As Washington's Spokane Valley industrial scene expands, businesses of all sizes need warehouse space — including the region's smaller players.
With their Bigfoot Flex building, local firms Baker Construction and Development and Forks Properties added about 35,100 square feet of steel warehouse and office space designed to meet soaring demand for smaller, modern industrial space. This project also benefits from recent transportation improvements that enhance freight mobility, safety and access for its industrial users traversing the existing Sullivan Road and Trent Avenue interchange.
More important, the warehouse sits near the fast-growing Rathdrum and Post Falls area, creating a valuable link between Washington’s and Idaho’s booming logistics and manufacturing hubs. It's a logistics foothold expected to have a positive effect on the local commercial market by increasing supply in a high-demand submarket and attracting new industrial and commercial activity to the Barker Road corridor.
The way this development is meeting regional demand is why it earned a CoStar Impact Award, as judged by real estate industry experts in the region.
About the project: The 35,100-square-foot flex warehouse space at 4524 N. Barker Road was completed in 2025 and sits on just over 10 acres. The Class A space comes with 18-foot-high ceilings and was built within seven months.
What the judges said: "This project strengthens cross-border connectivity, creating a valuable link between Washington's and Idaho’s growing logistics and manufacturing hubs," said Emilie Cameron, president and CEO of the Downtown Spokane Partnership.
They made it happen: The leasing team is Daines Capital. The developers were Keith and Skye Carver, owners of Forks Properties, and Barry Baker, owner of Baker Construction and Development. The landlord representatives were Steven Daines and Seth Peterson, managing brokers of Daines Capital. The architect was Ronald Labar of Labar Architecture.