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Medical school site work to start shortly

Red Diamond expected to clear ash, soil in first step of Riverpoint project

August 11, 2011

Site work for Washington State University's planned $78 million Biomedical and Health Sciences Building on the Riverpoint Campus is expected to start this month.Bob Askins, of Graham Construction & Management Inc., the general contractor and on

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Walker starts construction of Cd'A Tribe health clinic

$11.6 million health facility near Plummer is scheduled to be finished in fall 2012

August 11, 2011

Treva Lind

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on an $11.6 million job to build a Coeur d'Alene Tribe outpatient clinic in North Idaho.Tom Hansen, Walker Construction co-owner and project manager, says the company broke ground in on the

TIF group hopes to fund revitalization

Board wants to attract more money for infrastructure work in the West Quadrant district

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

An advisory board for a Spokane tax-increment financing district called the West Quadrant hopes to find ways to leverage the roughly $200,000 the district has collected so far and recommend initial revitalization projects in which the city could of

Developer, city are in water fight

Rayner contends city agreed to pay for system in '06, challenges contrary ruling

August 11, 2011

Treva Lind

Spokane businessman Pete Rayner says a plan this year to launch the long-envisioned Beacon Hill subdivision in northeast Spokane is stalled until he and the city resolve the issue of who pays for a water system.Rayner asserts the city promised a

WSU veterinary building takes shape - Art only

August 11, 2011

Work on the $96 million Veterinary Medical Research Building on the Washington State University campus in Pullman is on schedule to be completed in the fall of 2012. Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. is the construction manager and general on

Field House eatery to debut in River Ridge neighborhood

Restaurant hopes to open by Labor Day weekend at former Stadium Pizza

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

A group of Spokane restaurateurs plans to open a new eatery, the Field House Pizza & Pub, in the River Ridge Center in northwest Spokane.Nelson Phelps Inc., which is owned by Elizabeth and Curtis Nelson and Todd Phelps, will operate the in a by

Bloomsday nonprofit plans West Central area building

Group will consolidate its offices, warehousing at $1.5 million building

August 11, 2011

Treva Lind

Lilac Bloomsday Association, the nonprofit that organizes and stages the big annual running race in downtown Spokane each May, will be consolidating its operations into one building that's to be constructed in the city's West Central area.Pro of

Foundry's new line boosts sales

Hayden company says metal-coating system also reduces its overhead

August 11, 2011

Chey Scott

LA Aluminum Casting Co., the Hayden, Idaho-based metal foundry, says it has added a new line of equipment that's resulted in a 20 percent increase in sales during the last several months, and it expects to see that double-digit growth this spring,

Eagle Ridge plans 100-lot, $15.5 million ninth phase

Initial homes will target entry-level buyers; more upscale houses to follow

August 11, 2011

Mike McLean

San Diego-based Newland Communities says it plans to begin work next year on a ninth phase of its Eagle Ridge development, the big residential community located in the Latah Valley area of south Spokane. The latest phase, it says, is expected to a

BBB office here tests new customer-review feature

Spokane bureau is one of nine trying out online resource

August 11, 2011

Kim Crompton

The Spokane-based Better Business Bureau Serving Eastern Washington, North Idaho and Montana says it is one of nine BBB offices, out of a total of 122, testing a new "customer reviews" feature for BBB ratings.It launched the online feature about