Real Estate & Construction

Boot Barn debuts first Washington state store in Spokane Valley

Western, work-wear chain opens near Costco store

December 1, 2016

Boot Barn Holdings Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based chain of Western clothing and work-wear stores, has selected a Spokane Valley location for its first retail outlet in Washington state. The recently opened Boot Barn store occupies 10,900 square feet of sp

North Idaho convenience store erects new Hayden outlet

Multitenant retail structure also planned near U.S. 95

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

Dan Duvall, who owns three convenience stores in Kootenai County, is constructing a fourth store in Hayden, where he's also planning to develop a multitenant retail building. The 5,500-square-foot, $1.5 million convenience store, to be named Lancaster

Remodel to convert former Skippers into Dickey's

Cd'A restaurant opening has yet to be scheduled

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

A former Skippers restaurant near the Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d'Alene is being converted into a Dickey's Barbecue Pit restaurant. The new restaurant's owner, Mark Engberson, is a Spokane-based franchisee for both Dickey's Barbecue Pit and Wing

Bedrosians Tile & Stone begins building store in Spokane Valley

$2 million project follows acquisition of Oregon Tile

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Bedrosians Tile & Stone Inc., a porcelain tile and stone importer and distributor based in Anaheim, Calif., has started work on a new 41,000-square-foot building at 19119 E. Broadway for a Spokane Valley store. Eddie Bedrosian, the company's Anaheim-ba

Garco Construction lands $8.7 million DOT project

Contractor to start work in Wenatchee next spring

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded to Spokane-based Garco Construction Inc. an $8.7 million contract to build a new North Central Region Administration building in Wenatchee. Rich Wagner, a project manager for Garco, says the c

Dialysis clinic renovates larger site on North Side

$1.3 million project slated to be finished in February

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

Denver-based DaVita Inc. has started a $1.3 million renovation project to convert a portion of a retail building at 7701 N. Division into a dialysis and kidney care clinic where DaVita plans to move its North Side clinic, says Kristin Videto, a Federal Wa

Mirabeau office complex secures $6.8 million loan

Newmark Realty arranges 15-year term for borrower

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

San Francisco-based Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged $6.8 million in permanent financing for an office complex at 12825 E. Mirabeau Parkway, in Spokane Valley, says Demetri Koston, Newmark's Spokane-based vice president. The 118,000-square-foot

Timber Products Manufacturers Association evolves

Organization projects 10 percent membership growth

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based Timber Products Manufacturers Association is looking ahead to new challenges as it celebrates 100 years of serving its employer members in the timber industry. Adam Molenda, the association's president, says TPM has worked to remain dili

Free People store to open in downtown Spokane

Outlet here will be third Urban Outfitters affiliate

November 17, 2016

Mike McLean

Free People LLC, a women's clothing and accessories store affiliated with Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters Inc., plans to open a store in the former J.C. Penney building downtown, building permit information on file with the city of Spokane shows. T

Airway Heights auto complex planned

$5 million in projects slated at 13-acre site

November 17, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

An Airway Heights businessman plans to develop a large automotive-themed complex on a 13-acre site next to the Spokane County Raceway and near Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights. George Lawrence, who owns Consumer Auto Liquidators, at 1082