Managing Partners of Steam Plant

If you would like information on leasing space at Steam Plant Square, please contact Spencer Stromberg at Wells and company.

If you would like information on Avista Corp., please contact Annette Long

About Avista Corp
About Avista Development
Contact Information

Contact Information

Annette Long
Avista Development
P.O. Box 3727
Spokane, WA 99220
Phone: 509-495-8729
Fax: 509-495-4144
E-mail: annette.long@avistacorp.com

Spencer Stromberg

Wells & Company
1325 West 1st Ave, Suite 300
Spokane, WA 99204
Phone: 509-624-8050
Fax: 509-624-0305
E-mail: spencer@wellsandcompany.biz

About Wells and Company
About Ron and Julie Wells
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Avista Development

Steam Plant Square's Managing Partner is Avista Development Inc. Avista Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp., is a venture company that manages and markets the corporation's community investments, including real estate and other assets. These activities support community and economic development throughout the Northwest.

Ten years after shutting the steam plant down, Avista Development, a wholly owned susidiary of Avista Corp, teamed with Wells and Company, a local design-build firm specializing in historic renovation and neighborhood redevelopment to restore the facility. The vision was to transform the Steam Plant into a vital community landmark, and a catalyst for revitalization of Spokane's historic Davenport Arts District.

When the design team, first stepped into the building, they were confronted with raw industrial space never intended for public use. Accessed only from unkempt alleys, the old steam plant had no parking, no front door or proper exits, no heat, and it was literally on the wrong side of the tracks from Spokane's central business district.

Converting this challenging property into a vital, functioning community landmark demonstrated the extraordinary potential of historic preservation. The renovation was the catalyst for creation of an historic district, and since the project's inception, more than ten other major renovations to nearby properties have transformed this neighborhood into a thriving mixed used urban center.

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Wells and Company

Another of Steam Plant Square's managing partners, Wells and Company is a unique, Spokane based design-build firm that has gained national recognition for the successful renovation of older and historic properties. Founders, Architect R. Ronald Wells and interior designer Julie W. Wells, founded the firm in 1979. Since 1980, Wells and Company has completed 28 historic renovation projects around the Northwest.

Ron and Julie Wells

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