Special Report

Windermere Services owners plan first development

Move part of expansion, diversification for Wetzels

August 31, 2017

Scott Wetzel, owner of Windermere Services Mountain West, of Spokane, says he and his wife Tracie are expanding into the residential development market this year, with plans to launch a new Spokane Valley subdivision. Wetzel says the couple, along with o

Spokane Valley's centerpiece

Building intended to bolster sense of identity for town

August 31, 2017

Mike McLean

Government offices of the city of Spokane Valley will move into the new City Hall building in the former University City mall site by the end of next month, says Carolbelle Branch, a city spokeswoman. Branch says city officials are hopeful the new home f

Whitworth University eyes athletic facilities upgrades

ALSC in early design on admin building, press box

August 31, 2017

pokane-based ALSC Architects PS says it has begun initial design work for a Whitworth University facility that would house almost all of Whitworth's athletic coaches under one roof. Steve Walther, ALSC's lead architect on the project, says designs al

Baker Construction begins $3.8 million in projects for Diamond Parking Service

Storage facility expansion, downtown lot underway

August 31, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based Baker Construction & Development Inc. has begun construction of two projects here for Seattle-based Diamond Parking Service, one of them a storage complex expansion on the West Plains and the other a parking lot downtown, worth a total of $3

Idaho Department of Lands office expand Cd'A compound

Ginno Construction heads up $2.4 million addition

August 31, 2017

Mike McLean

The Idaho Department of Lands is expanding its Mica Supervisory Area staff office and moving its administrative and supervisory personnel, who until recently occupied an adjacent building at the department's Mica compound in northwest Coeur d'Alene.

Commercial structures planned at Quad Park

Flex space to target office, warehouse, retail tenants

August 31, 2017

Mike McLean

Hayden developer Mike Nichols, owner of Quad Park LLC, plans to develop a multitenant flex office complex on four acres of land he bought recently at 3230 to 3370 Quad Park Court, in Post Falls. Nichols says the contractor, Post Falls-based Steel Structu

Cascade Team to expand to North Idaho, Tri-Cities

Issaquah-based brokerage opened office here last year

August 31, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

The Cascade Team Real Estate Inc., which opened its first Spokane office in August of 2016, says it plans to open additional Inland Northwest offices by the end of next year. Designated broker James Faucett says he and his business partner, Dave Reynolds

Apartment project rises in Wandermere district

Brumback erecting 45-unit, $4.6 million rental complex

August 31, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane builder and developer Brumback Construction Inc. is erecting a $4.6 million, 45-unit apartment complex in the Wandermere area. The complex, named Dakota Flats Apartments, will consist of five three-story multifamily buildings with six to 12 units

Viking Construction starts third phase of Post Falls apartments

$6.3 million project will bring total to 208 units

August 31, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley-based Viking Construction Inc. has started foundation work on the third and final phase of the Fieldstone Apartments complex in north Post Falls, says Scott Krajack, Viking's director of development. The $6.3 million, 64-unit phase is at

Lanzce Douglass proposes RV park in Liberty Lake

12-acre facility would include 120 spaces

August 31, 2017

Prominent Spokane developer Lanzce Douglass has applied to the city of Liberty Lake for permission to develop a 120-space recreational-vehicle park on 12 acres of land just south of Interstate 90. If the project moves forward, it would be the second RV pa