liberty Lake business park

Complex to have eight buildings in total

July 20, 2017

With three buildings already finished, Bill Betts, owner of Liberty Lake's McKinzie Business Park, says the next three buildings are currently on the drawing table in some form. Betts says he expects construction on the fourth building at the business

Hospice of North Idaho erects support building

$2.8 million project will add meeting space, staff offices

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

Hospice of North Idaho is expanding its campus in Coeur d'Alene with a $2.8 million community building. The two-story, 15,200-square-foot structure will be located just south of the Schneidmiller Hospice House building at 2290 W. Prairie, in northwest

Universal Athletic opens showroom, office in Spokane Valley

Sports team outfitter hires six former Kimmel employees

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

Universal Athletic Services, a Bozeman, Mont.-based team and league sporting goods supplier, has leased 2,700 square feet of space for a new showroom and sales office in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3808 N. Sullivan. Greg Miller, president

Brown Contracting erects apartment complex near UI

Identity on Main project value totals $19 million

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane real estate development company Brown Contracting & Development Inc. is constructing a $19 million apartment complex near the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, says Scott Jay, the construction project manager. The Identity on Main apartment d

Elmer Construction thrives in midsized-project niche

Contractor focuses on jobs generally under $3 million

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

J.W. Elmer Construction Co. has found its niche, and owner Rob Elmer says he's about as busy as he wants to be. The company specializes in commercial remodels, historical renovations, churches, medical offices, and multifamily housing, while focusing o