Real Estate & Construction

Power Moves: Avista to invest over $104M in series of energy, gas upgrades

Company develops two substations, replaces 20 miles of natural gas pipe

June 8, 2023

Avista Corp. is investing $104 million into updates to its electricity and natural gas distribution systems in Washington and Idaho. Josh DiLuciano, vice president of energy delivery at the Spokane-based power company, says electric facility

Pioneer House sold for $1M in downtown Spokane

115-year-old building to remain affordable housing option here

May 25, 2023

Erica Bullock

Spokane Valley-based Community First Properties 10 LLC has bought for $1 million the Pioneer Pathway House, a low-income multifamily housing complex at 224 S. Howard downtown. The 115-year-old building was previously owned by Pioneer Human Services

Salvation Army considers affordable housing development

Portion of rents would go toward down payments for permanent homes

May 25, 2023

Karina Elias

The Salvation Army Spokane Citadel Corps has evolved and adapted its services to meet the needs of the community for over a century, and now leaders from the charitable organization hope to build workforce housing that leads to permanent homeownership.

Gonzaga prepares for baseball field upgrades

Project will add indoor practice space, benefit player recruiting efforts

May 25, 2023

Erica Bullock

Gonzaga University is preparing to expand the Patterson Baseball Complex this year, with a $10 million project that will include a new locker room, an indoor practice facility, and recruiting gallery, says associate athletic director Rob Kavon.

ICCU to build new branch on South Hill

$6M project to start next year at former Wells Fargo location

May 25, 2023

Dylan Harris

Chubbuck, Idaho-based Idaho Central Credit Union plans to open a new branch at the site of a former Wells Fargo building on Spokane's South Hill. ICCU will demolish the Wells Fargo building, located at 2910 E. 30th, just east of South Regal Street

City steps away from Premera property

Beggs remains hopeful, however, about prospect of future acquisition

May 25, 2023

Erica Bullock

The city of Spokane has taken action to exit an agreement to purchase the three-building Premera Blue Cross corporate office campus in East Spokane, says City Council President Breean Beggs. Beggs says, however, 'The city is still interested in it

Architects see increases in secure outdoor spaces

Property owners more aware of need, benefits

May 11, 2023

Erica Bullock

Recent pleasant weather in the Inland Northwest brings more opportunities to spend time outside. However, with more people out and about, some architects here say that building owners serving a variety of industries are increasingly concerned about the

Coeur Terre master plan was 10 years in the making

Residential-commercial community is developer's first mixed-use project

May 11, 2023

Erica Bullock

Coeur Terre, an envisioned 2,800-unit residential and commercial community between Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls, is the first mixed-use development planned by Kootenai County Land Co., but plans for it have been years in the making, says Melissa Wells

Bank of America tower renovations are underway

Permits to improve interior total $1.75M

May 11, 2023

Erica Bullock

The tallest building in Spokane has several ongoing construction projects that will improve multiple tenant spaces inside the 42-year-old tower. Over the last 16 months, the Bank of America Financial Center, at 601 W. Riverside, has had seven

2023 Business Icon: Tomlinson Family of Companies' Bob Tomlinson

Third-generation broker expanded real estate firm to national prominence

May 11, 2023

Kim Crompton

Bob Tomlinson, who recently turned 76, winters six months a year in Arizona and no longer is actively involved in managing the Tomlinson Family of Companies real estate brokerage he helped develop into a major enterprise here over five decades.