Mike McLean

Coffee roaster converting old auto shop on Hamilton Street

Arctos moving to retail site from small roasting shed

March 16, 2017

Arctos Coffee & Roasting Co., a Spokane small-batch, wholesale roaster, is converting a former auto-service shop north of the University District for its roasting and retail operations. Arctos, which is owned by Jason Everman, will occupy 1,400 square fe

Upscale apartment project slated in Cd'A

Springtime construction start eyed for $3.5 million project

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

A $3.5 million apartment complex planned in east Coeur d'Alene will target mid- to upper-income renters, which Coeur d'Alene real estate investor and broker Ben Widmyer says is an emerging market there. The project, Lake Drive Apartments, will be loc

'Podium' project to rise at Kendall Yards

Urban village developer plans $50 million project above river

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake based real estate development company, is about to embark on a $50 million phase of construction in Kendall Yards that will include the largest project the company has taken on so far, says Jim Frank, Greenstone CEO.

Second new hotel planned near Spokane International Airport

Timeline similar to that of nearby La Quinta project

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

For the second time in a few weeks, plans have emerged for a new airport hotel on the West Plains. In the latest hotel plan, the Sleep Inn/Mainstay hotel chain plans to erect a $6.3 million, 87-room hotel east of the airport, near the Geiger-Interstate 9

Two sporting goods retailers coming to Spokane Valley

Big 5, Sportsman's Warehouse plan outlets

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Two sporting goods store chains are planning to open outlets within a mile of each other in Spokane Valley. One of them, Midvale, Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse, has leased 32,400 square feet of retail space at the former Sports Authority site, near

Ridpath project is jelling, developer Ron Wells says

Work could start this spring, pending approval of loans

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane developer Ron Wells says financing is coming together for acquiring and converting the long-shuttered Ridpath Hotel complex into downtown housing. With final loan approval appearing close at hand, work on the $22 million project could start as ea

New boutique real estate agency opens downtown

Brokerage to focus on remodeling, flipping market

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Scout Real Estate, a new Spokane real estate agency, has opened downtown, says owner and managing broker Brian Bean. The agency occupies 800 square feet of office space on the main floor of a historic three-story building at 101 S. Stevens, where it hope

Real Estate Roundup: Solderer now independent after parent-company sale

CTS moves to quarters in Valley industrial park

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Component Tinning Services Inc., a recent independent spinoff of Spokane Valley-based ACE Production Technologies Inc., has moved to new quarters in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park. CTS now occupies 1,300 square feet of space at 3020 N. Sullivan,

More construction anticipated on WSU Spokane campus

University also preps for first medical school class

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Washington State University Spokane will be humming with new activity this year, both in construction and in medical education, on its health sciences-focused campus in the University District east of downtown. On the construction side, Garco Constructio

Blue Water Technologies' new owner moves office to Post Falls

Nexom keeps engineering operations in North Idaho

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Nexom Inc., a Wisconsin-based wastewater treatment technology provider, has moved the former Blue Water Technologies Inc. office to Post Falls, says research and development manager CJ Strain. The Nexom office now occupies 1,900 square feet of leased spa