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Quarry Tile starts expansion

Spokane Valley specialty tile maker Quarry Tile Co. is building an addition of 8,250 square feet at its facility across the street from Felts Field. The project provides an expansion onto the north side of its building for additional equipment space and increased production capacity, said Sean O’Keefe, company president.

Located at 6328 E. Utah Ave., Quarry Tile was founded here in 1965. It sells to distributors and architects on projects ranging from single homes to global restaurant chains. The company’s tiles also are used in major restoration projects, such as for the New York Subway and the Los Angeles Library.

Graham Construction is the general contractor for the project that started just before Christmas. The work is expected to be completed in February or March, O’Keefe said. City of Spokane Valley building permit information lists the project value at nearly $700,000.

Work begins on paint store

A Sherwin-Williams paint supply store is under construction in north Spokane as part of a new retail building being erected at 9412 N. Newport Highway.

The nearly 4,000-square-foot store is expected to open this spring. The new outlet will occupy just over half of the almost 8,000-square-foot structure, which has a listed project value of at least $700,000.

Kilgore Construction, of Colbert, is the general contractor. Chad Carper and Jim Quigley of Kiemle & Hagood Co. handled the lease for the Sherwin-Williams store. The remaining building space is still available for lease.

Law firm moves to new home

A law firm is leasing just over 1,000 square feet of space in the historic Empire State Building in downtown Spokane. Best Law PLLC of Spokane will move by early January into an office on the fourth floor. The building is owned and managed by Goodale & Barbieri Co. James Black of NAI Black and Alicia Barbieri of Goodale & Barbieri Co. helped arrange the lease.