Real Estate & Construction

Fruci firm buys former Keller Williams building

Move from longtime site downtown planned in fall

April 7, 2016

Spokane accounting firm Fruci & Associates PS has bought for $1.9 million the 14,300-square-foot, single-story office building at 802 N. Washington that formerly was occupied by Keller Williams Realty Spokane. The firm plans to move there from the Fruci B

Second Einstein Bros. shop opens here

Bagel franchisee to open more stores in Spokane

April 7, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Einstein Bros. Bagels franchisee Matthew Schmidt has opened a bagel shop in the newly completed Peppertree Plaza at the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Division Street that's his second in the Spokane area and his third overall. Schmidt says he'

GVD set to remodel buildings along First Avenue

Dicker plans events center to be called Montvale Hall

April 7, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane developer Jerry Dicker, owner of Spokane-based GVD Hospitality Management Services Inc., says he is committed to improving downtown Spokane, and his newest project involves improvements to the 1000 block of west First Avenue. 'I'm interested

Providing workers conduit to careers in construction

West Plains facility seeks to replenish laborer ranks

April 7, 2016

Mike McLean

The Construction Industry Training Council of Washington is helping more than 100 mostly Spokane-area workers start careers in construction trades with classroom and lab courses at its new Eastern Washington Region facility on the West Plains. CITC, the

McDowell reworks condo plan

1400 Tower project would front W. Riverside Avenue

April 7, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane developer Mick McDowell says he plans to construct a 14-story, 50-unit condominium tower west of downtown, uphill from a site where he had proposed a contentious project a decade ago. The latest project, to be called the 1400 Tower, would be loca

Jensen-Byrd redeveloper gives first glimpse of plan

$45 million project would include office additions

March 24, 2016

Mike McLean

JB LLC, the Seattle-based development company recently selected by Washington State University to redevelop the historic Jensen-Byrd Building and adjacent properties, has begun to share its $45 million-plus vision for the site with city planners. A prede

Proposed Coeur d'Alene hotel to anchor $20 million complex

Fairfield Inn would fuel entrepreneurial center

March 24, 2016

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene businessman Ron Ayers says the hotel he's planning would be the engine that drives an economic development campus, in addition to increasing lodging capacity near downtown Coeur d'Alene. Ayers proposes to develop a $10 million, 112-ro

Region's largest commercial real estate brokers report growth

NAI Black, K&H say 2015 volume topped strong '14

March 24, 2016

Mike McLean

Heads of two of the Spokane area's largest commercial brokerages say their companies have tallied consecutive years of record volume in terms of sales and leasing combined. Dave Black, CEO of Spokane-based NAI Black, says the brokerage saw an increase

Window Dressing: Art as a catalyst

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March 24, 2016

Treva Lind

Ink paintings of animals hang in a downtown Spokane storefront along First Avenue, where pedestrians and drivers slowing in traffic can glance at the artwork. Spokane-based Window Dressing, a nonprofit arts program, orchestrated the display at 1011 W. F

Bookend generations move to Spokane's core

Younger, older people fuel housing demand downtown

March 24, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

A recent housing and economic report reveals Spokane is experiencing a shift in demographics to both younger and older age groups, whose interest in the urban lifestyle is fueling the growth of downtown development projects in the areas of housing, retail