Office Building Will Mix Work With Workouts

Thu., Aug. 4, 1994

Ward Sanderson Correspondent

While the Valley does have its share of office buildings, there isn’t an abundance of office buildings offering a chance to tee off indoors.

H.G. Enterprises, owned by Valley developer Hank Grinalds, is building a 75,000-square-foot office and retail building at E11707 Sprague, just east of Alton’s Tire Center.

The first floor will be retail space and the second and third will be dedicated office space.

What distinguishes this project, though, are some of the planned amenities.

“There will probably be 300 to 400 people working there,” Grinalds said. “This way, they will have the opportunity to use the facilities before and after work and still have time to change.”

A few years ago, Grinalds talked of his plans to build a Valley version of the Space Needle on the site. He said he dropped the idea after deciding there wasn’t enough public support to make the concept profitable.

That’s not the case with his new venture. The building should be ready for occupancy in early 1995.

Grinalds said the three-story project will cost between $4 million and $5 million upon completion.

The structure will feature a clock tower in its center with a glass elevator directly below, facing Sprague Avenue.

Grinalds thinks one of the site’s advantages will be its large-capacity parking lot.

“It will have 550 parking stalls,” he said. “That’s a big thing now. People need a place to park for themselves and for their client as well. That’s something they don’t have downtown.”

Grinalds said he is currently seeking retailers and businesses interested in leasing.

Lubrication Station opens

Lubrication Station, a locally-owned oil change and lubrication maintenance chain, has opened at E12515 Sprague.

Michael Parker, the manager of the East Sprague shop, said the business will try to distinguish itself by doing more than just oil changes.

“We do lubes and oil filters of course, but we service all case fluids and transmission here also,” Parker said.

“We check and replace all of the car’s vital fluids. We check what’s under the car was well.”

Ron Griggs, head of operations for the company, which also owns two other Lubrication Station shops in Spokane, said being a locally-owned operation is a big plus with many customers.

“I can understand that,” he said. “We want the money to go back into this economy, not somebody else’s.”

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