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Spokane and Coeur d'Alene home sales, prices surge

Median price could exceed prerecession peak this year

January 28, 2016

The residential real estate market in Spokane and Kootenai counties last year saw the biggest upswings in home sales by total numbers and median price since the Great Recession. According to the Spokane Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service, 6

St. Luke's increases role of Pilates in its rehab regimens

Exercise method said well-suited for women

January 14, 2016

St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, at 711 S. Cowley, has incorporated more Pilates-related training into rehabilitation regimens for patients in recent years.

Using 'language of music' as therapeutic tool

Practitioner often treats artistic, sensitive people

January 14, 2016

Stacey Denny

Kim McMillin describes music as her language, one she has helped others become fluent in through her business, The Center for Music Therapy.

Working out niches

Boutique, women-focused studios grow in number here

January 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Among the popular fitness trends in recent years-including in the Spokane area-is a growing number of personalized fitness studios, or boutique gym settings.

Community Frameworks eyes East Sprague project

Proposed 36-unit complex would cost about $8 million

January 14, 2016

Community Frameworks, a nonprofit low-income housing advocacy group, has submitted a pre-development application to the city of Spokane for an envisioned 36-unit, low-income residential complex that would be developed at the southwest corner of Sprague Av

Garco to construct $29 million Mead middle school project

Site work for big project slated to start this spring

January 14, 2016

The Mead School District has selected Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, as general contractor for the planned $29 million Northwood Middle School.

Associated Construction starts Deaconess project

Patient-room renovations slated on two top floors

January 14, 2016

Associated Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on interior improvements to the top two floors of the 10-story, patient-room tower at Deaconess Hospital, located at 800 W. Fifth on Spokane's lower South Hill.

Ginno wins job to construct Sandpoint health facility

$1.7 million project set for completion in spring

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

The Panhandle Health District has awarded Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, a $1.7 million contract to construct a public health facility in Sandpoint.

Haven Real Estate moves to larger space in the Washington Cracker building

Brokerage hopes to triple number of agents this year

January 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Haven Real Estate Group LLC is the latest in a series of tenants to move into the historic Washington Cracker Co. building, also known as the Cracker Box Building, located downtown at 304 W Pacific.

MMEC is designing office building for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

$9.5 million Richland facility will be completed in 2017

January 14, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane-based MMEC Architecture & Interiors, which has an office in the Tri-Cities, is designing a $9.5 million office building at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in Richland.