Real Estate & Construction

Huge Indian Trail projects eyed

Potential 1,800 living units raise worries about traffic

February 11, 2016

Two developers are asking the city for comprehensive land-use plan amendments that would enable them to build potentially more than 1,800 dwelling units combined in the Indian Trail area, raising concerns about traffic congestion in the northwest Spokane

WSU Spokane selects Jensen-Byrd developer

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January 29, 2016

Staff Report

Washington State University Spokane said it has selected a limited-liability company that includes McKinstry Spokane LLC to redevelop the Jensen-Byrd Building, a long-vacant, six-story warehouse building on the WSU Spokane campus. The company, named JB

Couple buys Windermere Real Estate agencies in Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake

Wetzels expand holdings beyond support services

January 28, 2016

Kim Crompton

Scott Wetzel, owner of a Spokane-based real estate support services company that works with Windermere Real Estate agencies over a broad Mountain West region, says he and his wife, Tracie, have moved into the real estate front lines by buying two Winderme

Inland Northwest Blood Center plans collection center on Spokane's North Side

Donation site will be open three days a week initially

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

Inland Northwest Blood Center has leased 1,200 square feet of space at 10403 N. Newport Highway, where it plans to open a new blood collection center in February, says Jennifer Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the Spokane-based nonprofit. The collection center

Riverfront Park work to begin midsummer

First projects include rink, Howard Street south bridge

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

Nearly a year and a half after voters approved a $64.3 million bond measure to fund the first major upgrades of Riverfront Park since it was constructed for Expo '74, the first projects to be funded under the measure are set to go to bid this spring. P

Mulling Macy's makeover in downtown Spokane

Some believe new building tenants may bring positive change

January 28, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Macy's Inc.'s announcement earlier this month that it plans to close its downtown Spokane store by this spring as part of a series of chainwide cost-efficiency measures has raised concerns among nearby businesses about the potential negative impacts o

Spokane and Coeur d'Alene home sales, prices surge

Median price could exceed prerecession peak this year

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

The residential real estate market in Spokane and Kootenai counties last year saw the biggest upswings in home sales by total numbers and median price since the Great Recession. According to the Spokane Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service, 6

Community Frameworks eyes East Sprague project

Proposed 36-unit complex would cost about $8 million

January 14, 2016

Community Frameworks, a nonprofit low-income housing advocacy group, has submitted a pre-development application to the city of Spokane for an envisioned 36-unit, low-income residential complex that would be developed at the southwest corner of Sprague Av

Garco to construct $29 million Mead middle school project

Site work for big project slated to start this spring

January 14, 2016

The Mead School District has selected Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, as general contractor for the planned $29 million Northwood Middle School.

Associated Construction starts Deaconess project

Patient-room renovations slated on two top floors

January 14, 2016

Associated Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on interior improvements to the top two floors of the 10-story, patient-room tower at Deaconess Hospital, located at 800 W. Fifth on Spokane's lower South Hill.