Real Estate & Construction

HiTest Sand buys land to build silicon plant south of Newport

Permitting process started for $325 million smelter

October 12, 2017

Canada-based HiTest Sand Inc. has bought 186 acres of land south of Newport, Wash., and started the application process for necessary permits to build a $325 million silicon smelter there, says Gregg Dohrn, who's working as the HiTest project manager fo

Spokane Home Builders Association lines up 28 homes for annual fall festival

Yearly event to showcase works by 20 builders here

September 28, 2017

Mike McLean

The Spokane Home Builders Association will hold its 13th annual Fall Festival of Homes over the next two extended weekends. This year's show will feature 28 homes constructed in Spokane County by 20 builders, making it again the largest new-home constr

California developer to buy, update two Spokane apartment complexes

Agency asked to approve $12.5 million in financing

September 28, 2017

Mike McLean

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission is scheduled to hear a request today to authorize up to $12.5 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds to finance the purchase of and planned improvements to the Coventry Court and St. Andrews Court apartments in

Couple design, develop Energy Star rental units

Building advisers apply expertise in income property

September 14, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley couple Jaculynn and Hans Peterson have developed a duplex that they claim is the first Energy Star, solar-ready rental income property in the city. Construction recently was completed on the $295,000 structure, at the northwest corner of O

Specialty Environmental: Insulated by a strong market

Conversion of old buildings into apartments fuels work

September 14, 2017

After a 26-year career as a manager for a large construction company in Hawaii, Ray Skelton moved to Spokane and acquired the assets of two separate environmental and insulation companies, both of which are now reaping the benefits of the current construc

Nonprofits to collaborate on patient lodging project in Cd'A

Hospitality center to be built at Kootenai Health

September 14, 2017

Mike McLean

Community Cancer Fund, Kootenai Health, and Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest are collaborating to develop and operate lodging for adult and pediatric patients receiving medical treatment at Kootenai Health, says Jerid Keefer, Commun

T.J. Meenach tank project progresses

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September 14, 2017

Mike McLean

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Bighorn Industrial Park changes hands in Post Falls

Real estate investors buy entire subdivision

September 14, 2017

Mike McLean

Real estate development and investment company Beckenhauer Properties LLC has bought the 200-acre Bighorn Industrial Park, in west Post Falls, says Craig Hunter, a commercial real estate broker involved in the transaction. Beckenhauer Properties is owned

Sandpoint Center office building changes hands

Columbia Bank leases back main-floor space

September 14, 2017

Mike McLean

Sandpoint Equities LLC, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment concern, has bought the Sandpoint Center Building in downtown Sandpoint, says Ned Brandenberger, the building's manager and leasing agent, in a press release about the transaction. Taco

Housing study says supply won't meet demand in Spokane area

Valley manufacturer plans to keep operating as usual

September 14, 2017

There's not enough designated developable land here to meet demand for housing through the next two decades, says Michael Luis, a Seattle-based economic and public policy consultant. The current process that's used to set boundaries for urban growth