Real Estate & Construction

Spokesman-Review to consolidate some functions, pursue plans to reduce staffing

Cowles Co. to create more space for lease

October 9, 2014

The Spokesman-Review newspaper says it will consolidate operations in the Spokesman-Review building and neighboring Spokane Chronicle building to make additional space available for lease, along with reducing its workforce by 5 percent, as disclosed earli

Spokane Club to retain its Valley athletic facility

Civic Building sale helped to stabilize club's finances

October 9, 2014

Katie Ross

The board of trustees of the Spokane Club, the longtime, members-only social-and-athletic club here, has voted to allow the real estate listing for its Valley location to expire. The Valley facility, located at 5900 E. Fourth, has been for sale since Jun

Walker Construction starts $12.3 million Pasco job

STEM high school to be completed next summer

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has started construction of the 45,000-square-foot, $12.3 million Delta High School, a four-year-old STEM-focused high school in northwest Pasco, Wash. STEM refers to the academic areas of science, technology

Proposed abandoned property law stirs debate

City council slated to vote on ordinance this month

October 9, 2014

Judith Spitzer

City leaders say a proposed registry of vacant, single-family Spokane homes in foreclosure would hold companies and banks accountable for keeping the properties in good condition, but a mortgage lending association representative says many mortgage lender

Cd'A orthopedic practice to open second clinic here

Meridian doing $500,000 in improvements for tenant

October 9, 2014

Mike McLean

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is working on a nearly $500,000 tenant improvement project in the medical district on the lower South Hill, where a growing orthopedic practice currently based in Coeur d'Alene plans to open a second clinic

Continental Door Co. looks to expand regionally

Valley dealer-installer says sales have grown steadily

October 9, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane Valley overhead door dealer and installer Continental Door Co. is anticipating another strong year of sales, with revenues projected to be up 20 percent compared with 2013, says founder, co-owner, and President Norm Morse.

Valley Fire Department updates two of its stations

$1.4 million in renovations to be finished yet this year

October 9, 2014

Katie Ross

The Spokane Valley Fire Department is wrapping up $1.4 million worth of renovations to its University and Otis Orchards stations, says Larry Rider, deputy chief of support systems for the fire department.

Another mixed-use building planned at Kendall Yards

Three-story building would be similar to Highline Lofts

October 9, 2014

Mike McLean

North Gorge Commercial Partners LLC, an affiliate of Liberty Lake-based Greenstone Corp., plans to construct a three-story mixed-use building just east of the similarly sized Highline Lofts building in Kendall Yards.

Psychology practice buys building to handle growth

Office to ramp up to six providers, hire more staff

October 9, 2014

Mike McLean

Northwest Neurobehavioral Institute PS, a Spokane counseling and therapy practice that specializes in assessing and treating cognitive functions, has bought a 9,300-square-foot building at 1303 N. Division, north of downtown, where it plans to move next m

Coeur d'Alene builder look to restabilize

Contractors Northwest's revenues fluctuate in recession's wide wake

October 9, 2014

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based Contractors Northwest Inc. has been navigating choppy waters since the recession, says Dean Haagenson, the company's cofounder, chairman, and CEO. CNI has charted a respectable year in 2013, buoyed in part by the $14.6 million McE