The Coeur d'Alene-Post Falls Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' plans to construct a church in Post Falls this year. Construction bids are being considered for the project, which is expected to cost more than $2 million.

Richard Colburn, vice president of H2A Architects PA, of Coeur d'Alene, which designed the project, says the building will have about 16,500 square feet of floor space and will be located on a four-acre site near the intersection of McGuire Road and Midway Avenue, in Post Falls. It will be constructed in an LDS meetinghouse design style called the Heritage plan, Colburn says.

The brick building will include a chapel, a multipurpose room, classrooms, a warming kitchen, and offices, Colburn says. The church also will have an asphalt parking lot. Construction is scheduled to begin sometime in May and should be completed in about nine months, he says.