Real Estate & Construction

VA Medical Center plans to build $10 million clinic

Project design to enhance patient-centered approach

November 6, 2014

The Mann-Grandstaff Veteran's Affairs Medical Center is in the design phase of a $10 million primary care clinic to be constructed on the hospital campus in northwest Spokane. The 25,000-square-foot clinic will be designed to accommodate what the VA re

Growth rate slows for Spokane County's biggest tax bills

Avista retains No. 1 ranking among property owners

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

Tax bills levied on the top 50 property owners in Spokane County for 2014 totaled $46.3 million, up 4.4 percent from the total tax bills for the top 50 property taxpayers in 2013, county records show. The rate of increase, though, was substantially slowe

Ridpath project advances

Wells & Co. aims to start apartment work this winter

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

Ron Wells, who heads the Spokane company that plans to redevelop the historic, but downtrodden Ridpath Hotel into the Ridpath Club Apartments, says the Washington State Housing Finance Commission is looking favorably on the funding package lined up for th

Business developers team up to buy Plechner Building

Trio to operate Spokane Entrepreneurial Center

October 23, 2014

Mike McLean

Three Spokane business developers and investors have joined to buy the Plechner Building, which they plan to continue to operate as the Spokane Entrepreneurial Center. Tom Simpson, a member of the ownership group, says he and fellow entrepreneurs, Rob Ma

Catholic Charities plans 51-unit housing project east of downtown Spokane

Work on $5 million building slated to begin next spring

October 23, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Catholic Charities of Spokane, one of the area's largest social-service nonprofits, is in the initial design stages on a $5 million, 51-unit low-income housing project downtown, says John Fisher, housing development manager for Catholic Charities. The

Caterpillar buys land next to its West Plains facility

Some speculate that company will expand

October 23, 2014

Mike McLean

Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. has purchased a parcel of land next to its big distribution center on the West Plains, leading some people familiar with the transaction to conclude that the company is planning to expand there soon. Dick Edwards, a co

CHAS leases lower South Hill space for new health clinic

Center to offer primary care, possibly specialty services

October 23, 2014

Katie Ross

Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS), the Spokane-based nonprofit provider of medical, dental, pharmacy, and behavioral health services, has leased almost 6,000 square feet of space in the South Perry District for a new clinic, says spokeswoman

Spokesman-Review to consolidate some functions, pursue plans to reduce staffing

Cowles Co. to create more space for lease

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

The Spokesman-Review newspaper says it will consolidate operations in the Spokesman-Review building and neighboring Spokane Chronicle building to make additional space available for lease, along with reducing its workforce by 5 percent, as disclosed earli

Spokane Club to retain its Valley athletic facility

Civic Building sale helped to stabilize club's finances

October 9, 2014

Katie Ross

The board of trustees of the Spokane Club, the longtime, members-only social-and-athletic club here, has voted to allow the real estate listing for its Valley location to expire. The Valley facility, located at 5900 E. Fourth, has been for sale since Jun

Walker Construction starts $12.3 million Pasco job

STEM high school to be completed next summer

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has started construction of the 45,000-square-foot, $12.3 million Delta High School, a four-year-old STEM-focused high school in northwest Pasco, Wash. STEM refers to the academic areas of science, technology