Real Estate & Construction

Downtown's 'creative alley' attracts more activity

Pacific Avenue coming alive with business relocations, projects

December 5, 2013

Tucked amongst exposed brick, scant graffiti, and 'No Loiteringâ€ signs, a quiet revival is taking place on west Pacific Avenue in downtown Spokane. The west 100 block of the street, in particular, has become known as 'creative alley,â€ to its resi

Re/Max franchise sets up agency office in Riverstone

Widely known brand returns to Cd'A market after four-year absence

November 21, 2013

Mike McLean

Re/Max Infinity Group, the Coeur d'Alene franchise of Denver-based Re/Max International Inc., has opened a real estate office in the Riverstone mixed-use development.The agency occupies 3,500 square feet of floor space at 2086 N. Main St., from

Builder here lands two big school projects

$38 million in construction is expected to be finished during the next two years

November 21, 2013

Katie Ross

Spokane general contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. has begun construction of two schools in College Place, Wash., including the southeastern Washington town's first high school, says project manager Scott Jutte. "We're constructing a high school in

Avista remodels headquarters lobby; addition is next

Work part of $28 million multiyear plan to upgrade structure along Mission

November 21, 2013

Treva Lind

Avista Corp., of Spokane, is remodeling the lobby and basement of its headquarters building, at 1411 E. Mission, and says it plans to start work in March on a 42,000-square-foot addition. The projects are part of a multiyear, $28 million with a

CNI wins $4 million job to modernize Cd'A grade school

Work includes new gym, two-classroom addition at Borah Elementary

November 21, 2013

Mike McLean

The Coeur d'Alene School District has awarded Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, a $4 million contract to modernize and expand Borah Elementary School.The expansion part of the project will include constructing a gym, art room, and a

Rendering courtesy of Bernardo|Wills Architects PC

Big library projects are on the books

Partnership with city includes possible construction valued at $26 million

November 21, 2013

Mike McLean

With a recent site-plan approval from the Spokane Valley City Council in hand, the Spokane County Library District says it expects to seek approval from county commissioners next month to put a $22 million bond measure before Valley voters next for

Seattle real estate company adds new tenants at its Spokane properties

In largest transaction, Leavitt leases space to Lile Moving & Storage

November 21, 2013

Katie Ross

Seattle-based Leavitt Capital Cos., which acquired in January the commercial real estate properties of The Wolff Co., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company with Spokane roots, has signed three new tenants here, says Aaron Lake, Leavitt's director of &

Arc of Spokane leases former CompUSA building

Nonprofit ends 20-year relationship as wholesale supplier to Value Village

November 21, 2013

Mike McLean

The Arc of Spokane plans to open a thrift store next month in the former CompUSA building, at 808 N. Ruby north of downtown, having ended its longstanding relationship with Value Village, says Greg Falk, Arc's executive director.Arc, a nonprofit

Wandermere Glen apartment complex goes up north of Spokane

$4.5 million development to include 48 living units, be finished by next July

November 21, 2013

Treva Lind

Wandermere Glen Investors LLC, of Spokane, has started development of a $4.5 million apartment complex in the Wandermere area north of Spokane. The planned 48-unit apartment project, named Wandermere Glen, is going up on a nearly 2-acre site at

Blue Room adds to rural hospital work

Small architectural firm designing medical center planned in North Dakota

November 7, 2013

Kim Crompton

Spokane-based Blue Room Architecture & Design PS says it and its team of local consulting engineers is beginning work on the design of a $25 million replacement hospital in Bowman, N.D., a small town in the southwest corner of that state.John is