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Knife River starts Broadway work near fairgrounds

August 20, 2009

The Post Falls office of Bismarck, N.D.-based Knife River Corp. has begun work on a $508,000 city of Spokane Valley project to rehabilitate a portion of Broadway Avenue near the Spokane County Fairgrounds.Work started at the beginning of August

District picks design firms for big jobs

NAC, Madsen Mitchell, ALSC, Bernardo Wills named for school work

August 20, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools has named four Spokane architectural firms to design projects with a combined value exceeding $139 million.The district picked NAC/Architecture Inc. to design the Ferris High School modernization, which is expected to to

Rendering courtesy Madsen Mitchell Evenson & Conrad PLLC

T.W. Clark wins $19.5 million in projects

Projects include building Kennewick school, bus facility in Walla Walla

August 20, 2009

Mike McLean

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane, says it started work recently on three out-of-town construction projects, plans to begin constructing a housing project here in October, and expects to complete a housing project in Colville in December. The

Leone & Keeble work totals $86 million

Joint ventures net contractor jobs for Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Yakima's Capitol Theatre

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, is constructing several projects in the Northwest worth a combined $86.3 million. The projects include a previously reported $75 million expansion at the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel, near

Gates charity's campus shows global impact

$500 million project adjacent Seattle Center has huge scope; designers, builders see big role

August 20, 2009

Clay Holtzman

For the designers and builders of the new home of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, nothing about the project is small.From its million-gallon rainwater tank to its 53,000 cubic yards of concrete—more than was poured to create Seattle's

Graham wins $37.5 million NSC project

Project will include 5.5-mile stretch of planned north-south freeway

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

With a bid of $37.5 million, Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane Valley, won a contract for what the Washington state Department of Transportation says will complete the final 2-mile leg of a drivable North Spokane Corridor link and 2

Rendering courtesy of Lindquist Architects PS

Peirone Produce building rises on West Plains - Art only

August 20, 2009

Peirone Produce Co., of Spokane, plans to move to a 70,000-square-foot facility, illustrated here, that's under construction at 9818 W. Hallett Road, on the West Plains, just east of the Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange. Vandervert Inc., of a

Petrucelly's opts to move violin and guitar shop to North Monroe

August 20, 2009

David Cole

Petrucelly's Violins & Sound Hole Music, a 25-year-old Spokane business that sells and repairs guitars, violins, and other string instruments, has moved from downtown to the near North Side to acquire more space and to be more visible, says owner

University Appliance closes after 29 years in business

Longtime company posts out-of-business sign at East Sprague store

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

University Appliance Inc., of Spokane Valley, has closed its doors, posting a sign on its front entrance there that says it has ceased operations after 29 years in business.Representatives of the company couldn't be reached for comment, but sign

Treatment provider to open $5 million West Side facility

Valley-based American Behavioral Health buys, upgrades Chehalis hospital

August 20, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Spokane Valley-based American Behavioral Health Systems Inc. says it plans to open a $5 million treatment facility in Chehalis, Wash., on Sept 1. The chemical dependency treatment company, which primarily serves state-paid low-income clients,