Goodale & Barbieri history

In 1944 Goodale bought the business and Barbieri stayed on.

Although he bought out Goodale in 1959, Barbieri retained the company name.

1972 Residential Division The company began its Residential division, working with Apartments, HUD developments, and subsidized housing.

Civic-minded, the elder Barbieri also helped to bring the World's Fair to Spokane in 1974, an event that also marked the entry of Goodale & Barbieri into the hotel business.

In 1975 the company joined forces with Burlington Northern Land Development to build the Cavanaughs River Inn in Spokane, utilizing an old railroad coal yard that had once served the Burlington Northern Railroad.

1976 Hospitality Division founded Goodale & Barbieri founded a hospitality division and opened Cavanaugh's River Inn in Spokane.

Don Barbieri was instrumental in the diversification of Goodale & Barbieri, and in 1978 he became chief executive officer, succeeding his father, who retained the chairmanship.

Thomas M. Barbieri started out in 1979 serving as the general manager of Cavanaughs River Inn.

1985 IBM Building Goodale & Barbieri developed and constructed the IBM Building (currently known as the RLH Building). Company offices moved to the ground floor.

1986 Cavanaugh's Hotel and Mall Complex The company opened its fifth Cavanaugh's hotel and $20 million dollar shopping mall complex in Kalispell, Montana.

1987 G&B Select-a-Seat Goodale & Barbieri Company began operating G&B Select-a-Seat, which present day operates as TicketsWest and WestCoast Entertainment.

In 1988, however, the company built a slightly different kind of senior project, the 105-unit Rockwood Lane Retirement Community, which catered to middle- and upper-income retirees.

While two properties were added to the Cavanaughs chain in 1991, one was sold off.

In early 1992 the company formed a contract foodservices division, which management considered to be a natural outgrowth of its expanding hospitality business.

In July 1997 Goodale & Barbieri marked another, and sadder, milestone when at the age of 82 Lou Barbieri died after undergoing kidney dialysis treatment at a Spokane hospital.

Following a month-long road show, the initial public offering (IPO) was completed in April 1998, raising $89 million.

As was the case with the lodging industry in general, WestCoast suffered a downturn in business due to a slowing economy and the adverse impact the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had on travel.

Goodale & Barbieri Company purchased the Lincoln Plaza Building, located in Downtown Spokane and in 2008 relocated its main offices to the building with 90 employees.

2012 75th Anniversary Goodale & Barbieri Company celebrates their 75th year of providing superior real estate management, leasing, sales, and development services to the Pacific Northwest.