Editor's Note: Story revised to include projected opening of project's first phase. 

The Idaho Central Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center, once was slated to open its doors to the public this past summer, is now on course to be completed in phases over the course of the next three to five years, with a first-phase completion slated for 2026.

To date, the 59,000-square-foot facility is currently 19% complete, says Yvonne Johnson, executive artistic director of Spokane Valley Summer Theatre, which is the organization behind the development of the performing arts center.

A majority of the infrastructure work has been completed for the project and an updated appraisal also is currently underway, says Johnson in an emailed statement to the Journal.

Under the new timeline, the first phase of construction will focus on the completion of 70% of the facility, including a 463-seat main stage theater, scene shop, costume shop, dressing rooms, green room, rehearsal room, offices, bathrooms, and a music wing featuring a recording studio and two-story lobby, she says.

Construction costs had increased from the initial project estimate of $36 million to exceed $48 million, due to construction delays, as previously reported in the Journal in March. It's unclear what the total cost of the project will be under the revised scope and timeline. 

The performing arts center is being constructed on 5 acres of land at 13609 E. Mansfield, in Spokane Valley's Mirabeau Point neighborhood.

Spokane-based Walker Construction Inc. is the general contractor, and Spokane-based NAC Architecture designed the venue. 

The organization continues its capital campaign, Johnson says.

"There is a great deal of work being accomplished at this time," she says.