Philly Express to open new location near Downtown Coeur d' Alene

After sitting vacant for several months it looks like a new restaurant is opening soon in the former Subway space at 1500 Northwest Blvd. in Coeur d' Alene. Subway as you may recall moved this location to a new building on Sherman in Downtown CdA.

The restaurant, planned for the high traffic location is Philly Express. They are a locally owned and operated business that's already known for serving up some delicious and big Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches from a space inside the Silver Lake Mall. Philly Express plans this new location to be a second location with the restaurant in the mall also staying open. Hiring for the new place is underway, it will have both dine in and carry out in a about 1800 square foot space.

The Northwest Blvd Philly Express will open around May and will likely have the same menu and fast casual styling as their original store. While known for their Philly Cheesesteaks customers can also find salads, burgers, hot dogs, sausages and more. A look at their menu, and more information can be found on their website at-

Http://www.phillyexpress.us

New Maverick locations popping up all over Spokane, 3 under construction, 2 planned

The Utah based Maverick chain of gas stations / convenience stores is clearly finding success in the Spokane market as they continue to aggressively add new local locations. On top of the 3 that are currently in various phases of construction, and the 3 that already open for business, we're learning of 2 more stores in the immediate pipeline for Spokane. Those new locations are planned for-

2702 N. Sullivan Rd. , Spokane Valley

( Northwest corner of Sullivan & Marietta, near the Spokane Business & Industrial Park )

Southwest corner of Francis & Market , Spokane 

( Currently only in the "pre-development conference" stage, but likely to open )

The new Maverick on Market is of interest because the lot it will be built on is occupied by a couple of run down buildings that will be removed for the new business. That location's construction planning documents include a rendering of their proposed signage that includes the Cinnabon name and logo implying it will open with a Cinnabon location inside of it.

There new planned Maverick's will join a list of 3 other new locations currently further along at-

1019 E. Francis Ave. , NE corner of Francis & Nevada in North Spokane
4337 S. Regal Ave , NE corner of S. Regal & E. 44th on the South Hill

2415 N. Argonne Rd , NW corner of N. Argonne & E. Montgomery in Spokane Valley

The location at 1019 E. Francis is the one we've been getting a lot of e-mails about because it is going into the site where Spokane Boys had sat for many years. Spokane Boys is shifting their operations to another part of their lot and not going out of business.

Maverik is known for being a clean lower priced gas station chain with a Bonfire brand of hot foods prepared on site and some other features not found in other gas stations. Their locations are mostly uniform with 5000 or so square feet and many fuel islands. For more information about Maverik visit their website at-

http://www.maverik.com

New building to house Crossfit Duratus / other business on Helena, nearTrent

Foundation and site work is happening now for a new building at 711 N. Helena, just north of Trent in Spokane. The building which is being built by Beacon Builders, LLC is owned by Kevin Longmeier.

The plan is to build a new modern building from the ground up for tenants. One tenant being Crossfit Duratus who will move to the new space from 1303 N. Washington and another 2000 square feet space in the gym is currently up for lease with Goodale & Barbieri Company acting as the listing agent.

The new building is to be completed sometime around August and is a prime location nearby both the University District and Gonzaga University only blocks away. For more information leasing the remaining open space visit http://g-b.com or call Ryan at 509-344-4909

And, for more information about Crossfit Duratus visit- http://www.crossfitduratus.com . They will remain open with several daily crossfit fitness classes at their N. Washington St. location till the new building opens this Summer.

Expansion planned to create new tenant spaces in The Institute for Physical & Sports Therapy building

It wasn't too long ago that The Institute for Physical and Sports Therapy moved into the their new home at 11402 N. Newport Hwy in North Spokane. But now, while their business is staying put, big things are planned for their building.

Plans call for and expansion of the southern side of the building to create 3,000 square feet of new space. This section would match the original side of the building and would be leased out to tenants that compliment the current business. Currently they are looking for tenants in the medical or similar fields like dental, chiropractic, etc...

The space will either be leased as a whole at 3,000 square feet or in 2 1,500 square foot spaces. Give them a call at 509-464-1813 for more information.

Malinka Euro Market opens in Spokane Valley

DSpokane's newest link to Russia and Eastern Europe is now open for business in the Greenacres Shopping Center at 18203 E Appleway. Malinka Euro Market is a full European grocery store with some gifts and absolutely delicious looking cakes and baked goods and they're open seven days a week.

For more information find them on Facebook at-

Http://www.facebook.com/malinkaeuromarket

New Post Falls Goodwill opens Friday!

The new Post Falls Goodwill at 4040 E. 16th Ave. is almost complete and will officially open for business after a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:45am Friday Mar. 31st

This location replaces the older leased location on Seltice Way further into Post Falls. For more information on this new location, which includes more than just a Goodwill thrift store check out this past post here on Inland Northwest Business Watch-

http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2016/09/goodwill-to-construct-new-store-offices.html?m=1

Bloc Yard Bouldering Gym now open!

Today is opening day over at Spokane's newest climbing gym, Bloc Yard Bouldering Gym in North Spokane. All the info on them can be found in past post about them which can be found here-

http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2017/02/bloc-yard-bouldering-gym-opening-in.html?m=1

Congratulations, Bloc Yard!

New Downtown Sushi Sakai opening next month

A new, already known , sushi restaurant is setting up shop in Downtown Spokane and they are eyeing and opening within the next few weeks....

Sushi Sakai is locally owned and operated and already has 2 locations open for business. One near Gonzaga University on the Boone & Hamilton corner and another at 11420 E. Sprague in Spokane Valley. In April Sushi Sakai will add the former MacKenzie River Pizza Co. space at 818 W. Riverside in Downtown to their location list.

The new Downtown Sushi Sakai will be decent sized with just over 4000 square feet, it is to be similar to their other locations. Each serves a menu of many sushi rolls, among the freshest in town with generous cuts.  The restaurant will also offer some Japanese and Korean dishes, offer take out and will have a bar.

They will have a new website soon at http://www.sushisakai.org . In the mean time more info can be found on their Facebook page by searching for Sushi Sakai.

Update- New apartment building rising at Sprague & Madelia

Community Frameworks latest apartment building construction project is now well underway in a neighborhood of Spokane that has been in need of revitalization.

A long E. Sprague at the corner of Sprague & Madelia where a used car lot had operated is now the frame of a 3 story building to be occupied by affordably priced apartments. The building will have 36 rental units and should be ready for occupancy around October of this year.

A second phase of this project is to include a handful of townhomes behind the main building. This portion of the project is on a slightly different schedule and will be done closer to the end of the year. The project will be call 1 South Madelia , a reflection of the building's address and the second major apartment project recently for Community Frameworks who recently completed 315 West, north of Downtown. This project also joins the Sprague Union Terrace building in providing new housing and community spaces for the neighborhood.

Community Frameworks doesn't mention this project as of yet on their website, but they will. And for more information on their many programs / already open apartment developments, visit-

http://www.communityframeworks.org

Renovations coming for The Otis Hotel?

Not much is known as of today about what the future holds for the vacant Otis Hotel building at 110 S. Madison St in Downtown Spokane. But if the documents I've un-covered are any indication we might be seeing a re-birth of the building that today is more famous for being used in the TV show Z Nation then any sort of permanent occupancy.

But just a few days ago a " pre-development conference " application was filed for the Otis showing a renovation plan for the building. Under that plan construction would start in about July of this year to create a new mixed use development. Newly renovated commercial space would occupy the first floor and apartments on floors 2-5.

The plan calls for just over 100 apartments, all studio and one bedroom units, likely using the micro-apartment style as the floor plans show the smallest apartments being in the 250 square foot range.

The Otis has been vacant since 2007 and was last used low income housing but was originally opened as a hotel in 1911 with a restaurant on the bottom floor. That bottom floor space will return to commercial use under the re-development plan but there is no mention of what kind of business would be there.

Keep watching this site as we expect a more formal announcement about this building in the next couple of months.