Real Estate & Construction

Spokane Home Builders Association's Fall Festival of Homes kicks off

Annual event showcases community homebuilders

September 27, 2018

Over the next two weekends, the Spokane Home Builders Association will hold its 14th annual Fall Festival of Homes, says Joel White, executive director of the association. The festival will feature 30 homes throughout Spokane County built by 20 builders

Partners with Families buys Parametrix building

Nonprofit plans to expand service offerings in 2019

September 27, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based nonprofit Partners with Families & Children has purchased the former Taylor Engineering building at 106 W. Mission Avenue, which it plans to remodel as its new headquarters. Formed in 2003, Partners is a nonprofit with a mission to

Ponderosa Village signs two retail tenants

Doughnut shop, salon among prospects looking at new retail development

September 27, 2018

Samantha Peone

Doughnut shop Hello Sugar LLC and salon The Mix Salon & Day Spa LLC have been secured as tenants for the first phase of the Ponderosa Village retail development under construction in Spokane Valley, says Mike Tuntland, co-owner of Tuntland Enterprises LLC

Duluth Trading Co. builds store in Valley

15,700-square-foot space expected to open by May

September 27, 2018

Samantha Peone

A new 15,700-square-foot Duluth Trading Co. workwear and accessories retail store is in development in Spokane Valley, says Marc Cable, project manager with Illinois-based Interwork Architects Inc., the company that designed the project. The project site

Riverview prepares to open $7M memory care facility

New addition to retirement complex houses 20 more beds

September 27, 2018

Virginia Thomas

Spokane-based Riverview Retirement Community plans to open its new $7 million, 20-bed memory care facility next month. Spokane-based contractor Bouten Construction Co. recently completed constructing the 20,000-square-foot Riverview Memory Care facility

Business is booming in Spokane Valley

Sullivan Road area sees construction project cluster valued near $15 million

September 27, 2018

Samantha Peone

The ongoing redevelopment of the former Itron campus, construction of a new warehouse and a heavy equipment dealership nearby, and high occupancy rates at the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, together are spurring business growth in Spokane Valley's

2018 Rising Stars: Jordan Tampien

Law school grad finds passion in real estate development

September 13, 2018

Samantha Peone

Scott Isaak, owner of real estate holding company 5D Holdings LLC and owner of the Spokane's Sweeto Burrito chain, describes 34-year-old real estate agent Jordan Tampien as a cross between "Mr. Rogers, your favorite life insurance salesman, and your

2018 Rising Stars: Brooke Baker Spink

2018 Rising Star thrives in the local family business

September 13, 2018

Samantha Peone

In the five years that Brooke Baker Spink has worked for Baker Construction & Development Inc., she's helped secure more than $40 million in construction work. But it was work in another industry in which Baker Spink, 32, learned how to build sales.

Otis Hotel project's asbestos, lead woes to be resolved soon

Developer gets green light from Ecology; L&I inquiry is nearing its deadline

September 13, 2018

Samantha Peone

Following months of delays, the Otis Hotel redevelopment project has been cleared of lead contamination concerns by the Washington state Department of Ecology, says Portland, Ore.-based developer Curtis Rystadt. Additionally, the Washington state

100-bed Inland Northwest Behavioral Hospital prepares to open

Facility will be able to accommodate 24 patients in one unit in beginning

September 13, 2018

Virginia Thomas

Spokane soon will have another resource for those in need of behavioral health care. An Oct. 1 soft opening is planned for the $34 million, 100-bed Inland Northwest Behavioral Hospital, says director of business development Lonna Smith. Those interested