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Trusts for Metropolitan Mortgage, Summit Securities make fifth payment

Combined disbursements since entities were formed now has crested $118 million

October 24, 2013

Trusts established to try to recoup some of the huge amount of money that investors had tied up in Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and Summit Securities Inc. before those affiliated companies here shut down nine years ago have made a fifth a

Umpqua Bank-Sterling Bank transition plan looms

Portland bank to roll out retail-store concept at Sterling sites

October 24, 2013

Mike McLean

It likely will be another eight months or so before Umpqua Bank logos start showing up at Sterling Bank locations here, assuming Umpqua's proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sterling meets regulatory approval.Umpqua, though, expects to capitalize

Cooking up personal care

Pilgrim's Market classes draw female customers, provide healthy skin tips

October 10, 2013

Treva Lind

Pilgrim's Market employees Sue McMahon and Jen Plum regularly teach women about cooking methods in classes held at the Coeur d'Alene natural health products store, although the results from the recipes they demonstrate rarely get taste the two tips

Mixed-use structure slated to be built in Perry district

Construction to start this fall on two-story, $1.3 million building

October 10, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane-based KCLH LLC says it plans to develop a two-story, 13,000-square-foot mixed-use building in the South Perry Business District, on Spokane's South Hill, that currently is envisioned to house a mix of commercial and residential project site

Spokane team set to expand WSU apartment complex

$16 million project will upgrade, add 17 units to Chief Joseph Village

October 10, 2013

Mike McLean

A Spokane-based construction team has started work on a $16 million renovation and expansion of the Chief Joseph Village apartment complex on the Washington State University campus, in Pullman, says Louise Sweeney, a project manager for the Spokane

STCU readies new branch project at Cd'A retail center

Credit union here has two other projects under way, planned in Spokane area

October 10, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane Teachers Credit Union, of Liberty Lake, says it will begin construction within the next 18 months on a branch at The CrossRoads Coeur d'Alene retail center, which will have a WinCo Foods outlet as the anchor store.In the retail complex,

Ginno wins $4.2 million job to renovate school in Cd'A

Work includes classroom remodel, new library, lab, gym at Bryan Elementary

October 10, 2013

Mike McLean

The Coeur d'Alene School District has awarded Ginno Construction, of Coeur d'Alene, a $4.2 million contract to remodel and expand Bryan Elementary School, says Laura Rumpler, a district spokeswoman.The project will include remodeling the complex

Cd'A developer to build 20 rental homes on 1.6-acre lot

Pocket-house designation for land use encourages infill on some city parcels

October 10, 2013

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene residential developer Jon Harper, doing business as Qualitas Co., has obtained building permits to construct 20 small rental homes on a 1.6-acre lot.The project site is located at 3516 N. Mountain Lane, north of Lunceford Avenue, a

Delaney Apartments get $3.5 million renovation

Upgrades are under way at eight-story structure on east end of downtown

October 10, 2013

Mike McLean

Catholic Charities of Spokane, a prominent social-service nonprofit here, is renovating the Delaney Apartments, one of its largest residential holdings downtown, says Glori Houston, the charity's housing director.The $3.5 million construction to

Call Realty answers growth in rental home inventory

Having picked up units in downturn, company sees property trends shift

October 10, 2013

Treva Lind

Call Realty Inc., a Spokane Valley property management company, says it's experiencing steady tenant activity following a sustained period of growth in the number of rental properties it represents.The company first bolstered its inventory in of