Real Estate & Construction

'Podium' project to rise at Kendall Yards

Urban village developer plans $50 million project above river

March 16, 2017

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake based real estate development company, is about to embark on a $50 million phase of construction in Kendall Yards that will include the largest project the company has taken on so far, says Jim Frank, Greenstone CEO.

Second new hotel planned near Spokane International Airport

Timeline similar to that of nearby La Quinta project

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

For the second time in a few weeks, plans have emerged for a new airport hotel on the West Plains. In the latest hotel plan, the Sleep Inn/Mainstay hotel chain plans to erect a $6.3 million, 87-room hotel east of the airport, near the Geiger-Interstate 9

Two sporting goods retailers coming to Spokane Valley

Big 5, Sportsman's Warehouse plan outlets

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Two sporting goods store chains are planning to open outlets within a mile of each other in Spokane Valley. One of them, Midvale, Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse, has leased 32,400 square feet of retail space at the former Sports Authority site, near

Design work starts for Trent Avenue bridge replacement

Bids for $20 million project to be sought in fall of 2018

March 16, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

The Washington state Department of Transportation is designing a replacement for the East Trent Avenue Bridge, which crosses the Spokane River just east of Hamilton Street in East Spokane. Al Gilson, Spokane-based spokesman for WDSOT, says the $20 milli

Ridpath project is jelling, developer Ron Wells says

Work could start this spring, pending approval of loans

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane developer Ron Wells says financing is coming together for acquiring and converting the long-shuttered Ridpath Hotel complex into downtown housing. With final loan approval appearing close at hand, work on the $22 million project could start as ea

New boutique real estate agency opens downtown

Brokerage to focus on remodeling, flipping market

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Scout Real Estate, a new Spokane real estate agency, has opened downtown, says owner and managing broker Brian Bean. The agency occupies 800 square feet of office space on the main floor of a historic three-story building at 101 S. Stevens, where it hope

Real Estate Roundup: Solderer now independent after parent-company sale

CTS moves to quarters in Valley industrial park

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Component Tinning Services Inc., a recent independent spinoff of Spokane Valley-based ACE Production Technologies Inc., has moved to new quarters in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park. CTS now occupies 1,300 square feet of space at 3020 N. Sullivan,

Q&A with Melissa Murphy: In her Prime

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March 2, 2017

Linn Parish

Melissa Murphy started her career as a Realtor at the height of the residential real estate market in Spokane in the mid-2000s, then founded her own brokerage when that market troughed out about five years later. After five years in business, Prime Real

Business-class drones to take off

Commercial use of UAVs found to improve efficiency

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Commercial drone use is taking off, and soon more Spokane-area industries and businesses big and small are likely to see and hear what the buzz is about, some drone users here say. Robert Rees, owner of Rees Aerials LLC, of Spokane, has been flying drone

Big Avista-led project to serve as catalyst near East Sprague

Project proposed near planned University District Gateway Bridge

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

An affiliate of Spokane-based energy company Avista Corp. has entered the early land-use planning stage with the city of Spokane for the first phase of an ambitious development concept for the area near the south landing of the soon-to-be constructed Univ