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West Side organizers form green property owners, managers group

November 25, 2009

Bellevue, Wash.-based organizers say they have formed a national nonprofit organization called the Association of Green Property Owners and Managers (AGPOM) to respond to growing demand for green building practices that result in financial savings.

SpineTeamSpokane's flagship office under way - Art Only

November 25, 2009

Silvey Construction Inc., of Spokane, is building this $1.7 million, 10,000-square-foot medical building at 510 E. Holland for SpineTeamSpokane. Dr. Daniel Dibble, who owns SpineTeamSpokane, in Spokane Valley, says the structure will become the for

State Parks plans Centennial Trail extension project near Long Lake

November 25, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The Washington state Department of Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking environmental approval for a proposed project to extend the Centennial Trail 2.2 miles to the northwest from its current western ending point near Nine Mile Falls Dam. of

Coeur d'Alene office facility being built on Linden Avenue

One-story, 3,800-square-foot building's construction cost said to be about $650,000

November 25, 2009

David Cole

General contractor Todd Sanders, of Coeur d'Alene, is building an office building there that will house an accounting firm and marketing firm and will have room for another tenant.The single-story building, to be located at 302 E. Linden, will a

South Hill office building rises - Art Only

November 25, 2009

Legacy Group Development LLC, of Spokane, is developing the 29th & Martin Professional Building, at 2008 E. 29th. Silvey Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the contractor on the $3.5 million project, which is expected to be completed next and

One of AMC's downtown theaters gets IMAX gear

Retrofitted auditorium to include bigger screen, new projector, and sound

November 25, 2009

David Cole

One of the 20 theaters in the AMC River Park Square 20 multiplex in downtown Spokane is being retrofitted with IMAX equipment and a larger screen, and could be ready to show IMAX movies by Thanksgiving, theater officials say.The multiplex's AMC

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Nonprofit awards Walker contract for housing project

Market Street Station to have 33 units; total cost will be $4.4 million

November 25, 2009

David Cole

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to construct a 33-unit apartment building in the Hillyard neighborhood for a nonprofit group that will operate the building to provide housing for mostly older, low-income residents

Lydig selected to fix Mead bus-maintenance structure

10,000-square-foot facility suffered partial collapse in January from snow

November 25, 2009

David Cole

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been named the general contractor for a $1.2 million partial reconstruction of the Mead School District's bus maintenance garage, which suffered a roof collapse in January because of heavy snow.John of in

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VA starts work on addition to physical-therapy building

$1 million project to triple space at the hospital now devoted to rehabilitation

November 25, 2009

Mike McLean

The Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center says it has broken ground on a physical-therapy building addition that will triple the space the hospital currently has dedicated to physical therapy.The addition will cost about $1 million to build a

DOT awards $3.7 million in construction contracts

Work to begin next spring includes concrete repairs on 4.5 miles of U.S. 195

November 25, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded contracts for a combined $3.7 million worth of work to begin in the spring here. The projects include work on road improvements to U.S. 195 between Interstate 90 and Hatch Road, of of