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Hayden concern wins $1.7 million contract for projects on South Hill

October 1, 2009

MDM Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, has been awarded a $1.7 million contract for a city of Spokane project to rehabilitate a portion of Lincoln Street on Spokane's South Hill and to construct an experimental storm-water runoff project at Hill

Equipment dealer buys land, ponders future business park

Rowand Machinery Co. adds 6 acres to holdings at West Plains operation

October 1, 2009

Mike McLean

Rowand Machinery Co., a longtime Spokane-area heavy-equipment dealer, says it has bought 6 acres of land adjacent to its West Plains operation and is considering developing a business and industrial park there, among other possible uses.The is

Playfields take shape at sports complex - Art only

October 1, 2009

Crews do infrastructure work next to planted playfields at the Albi-Merkel Sports Complex being developed west of Assembly Street, in northwest Spokane. In the background, a concession building is framed and moving toward finish work. Bouten Co., a

Westway nabs $6.3 million in four projects

Bridge work includes pedestrian, roadway facilities around region

October 1, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Westway Construction Inc., of Airway Heights, has begun work on $6.3 million in projects at four Pacific Northwest locations, including a $3.8 million federal project to construct a new bridge over the Little Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho.In

Masonry office builds bigger facility here

Montana concern needs more space for branch

October 1, 2009

David Cole

Anderson Masonry Inc., of Bigfork, Mont., is building a 5,500-square-foot office and shop building at its branch office in Spokane Valley, says Ian Anderson, project manager for the company.Anderson Masonry is a masonry contracting company that

Freedom Truck building rises on West Plains -Art only

October 1, 2009

Freedom Truck Centers Inc., of Spokane, is developing a $7 million 47,000-square-foot dealership building on the West Plains, at 10311 W. Hallett Road, where it plans to consolidate its Spokane-area operations. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane,

Tomato Street restaurant owners remodel, expand

Italian establishment's waiting space to grow; inside undergoes update

October 1, 2009

David Cole

The owners of the Tomato Street restaurant at 6220 N. Division have begun a complete renovation inside and outside the North Side eatery and also are expanding it. In the expansion, 1,200 square feet of floor space will be added to the Italian a

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Garco wins West Side jobs totaling $50.2 million

Spokane firm to build total of 11 structures at two military facilities

October 1, 2009

Mike McLean

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has landed contracts that together total $50.2 million at two military compounds in Western Washington.In one job, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Garco a $20.7 million contract to build

Rejuvenating a landmark

California owner of Northtown Office Building has spent $1.4 million in recent years

October 1, 2009

Kim Crompton

Spokane's tallest North Side office structure—the nine-story Northtown Office Building, at 4407 N. Division—is going through somewhat of a rebirth, following a multiyear series of improvements costing more than $1.4 million.The high in

Small Business Watch: October 1, 2009

October 1, 2009

Founder's daughter takes the helm at United Lithographers Brandy Donough has taken over ownership of United Lithographers Inc., of Spokane Valley, due to the sudden death in June of her father, Ray Tyson-Flyn, who started the business