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Coeur d'Alene begins City Hall renovations

$1.9 million project slated to be completed by late fall

June 8, 2017

The City of Coeur d'Alene has launched a $1.9 million remodel project of its City Hall building, at 710 E. Mullan, at the east end of the city's central business district. The intent of the project is to prolong the life of the City Hall building in

Central Valley School District starts work on $19 million new school

Riverbend Elementary set to be finished in mid-2018

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Central Valley School District has started construction on its new Riverbend Elementary School, which it's developing at 17720 E. Mission, in Spokane Valley. Marla Nunberg Genther, director of communications for the district, says the $19 million proje

Avista plans to construct new building for its fleet

Work to start in July on structure on its campus

June 8, 2017

Avista Corp. soon will begin construction of a 30,000-square-foot building on the northernmost portion of its campus that will replace a 70-year-old, 12,000-square-foot maintenance facility located next to the company's headquarters. The new, two-story

Vandervert Construction's modular hotel project to be template for Marriott

Spokane Contractor wraps Pullman job with prefabbed units

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

Prominent Spokane-based general contractor Vandervert Construction Inc. is scheduled to complete construction on a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Pullman this month using a hybrid construction method. That method is expected to be the template for new h

Riverview Retirement mulls memory-loss facility

Complex on Upriver would add 20 rooms for residents

June 8, 2017

Riverview Retirement Community, the Spokane-based nonprofit retirement complex operator, is looking to build a 20,000-square-foot facility dedicated exclusively to patients with memory care needs, according to a pre-development application filed with the

Longtime produce seller to open store in Hillyard

Market to feature goods from Inland Northwest

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

Jack and Mary Green, of Spokane, have bought a 3,500-square-foot, single-story retail building at 4915 N. Market, in the Hillyard community, where they plan to open Green's Fresh Market this month. The store initially will be a produce market, selling

Newly formed Scout Real Estate finds that industry appeals to attorneys

Owner here adds partner, plans to diversify services

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Scout Real Estate Group LLC, a newly established brokerage here is growing quickly, thanks in part to its owner's background in the practice of law. The company's owner and managing broker, Brian Bean, is an attorney who initially became interested

Appraiser shortage hits both private, public sectors

Profession has been losing workforce in recent years

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

Filling a national shortage of real estate appraisers comes down to a matter of compensation catching up with demand, says Michael Robinson, owner of Hearthstone Appraisal PLLC, of Spokane. He adds, however, that some forces within the industry don't

Deaconess seeks to soften labor, delivery experience

Nitrous oxide gas, 'gentle' C-section among options

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

While managing the experience of labor and delivery can be a difficult task for any woman, Spokane obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Lori Smetana says hospitals here and across the nation are working to make things just a little bit easier. 'Women tod

New breast cancer nonprofit emerges in Spokane

Advocates here opt to end affiliation as Susan G. Komen chapter

June 8, 2017

Deb Barnes, president and CEO of Every Woman Can, says the newly created nonprofit dedicated to breast cancer awareness soon will start seeking to move the topic of the disease more pointedly into the discussion of health care in general. The new nonpro