Real Estate & Construction

Wake Up Call coffee shop planned at Division, Nora

Logan neighborhood outlet will be company's seventh

September 8, 2016

Wake Up Inc., the parent company of the Spokane-Valley-based Wake Up Call coffee shop company, has leased a 14,200-square-foot corner lot at 1814 N. Division, where the company plans to construct its seventh outlet. Christopher Arkoosh, who co-owns Wake

Neighborhood retail buildings planned at Kendall Yards

Project includes 'little hotel,' restaurant, deli

September 8, 2016

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based developer of the Kendall Yards development northwest of downtown Spokane, plans to begin construction this fall on a pair of two-tenant retail buildings. The structures, tentatively called Nettleton Corners, are

Businesses along Monroe Street resist 'road diet'

Owners say project could be devastating

September 8, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The city of Spokane has begun work on design plans for a project that it says will improve safety, enhance the streetscape, and reconfigure traffic on North Monroe Street. Although the $4.1 million project isn't due to start construction until 2018, it

Investor group buys building on East Second Avenue

Company plans to remodel, possibly expand structure

August 25, 2016

Kim Crompton

A partnership named 504 East Second Partners LLC has bought a single-story, 6,000-square-foot building at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Sherman Street and plans to renovate it and possibly expand it to accommodate one or more tenants.

Taco Time building on North Ruby set to become a Starbucks cafÃ©

Remodeling to start soon, opening planned for spring

August 25, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Utah-based Wadsworth Development Group & Property Management, which owns the Taco Time fast-food restaurant at 1310 N. Ruby, says the building soon will be converted into a Starbucks outlet. Parker Robertson, Utah-based project manager for Wadsworth, sa

Quilting Bee starts work on new building in Spokane Valley

Barn-style structure to be finished early next year

August 25, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Valley-based retailer The Quilting Bee Inc. has started construction of a $1.4 million building at 16002 E. Broadway. The company plans to move to the new facility from its current location at 12117 E. Mission early next year.

Townhome-style rental project rises in Hayden

$6.5 million development includes 55 housing units

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

Level Ground LLC, of Post Falls, is developing 55 townhome-style rental units with a total construction value of $6.5 million in the Avery Estates subdivision in Hayden. The project will include nine buildings, each with four to eight living units, on 5

BOMA Spokane reports increase in its membership

Group hopes to surpass 100 members by year-end

August 25, 2016

Kevin Guthrie, president of the Building Owners & Managers Association Spokane, says the nonprofit has experienced a bit of a renaissance this year and is on pace to surpass 100 members this year. Guthrie, a senior property manager at Kiemle & Hagood Co.

New fire station planned at Liberty Lake

$3 million project expected to wrap up by end of 2017

August 25, 2016

Kim Crompton

The Spokane Valley Fire Department says it plans to construct a new fire station at Liberty Lake to replace one on the north side of Interstate 90 that's not as ideally located for responding to calls. The new Station 3, also called the Liberty Lake St

Avista advances downtown campus for 100 workers

Complex would house linemen near city's core

August 25, 2016

Spokane-based Avista Corp. has taken the preliminary steps to begin what company officials say will result in the development of a downtown campus that will employ more than 100 workers. The company wants to eventually build a 42,000-square-foot electric