A Portland-based real estate developer is entering the Spokane market with a proposed $18 million apartment complex in the University District.

Project^ filed plans with the city to build the Boxcar Apartments at 15 N. Grant St., southwest of the University District Gateway Bridge.

The project calls for a seven-story, 77,000-square-foot apartment building with 136 units, a lounge, fitness room, a covered parking structure and a cafe on the ground level.

Construction is slated to begin in the spring.

Portland-based TVA Architects is the project architect.

Project^ has developed more than 20 retail, office, residential and academic buildings in Oregon and California.