Eye Care Associates building new clinic in Spokane Valley

Construction is underway on a new optometry clinic in Spokane Valley.

BSHB Real Estate LLC filed building permits with the city for a 4,100-square-foot optometry clinic at 1103 N. Pines Road that will include four exam rooms, a tech station, frame room, laboratory, waiting area and staff offices.

The tenant for the clinic will be Spokane Valley-based Eye Care Associates, which is currently located at 12120 E. Mission Ave., according to city permits.

Eye Care Associates was founded in 2006 by Dr. Helena Boulieris, who purchased the optometry practice from retired Dr. John Smith and subsequently renamed it.

Iowa-based Modern Design Architects is designing the clinic, which is valued at $750,000. Applicant G. Arger Co. Real Estate Inc. purchased the land for $154,800 in January 2017. Contractor for the building is Spokane-based J.R. Bonnett Engineering.