The Dirt: Numerica opening Post Falls branch

Numerica Credit Union will open its first Post Falls branch in a remodeled retail space.

Set to open in February, the 2,700-square-foot site at 775 N. Highway 41 will employ seven people as Numerica’s 19th branch.

The credit union also is finishing a major remodel this month in Spokane Valley at its 5,600-square-foot branch at 722 N. Sullivan Road. That location has 14 employees.

Upgrades at both sites have Numerica’s new branch and color scheme design and include a tech bar with iPads and games, refreshment bar and advanced drive-thru ATMs. Leone & Keeble is the contractor for both locations.

Numerica has branches in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area, and the Tri-Cities and Wenatchee.

Real estate group moves into Washington Cracker building

A real estate brokerage, Haven Real Estate Group, has opened an office in the newly remodeled Washington Cracker Co. building, 304 W. Pacific Ave., in downtown Spokane.

The residential real estate company is leasing just under 5,000 square feet, about half of the building’s third floor.

Founded in 2013 by husband and wife Robert and Cambria Henry, the brokerage employs 12 agents and five people in support roles. The owners, who provide leadership and development training for employees, plan to expand to 45 workers by the end of 2016.

New North Division building to house health care providers

Investor group Field of Dreams Enterprises LLC has purchased a 1.54-acre lot at 11911 N. Division St., with plans to construct a 14,300-square-foot building.

Three tenants are expected to occupy the structure: a chiropractor, an oral surgeon and a sports training group.

Darren Slackman of NAI Black represented the seller and buyer. Terms of the sale weren’t released.

Next Door Espresso changes ownership

A former employee has purchased the business assets of Next Door Espresso, at 903 W. Riverside Ave.

Ava Haase said she completed the Dec. 1 transaction to take over the downtown Spokane coffee shop from longtime previous owner Fred Horseman, who has retired. He has offered to work occasionally if someone needs a day off, she said.

Haase said she won’t change any drink and lunch menu items that remain popular with regular customers from surrounding worksites. She also said she hopes people still use the shop’s informal name, Fred’s. “I still call it that,” she said.