Real Estate & Construction

Hayden Homes agrees to buy competitor's 1,200 lots

Copper Basin shifts focus to its multifamily projects

March 12, 2015

Prominent homebuilder and developer Copper Basin Construction Inc., of Hayden, has agreed to sell 1,200 residential lots in the Inland Northwest to Redmond, Ore.-based Hayden Homes LLC, the companies jointly announced last week. Hayden Homes will acquire

Horn, hide, fur dealer relocates to North Idaho

Oregon-rooted company opens shop in Hayden

February 26, 2015

Mike McLean

Beaver Pond Products, a retailer and wholesaler of antlers, furs, and leather, has leased 2,100 square feet of space in a multitenant commercial building at 10733 N. Government Way in Hayden, Idaho. The company has relocated to Hayden from the Redmond ar

Halme Construction moves its headquarters to West Plains

Davenport company's new base closer to jobs

February 26, 2015

Mike McLean

Halme Construction Inc., a longtime Davenport-based heavy-construction contractor, recently has moved its corporate offices to west Spokane. The new offices occupy 4,300 square feet of leased space on the main floor of the two-story former Bank of Whitma

UW starts remodel at downtown location

Former visitor info center envisioned as Husky hub

February 12, 2015

Mike McLean

The University of Washington says it plans to move this spring, following a remodel project, into its newly leased downtown building, which is to be renamed the UW Spokane Center. The 2,250-square-foot building at 201 W. Main formerly was occupied by the

New vegan restaurateur readies North Side eatery

Owner plans to debut Allie's cafÃ© this spring

February 12, 2015

Mike McLean

Atania Gilmore has leased an 1,800-square-foot building at 4803 N. Nevada, where she plans to open a vegan restaurant. The restaurant, to be named Allie's Vegan Pizzeria & CafÃ©, will open this spring at the northwest corner of Broad Avenue and Nevada

Spokane-area construction values fell in 2014

Big projects permitted in 2013 set bar higher

February 12, 2015

Mike McLean

The total value of Spokane-area building permits fell sharply last year compared with a year earlier, but some sources monitoring the construction industry say that perhaps the bar was artificially high in 2013. Building permit values for last year in Sp

Exit-plan consultants use trade acumen to aid others

Duo helps business owners to transition, sell, or merge

January 29, 2015

Katie Ross

Two longtime Spokane businessmen, Ned Rumpeltes and Ray Lawton, are entering their fifth year as Rumpeltes & Lawton LLC, a business transition consulting firm. Lawton and Rumpeltes, who both have significant business backgrounds here with Spokane-based

ABC chapter here to move to new space on E. Trent

Trade group also expands member education, training

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

The Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors Inc. plans to move to a larger space at 1760 E. Trent from its present location in Spokane Valley, says Kate McCaslin, the chapter's president and CEO. ABC-Inland Pacific Chapter has been

Current, old Wolff Co. properties see activity

Leavitt Capital Co. involved in six recent transactions

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

The Wolff Co. has relocated its downtown offices and has sold the Argonne Commercial Center to another real estate investment group, says Aaron Lake, a real estate broker who has handled a number of recent transactions involving the Wolff Co. and current

Spokane County receives grant for Market Street work

Project to include new bike lanes, resurfacing

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane County will begin in March the design phase of a $2.2 million project to improve a section of Market Street, after recently securing a grant to help fund the project, says Tim Schwab, plans and contract engineer with the county. The project invo