Real Estate & Construction

Avista plans to construct new building for its fleet

Work to start in July on structure on its campus
Avista Corp. soon will begin construction of a 30,000-square-foot building on the northernmost portion of its campus that will replace a 70-year-old, 12,000-square-foot maintenance facility located next to the company's headquarters. The new, two-story
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Riverview Retirement mulls memory-loss facility

Complex on Upriver would add 20 rooms for residents
Riverview Retirement Community, the Spokane-based nonprofit retirement complex operator, is looking to build a 20,000-square-foot facility dedicated exclusively to patients with memory care needs, according to a pre-development application filed with the
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—Mike McLean

Appraiser shortage hits both private, public sectors

Profession has been losing workforce in recent years
Mike McLean
Filling a national shortage of real estate appraisers comes down to a matter of compensation catching up with demand, says Michael Robinson, owner of Hearthstone Appraisal PLLC, of Spokane. He adds, however, that some forces within the industry don't
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—Kevin Blocker

Spokane Business & Industrial Park's occupancy peaks

Big complex shuns pot industry, benefits from space absorption elsewhere
Crown West Realty LLC executive Dean Stuart says the Spokane Business & Industrial Park's current 98 percent occupancy rate is the highest he's seen in his 17-year tenure with the company. SBIP, located at 3808 N. Sullivan, has a total of 5 million s
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$12 million medical office building eyed on lower South Hill

Plans call for six-story structure, multilevel garage
Mike McLean
A $12 million medical and professional office complex envisioned at the base of Spokane's lower South Hill is in the early planning stages. Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, recently submitted a predevelopment application to start the
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—City of Spokane

Work on Riverfront Park projects hits full stride

Ice ribbon, structure set for November completion
The city of Spokane parks department says it plans to open the new Riverfront Park ice rink-and ticket office for the rink and Skyride facility-in November. 'The desire is to make the ice ribbon a destination place as the holidays approach,” says
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—Kevin Blocker

Cheney schools ready for overhaul

$52M in projects to ease crowding in growing district
Jeff McClure has spent 33 years working for the Cheney School District, the last 12 in his current role as the district's maintenance and operations director. There may be no one affiliated with the district happier than McClure since Cheney district ta
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WSU halts Jensen-Byrd negotiations

College to revisit master plan to support medical school
Mike McLean
Washington State University has halted ground-lease negotiations with a development company that had planned to redevelop the historic Jensen-Byrd building and surrounding properties on the WSU Spokane campus east of downtown. Stacy Pearson, WSU's Pu
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