Real Estate & Construction

Larry H. Miller set to develop Honda dealership in downtown Spokane

Company submits plans for building along Third

June 2, 2016

As the Larry H. Miller Dealerships chain continues to expand its sales and service facilities here, a real estate affiliate submitted a pre-development application to the city of Spokane for a proposed new building on west Third Avenue for its Honda deale

Post Falls Medical Boom

Health care sector provides community hundreds of jobs

June 2, 2016

Mike McLean

Post Falls, once considered a bedroom community to both Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, has become home to a vibrant medical district that's brought hundreds of health care jobs to the River City. The growth in medical and health services and facilities i

YMCA opts to pursue development of South Hill

CEO says next step is capital funds campaign

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The YMCA of the Inland Northwest has decided to move forward with further investigation into developing a new facility on Spokane's South Hill. The idea for a South Hill facility came about last month, as a result of a market research study conducted

Chronicle Building apartments planned

32 living units to be created on floors third through six

June 2, 2016

Kim Crompton

A real estate subsidiary of Cowles Co., of Spokane, plans to convert four floors of the Chronicle Building at 926 W. Sprague downtown into apartments and hopes to have them all completed and ready for occupancy by February. Doug Yost, director of real es

Meridian to build City Hall in Valley

$10.6 million contract awarded for construction

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

The city of Spokane Valley has awarded a $10.6 million construction contract for its planned City Hall to Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley. Meridian had submitted the lowest bid to erect the 65,200-square-foot facility, which will include th

Moses Lake company buys two complexes on Spokane's North Side

$17.9 million transaction includes 300 apartments

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

Moses Lake-based real estate investment company 5D Holdings LLC has bought for $17.9 million two apartment complexes with a total of 300 living units on Spokane's North Side. The complexes are the Serrano Apartments, located at 121 E. Wedgewood, and th

Sherwood Apartments building to undergo facelift

Residential, commercial spaces available soon

May 19, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The Sherwood Apartments building, at the southwest corner of Main Avenue and Bernard Street, soon will be undergoing renovations to update both its commercial and apartment spaces. Located at 301 W. Main, the 28,000-square-foot building includes a grou

Land Rover, Jaguar auto dealership plans

$5 million project will include move next door

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

The combined Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo auto dealerships downtown are planning a $5 million-plus renovation and expansion project that eventually will include the entire block on which the dealerships are now located, says Francois Chaker, the general

Assisted-living facility eyed on the South Hill

Center would be built at Freya, 44th junction

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

Co-owners and operators of a Coeur d'Alene assisted-living facility are part of a prospective ownership group exploring the potential to develop a similar facility for up to 80 residents on the South Hill. The development site would be on 5 acres of va

Spokane new-home starts are on the rise again

Dwindling inventory could lead to higher sale prices

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

The Spokane-area new-home market looks to be strong for the foreseeable future, some prominent homebuilders here say. In the first four months 2016, Spokane County and the cities of Spokane Valley issued a total 389 building permits for single-family hom