Here’s the Dirt: EWU bookstore finds Schade spot
Eastern Washington University is moving its bookie to the historic Schade Brewery sometime in October.
Dave Meany, spokesman for the university, said the bookstore will likely be there several years, until fundraising and construction of an EWU building on the Riverpoint campus is completed.
The school is also renting space to store inventory for its press operations at the building on east Trent Avenue, near Riverpoint.
The university will occupy about 4,300 square feet of space in what’s now known as Asuris Schade Tower, said Jeff McGougan, a senior leasing and sales specialist for Tomlinson Black Commercial Inc. Riverpoint Pharmacy is another new tenant in the building and will occupy 5,150-square feet of space, he said.
The historic brewery, built in the early 1900s, has received several million dollars in renovations at the hands of a group of investors and is now about 90 percent leased, said McGougan, who handles leasing.
“I’ve been working on the building for four years. It has been a great project.”
The building was purchased two years ago by a group that includes Dave Black, Grant Person and Mark Pinch of Tomlinson Black Commercial, Barry Baker of Baker Construction and other investors who pooled their resources to refurbish the former brewery.
Tenants include the Secret Service, which takes up the top floor, Copeland Architecture & Construction, Wolkey McKinley PS and Spokane Teachers Credit Union.
Care facilities planned for Spokane area
Two new care facilities are proposed for Spokane, including a complex that could serve some of the same people who lived at the Otis Hotel.
Jim Delegans, the former operator of the Otis Hotel, has applied for the state’s permission to open a $2.3 million care facility for men and women with special needs under the name of Loganhurst LLC, according to the state Department of Health Web site. The facility would be located at 1515 E. Illinois Ave. and would provide in-house chemical, recreational and physical therapy for people suffering from head trauma, obesity, mental health issues, chemical dependency and dementia.
Extendicare Home Inc, which operates The Gardens on University in Spokane Valley and Franklin Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center in north Spokane, has received the state’s approval to build a $14 million nursing home at 44th Avenue and Freya Street.
The Department of Health’s decision, posted on its Web site, said that because the nursing home operator had banked its licensed beds from Southcrest, a nursing home that was located on South Grand Boulevard and closed in 1999, that formed a partial basis for state approval. Franklin Hills was cited extensively by the state for care deficiencies in 2006.
Potlatch moves to Wells Fargo Tower
Potlatch Corp. has moved into two full floors inside the Wells Fargo Tower, said Jeff McGougan of Tomlinson Black Commercial Inc.
The office was formerly located in the Bank of America Building on Riverside Avenue. Potlatch now occupies floors 15 and 16, which are connected by an inner stairwell and total 22,750-square feet of space. Wells Fargo Tower is owned by Tacoma-based Prium Companies.