Real Estate & Construction

Union Gospel Mission plans two new stores

Projects in early stages; one property purchased

October 10, 2019

Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane plans to expand its thrift store operations by adding two new outlets in the next few years. Dean Bitz, director of operations for the nonprofit, says the projects are still in the early planning stages, but

CarePartners plans memory-care facility on Spokane's North Side

Spokane Special Care cottages to offer 60 beds

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

A 60-bed memory care facility is planned for Spokane's North Side, says Kelley Smith, CarePartners Management Group LLC vice president of sales and marketing. Spokane Special Care Community, owned and operated by Mercer Island, Washington-based

OAC Services focuses on client, employee relationships

Project manager predicts more design-build jobs

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

When Jeff Jurgensen opened the Spokane office of Seattle-based construction and project management company OAC Services Inc. in 2006, he noticed a distinct lack of project management companies here, he says. Jurgensen, senior associate of construction

Inland ABC chapter plans Construction Career Days

Organization anticipates 800 students will attend

October 10, 2019

Natasha Nellis

The Associated Builders and Contractors Inland Pacific Chapter is gearing up for its 2019 Construction Career Days, to be held Oct. 23 and 24 at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. Sarah Cottam, vice president of member services at ABC Inland

Douglass sets sights on $10 million industrial park

Two warehouses planned in northeast Spokane

October 10, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Douglass Properties has set its sights on its next big development, a two-building, 193,000-square-foot industrial park on the southwest corner of Magnesium Road and Crestline Street. A representative of Douglass did not respond immediately to requests

Work starts at new site for Cd'A elementary school

NExA scheduled to open for 2020-21 academic year

October 10, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Construction crews have started work on a new, $12.5 million elementary school building in Coeur d'Alene that will replace an antiquated K-5 elementary school building in nearby Hayden. The new Northwest Expedition Academy building, which will have

Multiple in-fill housing projects planned in Spokane

Five projects are underway throughout Spokane area

October 10, 2019

Natasha Nellis

Town house-style complexes and infill developments are continuing to pop-up across the Spokane region, with over $6.7 million in smaller apartment projects planned or underway in the county. In Spokane Valley, two projects totaling about $3 million are

Started from ground up, NNAC reaches new heights

Woman-owned Native firm thrives in Cd'A

October 10, 2019

Kevin Blocker

What does a 24-year-old woman of Cherokee descent with a two-year-old going through a divorce decide to do at the beginning of the Great Recession? Start a construction business of course. Today, a Regina Lettau has turned that business into an

Hardwick & Sons moves ahead in Post Falls

Former Seattle hardware store operator plans mid-2020 opening

October 10, 2019

Virginia Thomas

Hardwick & Sons hardware store has selected a site along east Mullan Avenue in Post Falls for its new store, the architect on the project says. Mark Latham, owner of Post Falls-based ML Architect & Associates Inc., says a 22,000-square-foot building

Pyrotek builds facility to supply aluminum smelters in Middle East

New plant expected to be operational early next year

October 10, 2019

Kevin Blocker

Spokane-based manufacturer Pyrotek Inc. is building a manufacturing facility in the Middle East to help meet growing consumer demand for aluminum in that region.