Nearly 50-year-old fast food building demolished to make way for Domino’s Pizza

A 49-year-old fast food restaurant building was demolished this week to make way for a two-story building occupied by Domino’s Pizza.

The downtown Spokane building, 603 W. Third Ave., formerly housed Senor Froggy, Gerardo’s Authentic Mexican Food, Chapala Mexican Restaurant and, briefly, a restaurant called Cinco de Mayo. The 3,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1970, and was purchased in January for $750,000 by 3rd Ave Properties LLC, which is owned by Shane Anderson. Anderson has owned numerous local Domino’s restaurants since 1997.

The new building will be twice the size of the one it replaces, at 6,000 square feet. Domino’s and another tenant will occupy the space.

Shane Mercier, of Spokane Valley-based Mercier Architecture & Planning, is the project’s architect. Yost Gallagher, of Spokane, is the project’s general contractor.