The Hagadone Corp. plans a “mega marine center” with expansion next year of its boat sales and service operation on Blackwell Island in Coeur d’Alene.

Hagadone Marine Group will add three new buildings with over 32,000 square feet of service center space by next spring. The center will have up to 20 service bays and 40 technicians, plus moorage and storage, the company said.

Also, Hagadone’s Resort Boat Shop and Coeur d’Alene Custom Wood Boats will move to the marine center campus from their location off Seltice Way in Post Falls.

“This new facility is both a consolidation and an expansion of the Hagadone Marine Group. We feel the market demands it and our customers deserve it,” Duane Hagadone, chairman of the Hagadone Corp., said Saturday.

The Hagadone Marine Center now has more than 1,100 marina wet slips. If the economy keeps growing, Hagadone will add a 250-slip dry stack storage unit, the company said/Scott Maben, SR. More here.