Firms Choose Spokane for Growth at a Lower Cost Basis

Wonder Spokane is a mixed-use property with office and retail space.

SPOKANE, WA—A company’s expansion in Spokane continues the trend of companies taking advantage of the city’s expanding, educated workforce and opportunities to grow at a lower cost basis than most other markets in the region, Chris Bell of NAIBlack tells GlobeSt.com. One recent example is Seattle-based Rover.com, which signed a lease for nearly 30,000 square feet in the recently renovated mixed-use Wonder Building located at 835 North Post St.

Rover, the nation’s largest network of five-star pet sitters and dog walkers, selected Spokane for its first office outside of Seattle in early 2017 but has grown out of its current space in the Bennett Block Building. The rapidly expanding company leased the entire top floor and the western end of the second floor of the Wonder Building and plans to move into its new space by May 1, 2019.