The Dirt: U-Haul is planning a new building in downtown Spokane

According to preliminary plans submitted to the city of Spokane, developers are looking to build a five-story warehouse in a parking lot once used by customers of the iconic restaurant, Dick’s Hamburgers.

Plans call for a $12.7 million project. U-Haul currently owns and operates a rental truck and a small storage facility adjacent to the proposed site.

According to county property records, the target property, located at 3 W. 3rd Ave., is still owned by Dick’s Hamburgers.

If U-Haul officials buy the property, they will own much of the block except for the German American Society’s Deutsches Haus and an Enterprise Rent-a-Car location.

The U-Haul project is in the early planning stages and paperwork has not yet been filed with building officials, according to city records. But preliminary plans show a building with a footprint of about 23,000 square feet. The sum of the building’s five floors totals approximately 116,000 square meters.

Phoenix-based Amerco Real Estate filed the development application.

STA adds the Division route

The Spokane Transit Authority filed several building permits Monday for a new bus route connecting downtown Spokane to Mead.

Called “Division Street Bus Rapid Transit,” the new route is planned to include 45 bus stops and is called “rapid transit” because the stops will have improved amenities such as prepayment capabilities, time-of-the-day bus tracking technology real, raised platforms and more. frequent bus arrivals so passengers can go to stops without having to check arrival times.

On Monday, eight permits were submitted to the city of Spokane as part of the project, though construction is still a long way off, according to Transit Authority spokeswoman Carly Cortright.

Cortright said the project’s design is about 30 percent complete.

“Over the next few months, we will be filing more permits for additional stations over the course of the project,” she said. “No construction is planned until 2027.”

The permits were filed to gather feedback from city officials, Cortright said.

“We learned from our first bus rapid transit project, the city line, that reviewing the plan early in the project is beneficial,” she said, “That’s why the permits were filed at this time.”

Completion of the route is tentatively planned for 2030, along with the North Spokane Corridor, she said.

The Davenport lobby will be revealed

Earlier this year, officials from Davenport Hotels, the company that owns The Davenport Tower, Centennial Hotel and The Davenport Grand, unveiled plans to renovate the hotel lobby of its other property, Historic Davenport, earlier this year.

It will be open next month.

On Sept. 20, the public will get their first look at the space, which will include a renovated lobby, a 50-seat bar and a retail and coffee shop operation called the Emporium, according to a news release.

“These engaging gathering spaces are designed for our guests and locals to come together,” Melissa Green, general manager of Davenport Hotels, said in a statement. “The new Lobby Bar and Emporium will enhance the guest experience while continuing to preserve the heart of our historic hotel.”

According to Danielle Beaudine, spokesperson for Davenport Hotels, the grand opening event will also include a ceremonial rebranding of the hotel to its original name, The Davenport Hotel.

The renovation project is the largest investment in the 1914 property, Beaudine said, since the hotel’s $40 million renovation was completed in 2002.

The company will undergo another renovation project at Davenport Lusso later this year, she said.