More medical clinics join the Indiana Pkwy corridor in Spokane Valley

As was expected, since the Spokane Valley neighborhood around the new Providence Medical Park is becoming a hub for other medical / dental and specialists offices. While the area has been home to a few new non related businesses like the new Panera Bread and My Place Hotel, several are following the health care theme.

The Providence facility and the other clinics are located just east of Sullivan Rd. on an extension of Indiana Ave, called Indiana Pkwy. Here is what's new in that area or coming soon-

Center for Reproductive Medicine / Spokane Eye Clinic open in Riverview Corporate Center

At the beginning of 2015, Spokane Eye Clinic was one of the first to start the drive to locate in the area. Today the Spokane Eye Clinic operates it's Spokane Valley clinic out of 19,500 square feet on the fifth floor ( suite 5000 ) . The clinic is a satellite clinic location of their larger main clinic on the Lower South Hill.

The Center for Reproductive Medicine, a clinic specializing in fertility and the like very recently opened a second clinic location on the fourth floor of the Riverview Corporate Center. The Spokane Valley clinic provides much of the same services as the original clinic which is also on the Lower South Hill in the Qualmed Medical Building.

Riverview Corporate Center is the large five story red office building at 16201 E. Indiana.


Pacific Cataract & Laser Institute planning stand alone building on DeSmet Ct.

Immediately to the east of the Providence Medical building, site work has already begun for a new clinic of Pacific Cataract & Laser Institute. There is no known opening date for the new location, but the building will have 16,500 square feet of space with an ambulatory surgery center.

Pacific Cataract is small group of eye clinics based in Chehalis,WA and they already have a smaller clinic in Spokane which will close and relocate to this building upon it's completion.

CHAS opens new clinic on Indiana

Community Health Association of Spokane has opened a new second Spokane Valley clinic on Indiana. The new clinic is now open and is located inside a office building at 15812 E. Indiana, which CHAS purchased back in the Spring of this year.

The new CHAS on Indiana is a full service clinic with family medicine, midwife services, counseling and other behavioral health needs and pharmacy services. CHAS also still operates a clinic in the Valley at 926 S. Pines Rd. and are also developing another new clinic in Cheney.


Also, for more information on the Providence Medical Park itself and the clinics / urgent care and even the Rite Aid store inside it. Visit their website at-

http://washington.providence.org/clinics/providence-medical-park/

*Providence Medical Park has been open for about a year and a half now.

Pinot's Palette Coeur d' Alene location opens this month

After a long process of remodeling and getting things ready, Pinot's Palette , is about ready to open there second location in the Inland Northwest. Pinot's Palette is a franchised based chain of  " paint n' sip " art studios with wine / beer and live art instruction from local experts.

Their original Inland Northwest location will remain in business even after the Coeur d' Alene location opens. That location is inside the former Spokane Public Market building at 32 W. 2nd, that location opened in Feb. of 2014.

The Coeur d' Alene Pinot's Palette will have a grand opening on Friday, November 27th . The upcoming class schedule will likely go live by the end of this week!

The Coeur d' Alene Pinots Palette location is in the Midtown neighborhood in a 1,365 square foot storefront, by Kelly's Irish Pub at 728 N. 4th St. The new studio will be much like the Spokane location, where anyone can be an artist. Paintings are taught from professional artist who teach in a step by step, easy to understand manner.

For more information on Pinot's Palette in Coeur d' Alene, including the upcoming painting calendar, visit their website at-

www.pinotspalette.com

Or, find them on Facebook at-

www.facebook.com/pinotspalettecda

New High rise building planned by the River in Downtown Spokane.

Note: This is a revised posting of something briefly posted on this site. That article gave the information that this building would be built on the same site as Anthony's . That was not correct, and in fact Anthony's is actually the owner of their building and has no plans to leave.

With that said, a new high rise building is in the works for Downtown Spokane. The site of the building is just off of the Upper Falls of the Spokane River on the north bank. It is more commonly known as the current site of the former YWCA building. Because of it's proximity to Spokane Falls has given the purposed skyscraper it's current name, The Falls .

The Falls is a development project of The Falls,LLC , who is affiliated with LB Stone Properties who are the same developers as the Playfair Commerce Park. Playfair is a successful, up and coming development of factories and warehouses on the site of the former Playfair Race Course in East Central Spokane.

The Falls building is currently early in the planning phases, and although we have confirmed it as a project of LB Stone, no renderings or tenants, etc... have been released . LB Stone however is now hiring a project manager to oversee the project's development.

So, what all will The Falls include? Here's what is currently being planned for the project-

-An " exceptional " restaurant

-A food store

-Condos

-Apartments

The Falls is planned to be a 12 story tower in a convenient neighborhood near most of Downtown and the Spokane Arena. The project will be built in phases with no set start date for construction. We'll keep an eye on this project so watch for more updates as the plan progresses.

The Falls is not the only high rise planned currently in the Downtown area. Another, larger building is planned on the eastern side of Downtown. That building is also only in the planning phase and will include some commercial uses but will mainly be a apartment tower, geared towards students in University District. That building will rise ( if built..) at the corner of Spokane Falls Blvd. and N. Division where an abandon auto repair shop stands now. That project is not related to The Falls development.

Follow up on the new Planned Parenthood building in Spokane

We're now learning a little more on the proposal to build a new office / clinic building in Spokane for Planned Parenthood. But, before I post the new information, I must first apologize to Planned Parenthood as my original article claimed their new building would be bigger, it is not. Instead it is actually smaller but newer and more efficient.  That article has since been corrected .

Here are the new details on the new Planned Parenthood building-

The new building will be 16,000 square feet, current building is 22,000 square feet.

The new building is to be completed in the last half of 2017, once completed the current building will be torn down for a new parking area. The current building is located adjacent to the new site.

The new building will be more efficient both in how space is used and in reducing it's environmental footprint.

While the new building doesn't open till 2017, construction will start well before that. In fact site work could begin as early this winter with ground being broken in Spring or Summer of 2016.

For the details on what the new will Planned Parenthood building will offer, including a rendering of the new building, check our original post at-

http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2015/10/planned-parenthood-planning-new-larger.html

The Wellness Bar opening location in Hayden

The Wellness Bar, a locally owned and operated wellness café in Downtown Coeur d' Alene is expanding by adding a location in Hayden. The business will also keep it's location Downtown after the Hayden location opens. The Hayden Wellness Bar is scheduled to open on December 1st.

The Hayden location will be 1600 square feet and take over the former Sage Boutique storefront at the Hayden Creek Plaza. The plaza and the storefront are across from Rite Aid at 8110 N. Government Way. Sage Boutique is also still in business at the plaza, just a few doors further down now. The opening of a new second location is also creating new jobs, as the Hayden Wellness Bar location will employ about 6-10 people.

The Wellness Bar is a still relatively new business itself, with their first location at 312 N. 4th opening in Downtown Coeur d' Alene not long ago. The business offers fresh pressed juices, smoothies, organic espresso and more. They also offer some healthy food options, such as acai bowls, salads, wraps and healthy baked goods.

This new location will offer a drive through window in addition to dine in space. Also, delivery of orders of 5 or more items will start at the beginning at the start of the new year. The Downtown Wellness Bar only also features a unique space called the The Wellness Room, which has a busy schedule of many types of yoga, meditation and children's classes.

For more information on The Wellness Bar , including a look at their juice and food menu, visit their website-

http://niwellnessbar.com/

Post Falls Brewing Company opening soon

The small city of Post Falls is slowly but surely becoming a craft beer hub. The city is already home to Selkirk Abbey Brewing, Downdraft Brewing and the craft beer store Enoteca. And, now a third microbrewery has started construction on a site close to the Spokane River in Post Falls.

That brewery will called Post Falls Brewing Company and it will open at the corner of 1st & Spokane St at 112 N. Spokane St. The brewery will build and all new building on the site there for beer production and a tap room open to the public. The construction of the building has already begun and it's estimated Post Falls Brewing will open early in 2016.

Unlike some other breweries around the Inland Northwest, Post Falls Brewing won't have a food menu, only some snacks. But they will be outside food friendly allowing customers to bring in food or have it delivered to the business. They describe their future tap room as just like your living room only with more beer.

A list of available beers is still coming soon. For more information, and to follow their construction progress visit their website at-

www.postfallsbrewing.com

Able Label opens in new larger facility

Able Label, a Spokane based label manufacturer is expanding by moving into a new bigger facility. Able, had been located in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park until just last week when they moved to this newly constructed building-

The new Able Label building is located at 310 N. Haven , on the edge of the Playfair Commerce Park . The building is bigger then their former home, now with 24,000 square feet, some hiring may also happen and for now the company employs 16.

Abel Label is manufacturer and distributer of thermal transfer and direct thermal labels. In all, the company has 25 materials that come in 60 different sizes and colors. Some related equipment like dispensers and scales are also available.

For more information on Able Label, visit their website at-

http://ablelabel.com

Jeramko becomes Dave Smith Nissan

While the exact details of the transaction are not available, Spokane Valley's Jeramko Nissan has been acquired by another well known name in the local auto sales industry. Dave Smith Motors acquired Jeramko and has since taken over operations, making it Dave Smith's first dealership in Spokane.

The dealership will now be known as Dave Smith Nissan , but despite the change the dealer will still sell new Nissan cars, trucks, SUVs and trucks. Used vehicles are also sold by the dealership in addition to a service department and an auto parts department. There is no news about if any expansions are planned in the future for the new dealer which is located at 6901 E. Sprague Ave, Spokane Valley.

Dave Smith Motors also continues to maintain a strong presence in North Idaho. Dave Smith has a main dealership in Kellogg and a second dealer called Dave Smith Frontier Sales in Coeur d' Alene. The company sells 9 different automotive brands and employs over 500. They also continue to look for new salespeople.

For more information on Dave Smith Nissan formerly Jeramko Nissan, visit their web site-

http://www.davesmithnissan.com/

Dickey's Barbecue Pit to add more area locations , inlcluding one in Spokane Valley

Dickey's Barbeque Pit is a growing national chain of fast casual BBQ restaurants that added it's first Spokane location back in 2013. Today, that location is going strong at 12628 N. Division in the Wandermere area. The Wanderemere Dickey's even won Best of Spokane 2015 award for best BBQ in Spokane Coeur d' Alene Living Magazine.

But, now Dickey's is looking to build on the success of their one local location. This month the Texas based chain announced they have inked a franchise agreement with Dickey's Owner / Operator Mark Engberson and Palouse Restaurant Group to open five new locations all in the Eastern Washington / Spokane area.

It has yet to be announced where all the five Dickey's locations will be and when they will open. In fact we assume it may be some time before they all open. However, Dickey's Barbeque Pit has signed a lease for a location in the Spokane Valley. The Spokane Valley location will likely need to be remodeled as the building has been vacant for sometime. The building was last used as a local restaurant at 14720 E. Sprague.

The local franchise owners own a variety of fast food and fast casual restaurant franchise locations all around our region. The group owns locations of Carl's Jr. , Subway and Wingstop. With over 80 years of combined experience in franchise food service.

Dickey's Barbeque Pit is the largest barbeque restaurant chains in the nation. They we're founded in 1941 with the goal of authentic slow smoked barbeque. All meats are still smoked on site at their resturants , allowing them to live up to the chain's motto " We speak barbeque ".

Keep an eye out for more on where these new locations will open and when. And, for now for more information , including a look at the chains menu, visit their website at-

www.dickeys.com

Fresh Plate Market & Catering now open in North Spokane

After some delays for a full building remodel and some health issues The Fresh Plate Market is now officially open in North Spokane. The Fresh Plate Market is the latest venture from the same owners as The Bistro Box food truck and the Fresh Plate Café at WSU's Spokane campus.

The market is located at 3818 N. Nevada, at the corner of Nevada & Empire . The store occupies 1052 square feet and includes a commissary style kitchen for their two Fresh Plate Café locations, both of which are at WSU Spokane. The kitchen also allows customers of the market to enjoy a selection of prepared foods and meal components that are ready to cook.

In addition to the prepared meals, Fresh Plate Market also offers fresh produce , specialty grocery items and more. Many of those items being supplied by local producers and manufacturers, like Spiceologist, Chatteroy Cheese and Roast House Coffee. Beer and wines may also be sold in the future as the business grows. Also, The Bistro Box food truck will likely be at the market on regular basis once the weather warms up next year.