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Credit union plans to raze old South Hill bar building

United Health Services CU bought structure with plans to expand its parking lot

July 5, 2012

A currently vacant building on Spokane's lower South Hill that most recently housed a bar and grill is slated to be razed later this summer to make way for a parking lot addition for a nearby commercial building. Both of the buildings are owned

Physical therapy practice builds South Hill office - Art only

July 5, 2012

Physical Therapy Associates PS, of Spokane, has started work on a $2 million building at the northeast corner of 27th Avenue and Southeast Boulevard, on Spokane's South Hill. The practice plans to move into a portion of the building late this year.

$4.5 million in street jobs slated to start this month

Projects to get under way are located on South Hill, in U District, on North Side

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

With the summer construction season now in full swing, the city of Spokane recently awarded an estimated $4.5 million worth of competitively-bid construction contracts for a handful of street-work projects expected to begin this month.The city's

Union Pacific completes North Idaho line upgrades

$10.9 million job involved 95-mile segment of rail between Eastport, Athol

July 5, 2012

Treva Lind

Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific Railroad recently has completed a $10.9 million infrastructure upgrade for 95 miles of a rail line that runs between the small communities of Athol and Eastport in North Idaho. This Union Pacific railroad line to

Rendering courtesy of Nystrom Olson Architecture

New buildings envisioned at Kendall Yards - Art only

July 5, 2012

Buildings for the Inlander newspaper and Spa Paradiso are planned to be among the first commercial buildings in the Kendall Yards mixed-use development, northwest of downtown Spokane. Each building is valued at $1.2 million, and work is expected to

Community college starts renovation of stadium, field

$2 million-plus in work is planned this summer at 40-year-old structure

July 5, 2012

Treva Lind

Renovation work totaling more than $2 million is getting under way at the Spokane Falls Community College stadium and sports field.AM Landshaper Inc., a Spokane-based landscape contractor, started this month on a portion of the project under a a

Bank touts home ownership via employer-aided program

Incentives together can help make mortgages pencil out for workforce

July 5, 2012

Mike McLean

Seattle-based residential lender HomeStreet Inc. has brought a program here that's aimed at making homeownership more accessible to workforces of participating employers by reducing mortgage-related costs and fees, says Andy Slipper, Spokane-area a

Inland Asphalt set to begin $1.7 million I-90 project

Six-mile leg of highway west of Spokane to be resurfaced, upgraded

July 5, 2012

Chey Scott

The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded a contract valued at just under $1.7 million to Spokane-based Inland Asphalt Co. to resurface about six miles of Interstate 90 on the West Plains.Spokane-based DOT spokesman Al Gilson

Walker Construction starts work on new STCU branch

Credit union plans to open 16th location late this year in the Moran Prairie area

July 5, 2012

Treva Lind

Spokane Teachers Credit Union has started construction of its 16th branch, which is scheduled to open late this year on Spokane's South Hill.The 4,000-square-foot structure, which STCU plans to call its Moran Prairie branch, is being erected at

U District project steel rises - Art only

July 5, 2012

The $78 million Washington State University Biomedical and Health Sciences Building comes out of the ground on the Riverpoint Campus. The 110,000-square-foot structure will house part of the WWAMI Medical Education Program, the WSU Medical and the