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Wandermere bridge ironwork under way- Art only

August 12, 2010

A crane gently lowers a massive section of girder onto a concrete pier that will help support one of two bridges across Wandermere Road that will connect the North Spokane Corridor to U.S. 395 at the freeway's most northern point. Graham & Inc., of

Red Diamond gets Wellesley Avenue work

$1 million project earlier had gone to MJM Grand, but its bid was tossed out

August 12, 2010

Kim Frlan

The city of Spokane has awarded a contract to Red Diamond Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, for just over $1 million for the rehabilitation of a nearly three-quarter mile stretch of Wellesley Avenue between Driscoll Boulevard and Assembly of a

Rendering courtesy of Design West Architects PA

Leone & Keeble wins big school upgrade

$10.6 million job to give Davenport elementary a middle-school wing

August 12, 2010

Kim Frlan

Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, has landed a $10.6 million contract to renovate the Davenport School District's elementary school and to build a middle-school addition onto it.The district, located about 36 miles west of Spokane, has operated a

Real Estate Roundup

August 12, 2010

Mike McLean

Fiesta Bonita Mexican Grill & Cantina has leased 2,100 square feet of space at 116 N. First, in Sandpoint, Idaho, and has moved there from smaller quarters at 700 Kootenai Cutoff, in Ponderay, Idaho. Chris Bell and James S. Black III, both of NAI a

Jim Frank submits proposal for Liberty Lake tech campus

Meadowwood complex to be developed around former Agilent building

August 12, 2010

Mike McLean

A Liberty Lake-based developer has submitted preliminary plans to develop a technology campus around the former Agilent Technologies Inc. building, in Liberty Lake.The developer, Jim Frank, says Meadowwood Partners LLC, which he heads, is to the

Catlow raises expansive roof for food processor in Toronto

Spokane-based company completes second largest roof-raising job to date

August 12, 2010

Chey Scott

Catlow Structural Lifting, of Spokane, says it recently completed a project in Toronto in which it lifted the roof of a 43,000-square-foot food processing plant by 9 feet for an expansion project. The project, done some 1,800 miles away, was the it

Walker Construction is low bidder for Freeman projects

$10.8 million in work includes new bus facility, expanded grade school

August 12, 2010

Chey Scott

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder for $10.8 million in work that's part of a broader modernization effort at Freeman School District southeast of Spokane. The work is to include two projects, one that will remodel

Restaurant designer takes clients from notion to opening

Working for a longtime equipment supplier here, he does 75 spaces a year

August 12, 2010

Chey Scott

Joshua Hissong's handiwork is evident at some of Spokane's most well-known restaurants, but it's not the food. Hissong, an in-house designer at Spokane Restaurant Equipment, does layout, consulting, and interior design for all types of eateries,

County approves bond issue for TIF project near airport

Upgrades along stretch of Thomas Mallen Road to cost about $3 million

August 12, 2010

Kim Crompton

Spokane County commissioners have approved the issuance of tax-increment financing district bonds to a development group here that plans to make about $3 million worth of improvements to a section of road south of Spokane International Airport. of

Vandervert lands out-of-town projects worth $6.7 million

Jobs include constructing two tire stores, appliance center, cell phone outlet

August 12, 2010

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Vandervert Construction Inc. recently has been awarded four out-of-town construction projects with a total value of $6.7 million that include an appliance store, two tire centers, and a cellular phone outlet.Tim Stulc, vice of the