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Leone & Keeble lands job to build Cheney elementary

$13 million structure is to be completed by start of 2013-14 school year

April 12, 2012

The Cheney School District has awarded a $13.1 million contract to Spokane-based Leone & Keeble Inc. to construct a new elementary school, which is expected to help alleviate overcrowding at the district's four other elementary schools.Jeff of a

Spokane Rock Products gets $1.1 million county road job

Project to repave, widen part of West Plains road is funded by TIF district

April 12, 2012

Chey Scott

The Spokane County engineering and roads division has awarded a $1.1 million contract to Spokane Rock Products Inc. to widen and repave a half-mile section of Thomas Mallen Road on the West Plains.County Engineer Bob Brueggeman says the portion

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BNBuilders wins contract to rebuild Valley fire station

$1.5 million project will replace aging structure along Sprague Avenue

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

The Spokane office of Seattle-based BNBuilders Inc. has won a $1.5 million job to rebuild Station No. 6 for the Spokane Valley Fire Department. BNBuilders will erect the 7,200-square-foot station at 6306 E. Sprague, near the west end of the in a

Work begins on $8 million Cd'A complex

121-unit housing project in north part of Lake City to target senior renters

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

A Spokane Valley multifamily housing development company has obtained building permits for an $8 million, 121-unit senior apartment complex in Coeur d'Alene. The developer, Inland Idaho LLC, has started work at the project site, which is located

Whitewater Creek proposes Tullamore housing projects

Apartment complex, group homes, medical clinic are included in PUD request

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Whitewater Creek Inc., a Hayden, Idaho, multifamily housing developer, plans to construct a 51-unit apartment complex, two duplex-style structures, and a community medical clinic as the next part of its portion of the Tullamore neighborhood in Post

Construction jobs increase in 30 states

Washington, Idaho both had employment rise in February over the year-earlier month

April 12, 2012

Construction employment in February had the best net positive showing since January 2007, according to an analysis of U.S. Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America.The organization's analysis showed that employment

Group steps to the plate for new Coeur d'Alene stadium

800-seat facility in northern part of town would replace field that McEuen project would eliminate

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

The Panhandle Parks Foundation is winding up its opening pitch for a proposed new $2 million-to-$3 million baseball stadium in Coeur d'Alene that would replace the American Legion baseball facility at McEuen Field and allow for other sports and be

Managing efficiency: BOMA Spokane promotes building improvements to add value to properties

Association here promotes building improvements to add value to properties

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

While commercial property sales, leasing, and development have gone through a recession-related slump, professional property management has seen growth, say members of Building Owners & Managers Association Spokane.BOMA Spokane is one of the of

Entrepreneurial startup weekend planned at Gonzaga this month

April 12, 2012

New Venture Lab, Gonzaga University's student-run business consulting lab, will host an entrepreneurial "Startup Weekend" April 20-22 on the university's campus.Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product

Small Business Watch

April 12, 2012

Janitorial supplier opens showroomJ & J Janitorial Supply Inc., of Spokane, has opened a retail showroom for selling its cleaning products.The business moved earlier this month from a downtown space to a 1,200-square-foot leased space at 6410