Office Project Touts Service

Developers of a new office building in the Nine Mile Falls area are trying to take tenant service to a new level.

The Salco Industries Professional Building offers tenants full-time client and phone reception, free parking, personalized security systems, and fax and copier service.

Three construction-related businesses, including Salco, a general contractor, currently occupy the building. Other tenants are Bowitz Construction and The Furnace Store.

In addition to offering service to tenants, the project aims to provide convenience for the businesses’ customers.

The building was designed to house a wide array of construction-related businesses, said developer Dwayne Radtke.

“This complex will offer one-stop shopping for the home builder in this growing area of Suncrest,” Radtke said.

Eight offices remain available for lease, starting at 250 square feet. The two-floor building has a total of 8,000 square feet.

Don Gai, vice president of Gai’s Northwest Bakery in Seattle, has purchased a five-acre tract on Spokane’s West Plains as a “personal investment.”

“There’s not going to be any bakery there,” Gai said. “It’s not feasible to put a bakery in Spokane when first starting out in an area.”

“It might look like it has something to do with the bakery, but it doesn’t,” Gai added, declining to say how much he paid owner Robert “Lindy” Dupree for the land.

Gai’s Northwest entered the Spokane market last fall when it opened a distribution center at 2616 N. Farr Road in the Valley, opening up four routes and employing five people.

Gai’s Northwest, whose two bakeries and myriad thrift stores are well known in the Puget Sound area, also has distribution centers in Moses Lake and Richland.

Gai bought the land, which is zoned light industrial, at the southwest corner of Grove and Thorpe Road. The site is across the street from the PSC Food Service distribution center.

Kiemle & Hagood Co. brokers Mark Lucas, Tracy Lucas and Jim Watson handled the transaction.

Considering selling a home but concerned that the ugly yellow linoleum floor in the kitchen won’t go over well with prospective buyers?

ABI Services, a Seattle-based building inspection firm lists the remodel projects which give home sellers the best return on their investment.

The best remodel projects are: kitchen upgrade, second bathroom, third bedroom, exterior painting, fireplace, and landscaping.

According to ABI, the best energy applications are as follows: weather stripping, attic insulation and proper attic and roof venting.

TRANSACTIONS

Minuteman Press has leased 1,600 square feet at 806 W. Riverside. Agents: Randy Jassman, Tomlinson Black and Kevin Kragt, Goodale and Barbieri.

William Tibbits, a commercial contractor, has purchased 19,414 square feet at 104 N. Hutchinson. Agent: Theron Rust, Tomlinson Black Commercial Inc.

Crossroad International has purchased 34,200 square feet at 307 and 308 N. Lee. Agents: Gil Miltenberger and Jim Orcutt, Tomlinson Black Commercial and Rick Richards, John L. Scott.

Ryder Truck has purchased 4 acres on the 2600 block of North Farr Lane. Agents: Preston Jackson, Tomlinson Black Commercial and Guy Byrd, Vern Byrd Associates.

St. Vincent de Paul has leased 4,289 square feet at 14208 E. Sprague. Agents: Anne Betow, Tomlinson Black and Doug Byrd, DJB Commercial.

Clarion and Judith Bergland have purchased 57,000 square feet at 420 and 422 N. Pines. Agents: Randy Fosseen, Tomlinson Black and Carl Guenzel, Clark Commercial.

Albina Wholesale Inc. has leased 16,000 square feet at 1016 N. Bradley. Agents: Dale Bright and Chris O’Conner, Tomlinson Black Commercial Inc. and CB Commercial and Dick Edwards, Hawkins Edwards.

Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs has leased 4,000 square feet at 2500 E. Sprague. Agent: Joel Crosby, Tomlinson Black Commercial Inc.

William F. Camell Construction Inc. has purchased 1,469 square feet at 627 E. Second. Agents: Anne Betow, Tomlinson Black and Tracy Lucas, Keimle and Hagood.

Jared Miller has purchased 30,000 square feet at 151 S. Stevens. Agents: Jeff McGougan, Tomlinson Black Commercial and Jared Miller, Properties One.

Gary Agen, a food broker, has leased 1,350 square feet at 6614 E. Main. Agents: Gil Miltenberger, Tomlinson Black.

Paul and Nadine Rayburn have purchased 15,000 square feet at 1110 W. Railroad. Agents: Gil Miltenberger and Anne Betow, Tomlinson Black.

Richard G. Witter, a dentist, has leased 4,000 square feet at 2607 S. Southeast Boulevard. Agents: Jeff McGougan and Ken Kuhns, Tomlinson Black, Don Jamison, Remax.

Diamond Detail has leased 858 square feet at 1401 N. Division. Agents: Jerry McCullough, JMC Commercial Real Estate and Bill Sleeth, Pinnacle Realty, Inc.

Bert and Donna Loucks have purchased 21,153 square feet at 1730 W. Sharp. Agent: Judy Camp, Pinnacle Realty, Inc.

Packet Engines, Inc. has leased 3,082 square feet at 12119 E. Mission. Agents: Bill Brooks, Pinnacle Realty, Inc. and Steve Fisher, Tomlinson Black.

Oak Furniture Warehouse has leased 8,202 square feet at 4402 N. Division. Agent: Bill Brooks, Pinnacle Realty, Inc.

Matt Kautzman has leased 1,600 square feet at 1511 S. Pines for a car detailing business. Agent: David Wright, Tomlinson Black Management.

Stadium Pizza Parlor Inc. has leased 710 square feet in the River Ridge Shopping Center. Agent: Thomas Hix, Tomlinson Black Property Management.

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