Wonderbread Thrift Store To Open

A new Wonderbread thrift store is going in on East Sprague Avenue, next door to the locomotive and rail cars that house a dental office.

Construction crews will double the size of the building at 11101 E. Sprague, which formerly housed Taco Bell and Bruchi’s restaurants, to 2,500 square feet.

A portion of the building already has been demolished to make way for remodeling.

The $100,000 project should be completed within six weeks, said Doug Mozzone, Wonderbread’s retail manager for Washington state.

This will be the first Wonderbread thrift store in the Valley.

The stores sell bread, pastries and other baked goods left over from grocery and convenience store routes at half price.

Wonderbread has two other thrift stores on the North Side of Spokane.

Retirement community growing

Evergreen Valley retirement community is more than doubling the number of living units on its nine-acre campus on Evergreen Road.

The retirement complex opened in June. Currently it has one 12-unit condominium building.

Construction began two weeks ago on two new buildings. One will have 12 condos and the other will house six, said Evergreen Valley president Bob Pegg.

The condos should be ready for occupancy by December, he said.

Before the end of the year, the company will break ground on two additional buildings that will house eight condos each.

“It’s part of our continuing process to end up with 90 homes,” he said.

Currently, 16 people live in 12 condos at Evergreen Valley. The units range from $90,000 to $140,000 in price and from 850 to 1,400 square feet in size.

The retirement community has a 12,000-square-foot community center that includes a dining hall, exercise rooms, a chapel, library and hair salon.

An indoor pool and salon spa will be completed next year, Pegg said.

Residents pay for everything but their telephone bills in one rent check, Pegg said. The retirement community is trying to create a resort-like atmosphere.

“It’s very different than the typical retirement community,” he said.

Restaurant under new ownership

Sullivan Station, the restaurant at the corner of Sullivan and Trent, has a new owner.

Lindsey Enterprises Inc. of Spokane bought the restaurant from Steve and Vicki Bradley on Oct. 28.

“Like Tom Cruise I said ‘Show me the money’,” said Bradley, who had owned the restaurant for two and one-half years.

Bradley worked full-time as a mechanical engineer while managing the restaurant.

“That’s why it wasn’t too hard to sell it,” he said.

The restaurant at 15205 E. Trent is housed in an old railroad depot and adjoining railroad car.

The new owners expect to add four more people to the restaurant’s staff.

, DataTimes