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Groundwork laid for tribe to negotiate Bosch lot lease

Park Board authorized staff to begin talks over proposed cultural center

November 18, 2010

The Spokane Tribe of Indians has cleared an initial hurdle that it needed to leap to begin negotiating the lease of city-owned land along the Spokane River just west of Riverfront Park where it wants to develop a large cultural center costing of $6

McKinstry seeks permits for Great Northern project

Contractor plans to house Spokane operations there after $10 million upgrade

November 18, 2010

Mike McLean

McKinstry Co., a Seattle-based mechanical and energy-efficiency contractor, says it has submitted building permit applications to begin its planned $10 million renovation of the Great Northern Building, at 802 E. Spokane Blvd., where it plans to be

Graham wins $10.5 million project at Wanapum Dam

Work to involve erecting support buildings along Columbia near Vantage

November 18, 2010

Chey Scott

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $10.5 million contract to construct two large maintenance buildings near Wanapum Dam, in central Washington, for the Grant County Public Utilities District.The dam is on the a

T.W. Clark will construct new police station

$6.1 million Walla Walla project also designed by Spokane architectural firm

November 18, 2010

Mike McLean

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane, says it has landed a $6.1 million contract to build a new police station in Walla Walla, Wash., about 150 miles southwest of Spokane.Jon Huettl, a project manager for T.W. Clark, says the company will and

Cd'A rental project gets under way

$632,000 initial half of apartment complex to be completed in May

November 18, 2010

Mike McLean

Glenn Sather, a Coeur d'Alene-based apartment broker and developer, has started building the first phase of a planned 16-unit apartment complex, to be named Haycraft Estates, in the Lake City.The initial phase of the project is valued at It will

Acme lands job to resurface I-90 stretch

Contractor to replace or resurface concrete panels damaged by studded tires

November 18, 2010

Chey Scott

Acme Concrete Paving Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $7.8 million contract to resurface an about 5-mile stretch of Interstate 90 just west of downtown. The project will replace damaged and cracked concrete panels on both the eastbound and

Walker, Leone team up at Wellpinit

$18 million combined high, middle school remodel to be completed in summer 2012

November 18, 2010

Chey Scott

The Wellpinit School District, located on the Spokane Indian Reservation northwest of Spokane, has awarded an $18 million contract to a joint venture set up by two Spokane companies to modernize a building shared by the district's high school and &

Office space absorption shows gain

6.5 million square feet filled last quarter was up sharply from prior quarter

November 18, 2010

The U.S. office market absorbed 6.5 million square feet of space on a net basis during the third quarter in a big improvement over the 1.8 million square feet absorbed in the prior quarter, says a new report from Colliers International, one of the

Overcrowded Cheney district readies big projects

Work planned on three schools, totaling $90 million

November 18, 2010

Chey Scott

The Cheney School District has purchased a 10-acre parcel of land on the West Plains where it plans to construct a new elementary school using money from a $79 million bond levy passed by voters earlier this year.The district paid about $523,000

Sales start for Rockwood's South Hill expansion - Art only

November 18, 2010

Rockwood Retirement Communities has started marketing apartments and hopes to begin construction within a year of its planned 93-unit, 10-story tower, The Summit, illustrated prominently in this new rendering. The Ridge tower, in the upper right of