Samantha Peone

Lacey engineering firm acquires Studio Cascade

Project to include six parking levels

August 30, 2018

Lacey, Wash.-based multidisciplinary consulting firm SCJ Alliance has acquired Spokane-based community planning and design firm Studio Cascade Inc., says Eric Johnston, the latter firm's executive vice president. Studio Cascade's founder, Bill Grimes

Plans for lower South Hill medical office building expanded

Project to include six parking levels

August 30, 2018

Samantha Peone

A medical office building that would have a personnel capacity of 300 to 400 people is proposed at 307 W. Fourth, according to early planning documents submitted to the city of Spokane. The proposal currently is under environmental review as required by

Three new Spokane apartment project total nearly 400 units

Proposed city, West Plains housing complexes in works

August 30, 2018

Samantha Peone

Three separate apartment complex projects with an expected total of 396 living units are in the planning stages in different neighborhoods in the Spokane area. On the West Plains, preliminary plans with Spokane County call for a large apartment complex

After Rover came over to Spokane

Animal tech company aims to maintain momentum at downtown Spokane office

August 30, 2018

Samantha Peone

On a typical work day, between 10 and 15 dogs play, pant, and bark around Rover's downtown Spokane office. 'In our Seattle office, we can have up to 50 dogs because we have more employees over there,â€ says Jennifer Summers, Rover's Seattle-based

Lydig, Integrus awarded Sportsplex project

Work on $42 million venue expected to start early next year

August 16, 2018

Samantha Peone

The Spokane Public Facility District's board of directors has approved the design-build team of Lydig Construction Inc. and Integrus Architecture PS, both of Spokane, to develop the $42 million Sportsplex near downtown, says Stephanie Curran, CEO of the

Vinegar Flats housing community envisioned

Early plans show 30 units on 3 acres near nursery

August 16, 2018

Samantha Peone

A Spokane developer has submitted conceptual plans to the city of Spokane for a 30-home development in the Vinegar Flats area of southwest Spokane. To be called Vinegar Flats Cottages, the development envisioned by KBM Development LLC would occupy 3.2

RiverBank sets course for continued rebound

Institution aims to exceed total assets of $225 million in next five to seven years

August 16, 2018

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based RiverBank plans to grow its assets by 8 percent to 14 percent a year during the next five to seven years to reach total assets exceeding $225 million, says bank CEO Dan Byrne. The goal aligns with RiverBank's climb from a recession

Stay Alfred to relocate to former Itron headquarters building

Etailz recently moved into the same Valley complex

August 16, 2018

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based vacation rental company Stay Alfred plans to occupy 37,500 square feet of space in the former Itron Inc. headquarters complex at 2818 N. Sullivan Road, a building permit issued by the city of Spokane Valley indicates. The Stay Alfred permit

Two apartment buildings rising in Spokane Valley

Construction underway on North Side center

August 2, 2018

Samantha Peone

Construction is expected to begin this month on two, three-story apartment buildings in Spokane Valley, and work has begun on a retail center in north Spokane, says Jeff McCloskey, president of Spokane-based McCloskey Construction Inc. McCloskey is an

Fieldstone Memory Care construction starts on South Hill

$12.5M project to include 48 units, other amenities

August 2, 2018

Samantha Peone

Construction has started on the $12.5 million Fieldstone Memory Care assisted-living facility at 4515 S. Freya on Spokane's South Hill, says Justin Younker, principal of Yakima, Wash.-based Cascadia Senior Living LLC. The company does business as and