 | Monday, September 8, 2008 |
Background: An old railroad yard northwest of downtown Spokane is slated to be transformed into the city's newest neighborhood, with 2,600 new residences and 1 million square feet of commercial space, and a new connection for the Centennial Trail. Follow developments related to this project here.
8/21/2008 | At 78 acres of mostly bare dirt, the site of the proposed Kendall Yards development overlooking the Spokane River is a conspicuous piece of real estate. After all the attention its developer received for an ambitious plan to build hundreds of homes and provide space for businesses there, however, heads are turning for a different reason: Nothing has been built.
5/2/2008 | A 250-stall downtown parking garage under consideration by Spokane Partners LLC could help alleviate parking headaches for theater and restaurant patrons in the Davenport District. 5/1/2008 | The Spokane City Council on Monday reversed a decision by the city hearing examiner rejecting a proposed 100-foot office and retail tower west of the county courthouse.
4/15/2008 | The one-block street that is the closest link between the Monroe Street and Post Street bridges will be repaved. 4/11/2008 | Proposed traffic impact fees would cost the developer of Kendall Yards millions of dollars and jeopardize deals on the former Empire Ford building in downtown Spokane, representatives of the development community say.
2/29/2008 | Black Rock Development is scrapping its downtown Spokane sales office for Kendall Yards, even before the office opened to the public. 2/19/2008 | Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has eliminated the position of the city's designated contact person for Kendall Yards developers. 2/7/2008 | Work on a new multimillion-dollar Kendall Yards development is continuing on a planning level, but construction of the first buildings may not occur until 2009, a Spokane city official said this week.
12/6/2007 | Nearly 100 people turned out on a cold Thursday night last week to talk about the future of downtown Spokane. 9/22/2007 | City engineers raised concerns this week that minor cracks in an abutment in the Monroe Street Bridge may have been caused by explosives detonated during construction of the future Kendall Yards Boulevard.
8/2/2007 | Two of the last major remnants of railroad lines on Spokane's north riverbank are being demolished as work progresses on Kendall Yards, a 78-acre commercial and residential development near downtown Spokane.
7/20/2007 | City Councilman Brad Stark hasn't been one to walk away from a good fight. Then again, neither have his opponents in the race for his South Side council seat. 7/19/2007 | Lane reductions will be imposed on Monroe Street just north of the Monroe Street Bridge in September and October while Avista Corp. utility crews relocate a major line. 7/18/2007 | Tax money is pouring in. Downtown is as lively as it has been in years. Tough decisions over the River Park Square garage fiasco are, for the most part, decided. 7/13/2007 | A small brush fire on the hillside off Summit Boulevard didn't have a chance to get bigger Thursday because a construction crew from the nearby Kendall Yards project rushed over to apply water. 7/1/2007 | In a surprise March announcement, Mayor Dennis Hession created what has become the first major issue of this year's mayoral race: taxes.
6/28/2007 | The phone rang about five minutes before I put supper on the table the other night. The caller was taking a survey about governmental concerns. 6/24/2007 | When you saw the news that a Spokane River whitewater park will become a reality for kayakers and thought – big deal, I don't kayak – consider this quote from Rick Hastings. 6/21/2007 | Officials at Spokane City Hall have come up with a way to pay for an update of downtown's comprehensive land-use plan, but it involves increases in parking meter rates. 6/21/2007 | Connie Copeland-Malone hopes the scent of hamburgers cooking on the grill on Tuesday in the Salem Lutheran Church parking lot will get West Central residents talking. 6/13/2007 | I bring to you here the latest installment in the ongoing saga of the Spokane Marketplace. 6/5/2007 | Spokane's three better-known mayoral candidates sparred over ways to make city government more efficient and two new candidates formally entered the race Monday on the first day of filing for office. 6/5/2007 | A member of a South Side neighborhood council and a member of the city's cable advisory board each filed for their first political campaigns Monday, running for spots on the Spokane City Council. 6/3/2007 | Campaign signs for Spokane's mayoral election have already started to sprout like dandelions around the city in high-visibility spaces.
5/30/2007 | With one tax subsidy secured, Kendall Yards developers and the city are considering another. 5/26/2007 | Perhaps I'm a poor judge of character, but I'm the type of person who can't help but feel some sympathy for a developer who almost said a really bad word. 5/20/2007 | There was a pinch-yourself quality to Thursday's groundbreaking ritual for the Kendall Yards development. 5/18/2007 | A who's who of Spokane leaders turned out and filled a circus tent for the groundbreaking ceremony for Kendall Yards on Thursday afternoon. 5/15/2007 | A 78-acre development adjacent to downtown will get tax money.The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to create a "tax-increment financing" district for Kendall Yards and the surrounding area. 5/9/2007 | A national company that planned to partner with Black Rock Development on the first phase of Kendall Yards is no longer financially committed to the mixed-use development. 5/9/2007 | Spokane County commissioners gave their blessing Tuesday to a tax increment financing district that would subsidize the 80-acre Kendall Yards development. 5/8/2007 | The Spokane City Council is ready to approve tax subsidies for a proposed 78-acre development near downtown.
2/18/2007 | Skip Chilberg will not challenge the use of tax increment financing for construction of Kendall Yards streets, sidewalks, water and sewer lines or other improvements. 2/11/2007 | As therapeutic as it feels to beat up on the rich and privileged, it's a shortsighted strategy when you're trying to encourage investment in a healthier economy. 2/7/2007 | Spokane County Treasurer Skip Chilberg said Tuesday he might sue to stop a plan to would shift taxes to pay for public improvements in the proposed Kendall Yards project. 2/3/2007 | A tax incentive program for the Kendall Yards project development is so important to the $1 billion project that without it the developer might not go forward.
10/13/2006 | Developer Marshall Chesrown is seeking millions of dollars in local property taxes to help cover some of the public improvements needed for his Kendall Yards development on the north bank of the Spokane River. 10/6/2006 | No one appealed the Spokane hearing examiner's approval of an 80-acre residential and commercial development proposed for the north bank of the Spokane River. 9/22/2006 | A residential and commercial project proposed for 80 acres just north of downtown Spokane took a huge step forward Thursday when the city of Spokane's hearing examiner approved it largely as submitted. 9/22/2006 | With his approval of the massive Kendall Yards development Thursday, city of Spokane Hearing Examiner Greg Smith outlined traffic improvements he feels should be paid for by developer Marshall Chesrown's company, Riverfront Properties LLC.
8/20/2006 | New roofs, new paint, new siding and new yards. The West Central area looks better every day. There's a reason for that. For decades, the neighborhood's front yard was either a tangle of railroad tracks or, following their removal, an expanse of rubble and weeds overlaying soil tainted by all manner of crud. 8/8/2006 | Spokane Hearing Examiner Greg Smith has until Sept. 1 to approve or deny an 80-acre development proposed just north of downtown Spokane. Smith held a public hearing Thursday on the proposed Kendall Yards development, which would bring 2,600 new residences and 1 million square feet of commercial space to land just north of the Spokane River. 8/4/2006 | One thing was clear during a Thursday night public hearing for an 80-acre residential and commercial development proposed to overlook the north bank of the Spokane River — people in Spokane love their river. 8/3/2006 | "We'll get it done, however long it takes." Those less-than-prophetic words came from Paul Sandifur, CEO of Metropolitan Mortgage Co., talking in 1997 about an 80-acre, new-urban vision stretching from Monroe Street west toward the sunset. 8/3/2006 | Kendall Yards will be the biggest development in Spokane since Expo '74 renovated the downtown waterfront. The development promises much. But for promises to become real, two things must happen. 8/1/2006 | As the city of Spokane heads toward a Thursday public hearing for an 80-acre commercial and residential project just north of downtown, public concern has focused on traffic, building heights and the impact on the Spokane River.
7/18/2006 | Black Rock Development is partnering with an affiliate of The Staubach Co. to develop the first 20 acres of Kendall Yards. The affiliate, Cypress Equities, specializes in retail development, portfolio acquisitions, build-to-suits and other development for mixed-use projects, a joint news release said. 7/1/2006 | The hearing examiner will hold a public hearing on a proposed 80-acre residential and commercial development just north of downtown Spokane on Aug. 3, not July 27, as originally announced by the city of Spokane.
6/29/2006 | An 80-acre development north of downtown Spokane has been given the green light by Mayor Dennis Hession despite lingering concerns raised by city and state planners. 6/2/2006 | Just a half-dozen of the more than 90 intersections studied across downtown Spokane would see unacceptable congestion over the next 20 years if an 80-acre residential and commercial development is built as planned.
5/12/2006 | Spokane residents want a 78-acre development just north of downtown to be family-friendly and preserve views of the Spokane River Gorge, and they want developers to adequately investigate traffic concerns before starting construction. 5/11/2006 | Spokane's outgoing director of public works and utilities apparently felt his professional integrity was being threatened by a rush to gain approval of a large new Kendall Yards commercial and residential development on the north bank of the Spokane River.
4/11/2006 | Spokane Mayor Dennis Hession on Monday announced the formation of a City Hall team to guide creation of a large housing and commercial development on the North Bank of the Spokane River. 4/6/2006 | Environmental concerns surfaced for the first time Wednesday over a mammoth housing and commercial development proposed for the North Bank of the Spokane River.
3/31/2006 | The developer of the Kendall Yards mixed-use project along the Spokane River has drawn a bull's-eye on a squat one-story building at 500 N. Cedar, just west of downtown Spokane. 3/30/2006 | Despite their declaration last week that there had been no offer made for the Public Health Center, county officials discussed at least one possible scenario more than a month ago with representatives of the upscale Kendall Yards development. 3/29/2006 | Government officials and community leaders joined a developer on the North Bank of the Spokane River on Tuesday to celebrate completion of an environmental cleanup of a former railroad yard and fueling facility.
1/14/2006 | Construction could start as early as this spring on a 77-acre property just north of downtown Spokane that could one day be a thriving urban village, home to 4,000 mostly young professionals and empty-nesters, living in a mix of apartments, condominiums and townhouses.
12/25/2005 | Marshall Chesrown says he sold his Denver automotive empire in 1997 thinking business could not possibly get any better. If the buyers wanted to pay more than the business was worth, well, that was a deal no car salesman could walk away from. 12/20/2005 | Saying that people today crave a lifestyle on or near water, developer Marshall Chesrown outlined his plans Monday for the proposed 77-acre Kendall Yards project overlooking the Spokane River's north bank.
10/26/2005 | More than 100 people packed the West Central Community Center Tuesday night for the public unveiling of a 77-acre development planned for the north bank of the Spokane River, across from downtown.
8/18/2005 | People interested in more information about a high-profile development just north of downtown Spokane can visit a Web site just posted by the property owner. 8/13/2005 | A developer will begin cleanup on an old railroad maintenance complex in downtown Spokane with funding from the largest ever brownfields cleanup loan from the Environmental Protection Agency.
7/15/2005 | Spokane Park Board members Thursday threw their support behind a proposal to create a year-round public market on the Post Street Bridge and adjacent park-owned land west of the bridge. 7/2/2005 | Developer Marshall Chesrown will run sales and marketing efforts for Kendall Yards — a residential and commercial development planned for 77 acres on the north bank of the Spokane River — from a downtown Spokane building he recently purchased.
6/3/2005 | Developer Marshall Chesrown envisions the 77 acres of land he owns on the north bank of the Spokane River as an urban village, with people walking back and forth across the Monroe Street Bridge into downtown Spokane.
5/15/2005 | When Marshall Chesrown bought 650 acres of forested land overlooking Lake Coeur d'Alene back in 1997, a few other developers told him he got taken.
4/16/2005 | A developer who wants to build an upscale urban village in Spokane has quietly proposed using a slice of Riverfront Park between the Post and Monroe street bridges for an adjoining public market and other commercial uses.
1/14/2005 | Developer Marshall Chesrown has closed on the purchase of the 77-acre Summit property north of downtown Spokane and plans to break ground on April 1.
11/25/2004 | Marshall Chesrown, the top-dollar developer building the Black Rock community on Lake Coeur d'Alene, has a new venture – this time paying $12.8 million for 77 acres of prime land near downtown Spokane called the Summit property.
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