Real Estate & Construction

Browne's Addition project goes on the auction block

Bank sets minimum bid for building at $850,000

November 6, 2014

A nearly completed multiuse building in Browne's Addition with an architectural style reminiscent of the French Quarter of New Orleans is scheduled to go to auction this month, says Shane O'Neill, an agent with Spokane real estate brokerage Coldwell B

Hayden design firm adjusts as stability returns

Schools, commercial jobs sustain Longwell+Trapp

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

Longwell+Trapp Architects PLLC, of Hayden, has seen steady work in both private and publicly funded projects in the last two years, although the company still is leaned out somewhat from the Great Recession, says founding principal Gordon Longwell.

DCI Engineers eyes growth in 2015

Convention Center expansion, downtown hotel among firm's projects

November 6, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Working on projects such as the Spokane Convention Center expansion and the Grand Hotel Spokane, Seattle-based DCI Engineers will bring in revenue this year of $27 million companywide, and the company is poised to see 10 to 15 percent in growth in 2015, s

VA Medical Center plans to build $10 million clinic

Project design to enhance patient-centered approach

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

The Mann-Grandstaff Veteran's Affairs Medical Center is in the design phase of a $10 million primary care clinic to be constructed on the hospital campus in northwest Spokane. The 25,000-square-foot clinic will be designed to accommodate what the VA re

Growth rate slows for Spokane County's biggest tax bills

Avista retains No. 1 ranking among property owners

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

Tax bills levied on the top 50 property owners in Spokane County for 2014 totaled $46.3 million, up 4.4 percent from the total tax bills for the top 50 property taxpayers in 2013, county records show. The rate of increase, though, was substantially slowe

Ridpath project advances

Wells & Co. aims to start apartment work this winter

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

Ron Wells, who heads the Spokane company that plans to redevelop the historic, but downtrodden Ridpath Hotel into the Ridpath Club Apartments, says the Washington State Housing Finance Commission is looking favorably on the funding package lined up for th

Business developers team up to buy Plechner Building

Trio to operate Spokane Entrepreneurial Center

October 23, 2014

Mike McLean

Three Spokane business developers and investors have joined to buy the Plechner Building, which they plan to continue to operate as the Spokane Entrepreneurial Center. Tom Simpson, a member of the ownership group, says he and fellow entrepreneurs, Rob Ma

Catholic Charities plans 51-unit housing project east of downtown Spokane

Work on $5 million building slated to begin next spring

October 23, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Catholic Charities of Spokane, one of the area's largest social-service nonprofits, is in the initial design stages on a $5 million, 51-unit low-income housing project downtown, says John Fisher, housing development manager for Catholic Charities. The

Caterpillar buys land next to its West Plains facility

Some speculate that company will expand

October 23, 2014

Mike McLean

Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. has purchased a parcel of land next to its big distribution center on the West Plains, leading some people familiar with the transaction to conclude that the company is planning to expand there soon. Dick Edwards, a co

CHAS leases lower South Hill space for new health clinic

Center to offer primary care, possibly specialty services

October 23, 2014

Katie Ross

Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS), the Spokane-based nonprofit provider of medical, dental, pharmacy, and behavioral health services, has leased almost 6,000 square feet of space in the South Perry District for a new clinic, says spokeswoman