King Beverage Inc., a wholesale beverage distribution company based in Spokane Valley, is expecting its new warehouse facility on the West Plains to be completed early, says Peter Rusnak, the company's president and CEO.

Rusnak anticipates the 200,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center will be completed Oct. 1, allowing him to transition his team in November. 

“They are flying through the project,” says Rusnak.

The new $8 million warehouse development is located at 3520 S. Geiger Blvd., about a half-mile east of Spokane International Airport.

The design-build team for the distribution facility is led by contractor Divcon Inc. and Ron Mackie, owner of Architectural Ventures Inc., both of Spokane Valley.

The downtown Spokane office of DCI Engineers is providing design and construction support, records show. Spokane-based DS Studio, a trade name for Design Source Inc., is handling the office interior design, Rusnak says.

Plans for the new facility show a 144,000-square-foot, temperature-controlled storage warehouse; a 32,000-square-foot covered loading area; and a two-story, 23,000-square-foot office space. The office area will include a training room and a private hospitality room with a bar to showcase and sample products with retailers.

Plans submitted to the city of Spokane show the first-floor office space will include 15 private offices, two meeting rooms, a training room, a break area, restrooms, and an atrium.

The second floor can be accessed by elevator, or a large central stairway dubbed the “social stairway.” Plans show the second floor is comprised of seven private offices, a large lecture hall for training, and a restaurant and bar. 

King Beverage serves more than half of all counties in Washington state, including Spokane County, as an exclusive Anheuser-Busch distributor of beer, wine, water, energy drinks, and spirits.

Pivo LLC, a separate Rusnak-owned company, purchased the 20-acre property from Spokane Airports for $1.9 million in 2021, according to Washington state tax information. The company currently operates out of a 92,000-square-foot distribution warehouse at 6715 E. Mission, in Spokane Valley.

—Karina Elias