Real Estate & Construction

Keller Williams' growth in Spokane is outperforming the market

Brokerage trains, coaches agents as business owners

July 14, 2016

Keller Williams Realty Spokane is enjoying rapid growth in agents and overall performance, says Chase Williams, team leader at the Spokane franchise of the Austin, Texas-based global real estate network. Last year, which was a strong year for the office,

Next phase of MLK Way extension to start

Work to cost $3.6 million, be completed by spring

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The second phase of the city of Spokane's Martin Luther King Jr. Way extension project is expected to begin this week. The project, broken into three phases so far, is intended to provide a more efficient route for traffic moving along the south edge o

Brokers buy downtown Fusion Juice restaurant

Eatery will continue to offer smoothies, fresh-made food

July 14, 2016

Mike McLean

Dallas and Ellen Lightner and Ryan Towner, all of Spokane, have bought the assets of Fusion Juice of Spokane Inc. They plan to operate the independent restaurant in the James S. Black Building, at 107 S. Howard, as Spokane Fusion LLC. The restaurant occu

Restaurant project at Indiana-Monroe intersection shelved after city's input

Plan called for Burger King at former Shari's location

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Plans to develop a Burger King restaurant at the site of a former Shari's restaurant at the southwest corner of the busy intersection of Monroe Street, Indiana Avenue, and Northwest Boulevard have been shelved, sparking complaints from a commercial real

Appeals court rejects appraiser liability suit

Legal case involved Greg Jeffreys, West Plains land

July 14, 2016

A real estate developer can't hold an appraiser liable for overvaluing property if an appraisal wasn't conducted on the developer's behalf, a Spokane-based Washington state appellate court panel unanimously has reaffirmed in a case involving disgrac

Franklin Park Medical Center faces loan default

Trustee sale scheduled this week at courthouse

July 14, 2016

Mike McLean

The California-based owners of Franklin Park Medical Center, at 220 E. Rowan, have defaulted on a loan on the three-story medical office building, which is scheduled for a trustee's sale on Friday, July 15, at the Spokane County Courthouse. A notice

Yost Gallagher awarded South Hill apartment project

$9.3 million complex will have 72 living units in all

June 30, 2016

Mike McLean

Yost Gallagher Construction LLC, of Spokane, has been awarded the contract to construct a 72-unit, $9.3 million apartment complex on the South Hill, says Jeff Gallagher, the company's vice president. The complex, which Spokane-based Dave Black Propert

Lincoln Heights retail center gets $10.5 million refinancing

Newmark Realty arranges 20-year loan for borrower

June 30, 2016

Mike McLean

San Francisco-based Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged $10.2 million in permanent financing for Lincoln Heights Shopping Center. Demetri Koston and Skip Slavin, vice presidents of Newmark, respectively based in Spokane and Seattle, arranged the loa

Pool World builds new home for its Cd'A store

Structure near I-90 slated to be finished next March

June 30, 2016

In an effort to boost exposure and meet growing demand, Spokane-based Pool World Inc. is starting construction of a larger building in Coeur d'Alene. 'As the economy has emerged from the Great Recession, our market segment has been no different,â€ s

EWU plans to rebid big Pence Student Union Building renovation, expansion

University hopeful work will begin in September

June 30, 2016

Mike McLean

Eastern Washington University hopes to issue a second call for bids in late July for a planned renovation and expansion of its Pence Student Union Building, says Troy Bester, the university's senior project manager. Only one contractor, Spokane-based L