Touchmark plans to expand South Hill campus

Representatives of the Touchmark on South Hill retirement complex recently met with Spokane city planners to discuss a proposed $14.6 million construction project that would include a new memory care building and a fitness facility. The scope of work cou...

$1.7 million industrial building planned on Barker Road

Samantha Peone

The city of Spokane Valley has issued a permit for an industrial building project valued at $1.7 million at 4510 N. Barker Road. Building permit records describe the project as a new 15,000-square-foot metal building with a 1,600-square-foot mezzanine. ...

Specialty subcontractor ramps up in Hillyard

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based specialty finishes subcontracting company Constructiv LLC has opened at 5910 N. Freya, in the Hillyard area, says Jeff Miller, co-owner. Constructiv occupies 5,000 square feet of space, which it shares with Drywall Specialties Inc., another...

$1 million food hall planned in old Sterling Savings building

LeAnn Bjerken

Preliminary plans on file with the city of Spokane show the first floor of downtown Spokane’s former Sterling Bank building could soon be converted into a multitenant “food hall” restaurant space to be called Market Hall Eatery, following a renovati...

Project ID moves programs to Spokane Valley building

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based nonprofit Project ID is in the process of moving to a 19,400-square-foot building at 4209 E. Pacific, says Bob Hutchinson, executive director. The organization, which provides opportunities for personal development, work, socialization, and...

Downtown structure renovated, renamed SoDo Commons

LeAnn Bjerken

Chris Batten, a Spokane developer and owner of RenCorp Realty LLC, has renovated the former Danmor Apartment building, at 410 W. Third, into SoDo Commons micro apartments. Batten purchased the 110-year-old building in the fall of 2016. The building’s s...

Two more buildings rising at Playfair Commerce Park

Construction is underway on two more warehouse buildings at the nearly 60-acre Playfair Commerce Park, the former home of the Playfair horse racing track in East Spokane. “Depending on the success of the two buildings, construction could start on anoth...

Spokane employers expected to add 5,000 jobs again next year

Linn Parish

Employers are expected to add about 5,000 jobs countywide in 2018, which would be similar to this year’s expansion pace, says Doug Tweedy, the Spokane-based regional economist for the Washington state Employment Security Department. At that clip, total...

Slow, steady growth might be as good as it gets in Kootenai County

Mike McLean

Sam Wolkenhauer, Post Falls-based regional labor economist with the Idaho Department of Labor, expects Kootenai County’s economic growth will slow slightly in 2018. “But that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with the economy,” Wolkenhauer sa...