Real Estate & Construction

Riverfront Park work to begin midsummer

First projects include rink, Howard Street south bridge

January 28, 2016

Nearly a year and a half after voters approved a $64.3 million bond measure to fund the first major upgrades of Riverfront Park since it was constructed for Expo '74, the first projects to be funded under the measure are set to go to bid this spring. P

Mulling Macy's makeover in downtown Spokane

Some believe new building tenants may bring positive change

January 28, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Macy's Inc.'s announcement earlier this month that it plans to close its downtown Spokane store by this spring as part of a series of chainwide cost-efficiency measures has raised concerns among nearby businesses about the potential negative impacts o

Spokane and Coeur d'Alene home sales, prices surge

Median price could exceed prerecession peak this year

January 28, 2016

Mike McLean

The residential real estate market in Spokane and Kootenai counties last year saw the biggest upswings in home sales by total numbers and median price since the Great Recession. According to the Spokane Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service, 6

Community Frameworks eyes East Sprague project

Proposed 36-unit complex would cost about $8 million

January 14, 2016

Community Frameworks, a nonprofit low-income housing advocacy group, has submitted a pre-development application to the city of Spokane for an envisioned 36-unit, low-income residential complex that would be developed at the southwest corner of Sprague Av

Garco to construct $29 million Mead middle school project

Site work for big project slated to start this spring

January 14, 2016

The Mead School District has selected Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, as general contractor for the planned $29 million Northwood Middle School.

Associated Construction starts Deaconess project

Patient-room renovations slated on two top floors

January 14, 2016

Associated Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on interior improvements to the top two floors of the 10-story, patient-room tower at Deaconess Hospital, located at 800 W. Fifth on Spokane's lower South Hill.

Ginno wins job to construct Sandpoint health facility

$1.7 million project set for completion in spring

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

The Panhandle Health District has awarded Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, a $1.7 million contract to construct a public health facility in Sandpoint.

Haven Real Estate moves to larger space in the Washington Cracker building

Brokerage hopes to triple number of agents this year

January 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Haven Real Estate Group LLC is the latest in a series of tenants to move into the historic Washington Cracker Co. building, also known as the Cracker Box Building, located downtown at 304 W Pacific.

MMEC is designing office building for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

$9.5 million Richland facility will be completed in 2017

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane-based MMEC Architecture & Interiors, which has an office in the Tri-Cities, is designing a $9.5 million office building at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in Richland.

$4 million senior rental complex rising in Spokane Valley

Whispering Pines to target active 55-plus market

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

Conard & Hill Development LLC, a Spokane Valley development company, has started construction on a $4 million, 31-unit residential rental complex that will be marketed to active seniors, says John Conard Jr., a principal in the company.