Real Estate & Construction

City of Spokane adds stormwater work to Havana Street project

Permeable bike lanes, swales part of project

January 15, 2015

The city of Spokane is using its project to replace a water main under Havana Street in the Southgate neighborhood as part of a pilot program to test new stormwater mitigation techniques, including installing porous asphalt bike lanes, says city spokeswom

Canyon Creek Cabinets remodels Spokane Valley showroom

Displays are replaced; sales offices revamped

January 15, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Monroe, Wash.-based Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. is ready to show off its retail sales showroom in Spokane Valley at 10221 E. Montgomery Drive, after a complete remodel, says Doug McIalwain, showroom manager.

New multifamily trade group forms, starts chapter here

Association has attracted 40 to 50 members locally

January 15, 2015

Judith Spitzer

The Tukwila, Wash.-based Washington Multi-Family Housing Association, a nonprofit trade group representing the multifamily-housing industry, recently has established chapters in Spokane and in the Tri-Cities, says Jim Wiard, WMFHA executive director.

Historic Jenkins Building poised to add apartments

Developer starts remodel that's to cost $2.2 million

January 15, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Demolition has started on the $2.2 million extensive remodel of the historic Jenkins building on North Monroe, says owner Mark Agee, Spokane business owner and developer, who purchased the building for $750,000 last May.

City of Liberty Lake award Appleway Avenue repaving job

Streetlights, landscaped median also to be installed

January 15, 2015

Katie Ross

The city of Liberty Lake awarded last month the contract for its planned $1.7 million repaving and improvement project on Appleway Boulevard, says Katy Allen, city administrator for Liberty Lake. 'Appleway is a very important street in our city for bu

Diabetic-friendly food store to open in Spokane Valley

Not So Sweet will carry array of sugar-free items

January 15, 2015

Mike McLean

Not So Sweet, a new diabetic-friendly grocery store, will debut this winter in Spokane Valley, says Michael Hall, the store owner. Hall has leased a 3,100-square-foot, single-story building at 302 S. Pines Road that formerly was occupied by Labor Ready a

City of Spokane awards contract for downtown gateway project

Long-anticipated project targets beautification, safety goals

January 15, 2015

Katie Ross

The city of Spokane has awarded a contract for development of its long-awaited $598,000 Division Street gateway project, says Jan Quintrall, director of business and development services for the city.

Development proposals percolate downtown

High-rise, office, parking structures among spate of projects being explored

January 15, 2015

Mike McLean

Major downtown construction projects such as the ongoing Davenport Grand Hotel and the recently completed Spokane Convention Center expansion, as well as planned historic Ridpath renovations, likely are drawing additional developer interest to the city'

Spokane Public Radio's project on fast track for completion

Project funds mostly now raised, station's GM say

January 15, 2015

Judith Spitzer

On the eve of Spokane Public Radio's 35th anniversary, renovations of its future home at former Fire Station No. 3 on North Monroe Street are on schedule, and the station has secured most of the $5 million needed for the project, says Cary Boyce, SPR'

Foreclosure numbers dip in Spokane, remain historically high

Housing recovery said to hinge on job growth

January 15, 2015

Mike McLean

Foreclosure actions completed in 2014 in Spokane County fell 19 percent compared with the record number of foreclosures in 2013, but they're still historically high, some housing-market observers here say. The Spokane County Auditor's Office recorded