Catholic Charities plans $7.5 million in renovations for two residential properties
Catholic Charities is spending $7.5 million to rehabilitate two large residential buildings designed by one of Spokane’s premier midcentury architects that are reserved for the elderly.
Cathedral Plaza, 1120 W. Sprague Ave., and the O’Malley Apartments, 707 E. Mission Ave., are getting complete renovations, including rehabs of all interior units.
Cathedral Plaza, built in 1970, is 15 stories tall, with 120,000 square feet and 150 units. Its renovation is valued at $4.54 million.
The O’Malley, a unique semi-circular structure built in 1977, is 75,000 square feet and has 99 units. Its renovation is valued at $3 million.
Both building were designed by Warren Heylman, who is being honored by the Spokane Preservation Advocates with a legacy award this month. Heylman designed several well-known buildings in Spokane, including the Parkade, the Spokane Regional Health Building and Spokane International Airport. Last month, one of his most notable and early works – the John G.F. Hieber home that fronted the Manito Golf and Country Club – was demolished.
The project’s general contractor is Inland Washington, of Spokane. It was designed by Architecture All Forms, also of Spokane.
Easy Acres Village
to add 13 homes
Easy Acres Village, a 72-unit manufactured home community in Hillyard, is getting 13 new homes, according to permits issued by the city.
Overall, the 8-acre mobile home park at 4911 N. Florida St. will grow by 30 new double-wide homes, said Kristina Romack, who purchased the park with her husband, Caleb Romack, in August 2016 for $1.8 million.
“We’re filling up existing spaces that don’t have homes,” said Kristina Romack, who lives in Port Orchard in Puget Sound.
Each home is valued at $80,000 by the city, meaning the development will cost $2.4 million. The park is north of Esmerelda Golf Course and east of the future route of the North Spokane Corridor.
Romack Development is the project’s general contractor.
New gymnasium part of Trinity Catholic transformation
Trinity Catholic School is building a $2.47 million gymnasium, according to city permits.
The 9,300-square-foot gym follows the recent demolition of the school’s 90-year-old building and construction of a two-story building.
The old school, at 1306 W. Montgomery Ave., was replaced in April with a $4.5 million building just to the west at 2315 N. Cedar St., which houses grades K-8 and the school’s EduCare program. The building was funded by a donation from Edmund Schweitzer, who founded Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, and his wife, Beatriz.
The gym will sit on the site of the original demolished structure. The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood school is owned by St. Anthony’s Catholic Parish.
The project’s general contractor and architect is Garco Construction.