Real Estate & Construction

Construction proposed at children's center here

Two projects will support early education programs

November 17, 2022

Two separate construction projects involving Spokane-area learning centers are in the permitting stages. The total value of the projects, one of which is in the Hillyard neighborhood and the other on the South Hill, are valued at a total of $2.8 million.

Copeland Architecture grows construction division

Design-build company buys, remodels new offices near downtown

November 17, 2022

Karina Elias

Austin Dickey and Jeff Fountain, architects and owners of the design-build company, Copeland Architecture & Construction Inc., have been steadily rebuilding the company's construction division over the last few years back to the size

Historic downtown building remodel underway

Long-vacant hotel to be converted into rentals

November 17, 2022

Virginia Thomas

The second and third floors of a 130-year-old, former hotel in downtown Spokane are being remodeled into apartments.

Whitetail Ridge development springs to life in Valley

Former Itron executive's vision coming to fruition

November 17, 2022

Virginia Thomas

The $83 million-plus Whitetail Ridge residential development, a longtime dream of former Itron executive Johnny Humphreys, is being realized in Spokane Valley.

Large storage facility planned in Airway Heights

First of three phases may open April 2023

November 17, 2022

Erica Bullock

A new 100,000-square-foot storage facility is planned on the West Plains, at 1722 S. Lundstrom, in Airway Heights, an environmental application on file with the state of Washington shows. The project, dubbed 365 Storage, will be located on 7 acres of

Homebuilders job-training initiative gets big funding boost

Frame Your Future is trade group's newest advocacy endeavor

November 17, 2022

Samantha Peone

The Spokane Home Builders Association recently received a big boost for its Frame Your Future initiative, when Spokane County commissioners awarded Frame Your Future $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds to enhance its job-training programs.

Gonzaga to build additional student housing

92-unit dorm structure said to be followed up by 'Phase 2' project

November 17, 2022

Karina Elias

Gonzaga University has submitted pre-development plans to build a 92-bed student dormitory at the southeast corner of Cincinnati Street and Sharp Avenue, on the northeast edge of the school's campus.

Central Washington pay rates rile Spokane-area contractors

State Supreme Court upholds 2018 changes for setting prevailing wage

November 17, 2022

Erica Bullock

Prevailing wages in some central Washington counties have increased 40% from a year ago for carpenters, and some construction industry professionals here say they're concerned about the impact of the wage hike on Eastern Washington

AHBL moves to Chase Tower

New space allows for collaboration at engineering firm

November 3, 2022

Erica Bullock

AHBL Inc., a Tacoma, Washington-based structural and civil engineering fim, has moved its Spokane office to the third floor of the Chase Building, at 601 W. Main, in downtown Spokane, says Tim Hansen, AHBL's chief operating officer.

Ron Sims reflects on architecture career

Former ALSC principal helped shape Spokane skyline for four decades

November 3, 2022

Erica Bullock

After a 40-year career as an architect and 22 years into his retirement, Ron Sims, former principal of ALSC Architects PS, says he's satisfied with the contributions he's made to commercial, educational, and government projects in the Spokane