Resort destination proposed next to Cabela’s
Conceptual rendering of the RiverView resort looking east across the Spokane River near the state line.
Located just over the Washington-Idaho border from the 125,000-square-foot Cabela’s , the 18-acre development would include three hotels, two restaurants and a trail system designed to meet up with the Centennial Trail and Spokane County parks.
Developers intend to “provide hospitability amenities to capture those that are attracted to Cabela’s,” and the RiverView resort would be an “integral part and extension of the recently constructed and operational Cabela’s center,” according to documents provided to Spokane County commissioners.
But there’s a catch: It’s not the SoCal developer behind the Cabela’s-anchored The Pointe at Post Falls development proposing the resort, but competitors.
Preliminary site plans from Carlsbad, Calif.-based Foursquare Properties Inc. showed it planned at least two hotel sites, in addition to 805,901 square feet of buildings on about 83 acres east of Cabela’s. Wal-Mart also has purchased property there for a future supercenter.
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hughes Investments and Seal Beach, Calif.-based Watson & Associates envision the resort giving Cabela’s customers a place to try out that new fly-fishing rod, and providing a more sightly entrance to the state and county than some of State Line’s current establishments, said Alan Johnson, senior vice president of development for Hughes.
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