Real Estate & Construction

Hearing examiner to revisit gun club project

Nonprofit prepares to proceed pending new land-use ruling

March 25, 2021

Although a conditional-use permit for a shooting sports range planned by the Spokane Gun Club recently has been remanded by a superior court judge to the Spokane County Hearing Examiner's Office, the club is preparing to proceed with the project

$53 million Podium project to open in fall

First high-profile event set for February 2022

March 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Stacked atop a basalt outcropping in the North Bank area overlooking downtown Spokane, The Podium was built on ground that had to be blasted away

Mullen's Memphis deal muddies its future in Spokane

Company exec says lack of Washington state incentives raise barrier

March 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Mullen Technologies Inc.'s future in Spokane is up in the air as the startup electric vehicle manufacturer eyes Memphis, Tennessee, for its future headquarters. A press release from the company on March 18 says the company plans to establish its

Cozzetto's Coin-Op moves to North Side

Commercial laundry machine service provider vacates downtown site

March 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Due to an increase in homeless activity around the business premises, a lack of parking, and traffic growth on Third Avenue, Steve Cozzetto says he recently moved his 44-year-old laundry machine servicing business out of downtown Spokane to a larger

Amazon Air leases planned warehouse at Spokane airport

Work on new facility expected to wrap up by this November

March 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Amazon.com Inc. plans to lease a soon-to-be-built air cargo facility at Spokane International Airport, says Todd Coleman, executive director of S3R3 Solutions. The facility will be used to transfer parcels from the airport to and from the Amazon

Landlord-tenant issues held at bay for now in Spokane

In residential market, mandates provide reprieve; mass evictions unlikely, some say

March 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Lawmakers have enacted extensive tenant protections since the start of the pandemic that lawyers here say will likely blunt a flood of evictions once the eviction moratorium, which was extended this month, ends.

Buying time in the commercial real estate market

Tenants might struggle when pandemic-era relief dissipates

March 25, 2021

Virginia Thomas

As pandemic-related restrictions throughout Washington begin to lift, some attorneys here say commercial real estate attorneys could soon face a rise in disputes, including litigation related to force majeure clauses.

Brumback to convert QualMed Plaza into rental units

Total of 171 living units to come online in stages through $16M project

March 25, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Brumback Real Estate & Construction has started renovations on the 55,000-square-foot building known as QualMed Plaza, at 508 W. Sixth, where the company plans to convert the medical office space and attached parking garage into a 171-unit, mixed-use

Spokane draws interest from out-of-state developers

At least $83 million in work planned, underway by companies outside region

March 25, 2021

Kevin Blocker

A Phoenix-based development group has projects in varying stages of development in Arizona, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., but it's the planned project in Spokane that has the people behind Sagamore Spokane LLC excited about the future

Crown West plans Barker Logistics project in Valley

Work slated to start on first building this year

March 24, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Spokane Valley-based Crown West Realty LLC has purchased nearly 40 acres of vacant industrial land in Spokane Valley where the company plans to develop a 600,000-square-foot, multibuilding industrial park.