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Downtown warehouse to get new life - Art only

January 15, 2009

Robi Railey and her daughter, Heidi Gudgel, the new owners of the 30,000-square-foot Sylvan Furniture Co. warehouse, at 116 W. Pacific, will begin this renovation of the former creamery building next month for retail use. McCloskey Construction and

City approves retail-residence building

January 15, 2009

City of Spokane Hearing Examiner Greg Smith has approved a conditional-use permit for Brian Jennings and Jeff Gilson, of Spokane, to convert the historic St. Paul Market building, at 2023 W. Dean, into a specialty retail sales and service building

Coeur d'Alene concrete concern wins $5 million federal highway paving job

January 15, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has been awarded a $5 million contract by the Western Federal Lands Highway Division to repair pavement along the Coeur d'Alene River Road in Shoshone County, Idaho.The division, which is in

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Deer Park dental practice plans $2.2 million building

Partner says new office is expected to be ready for occupancy this fall

January 15, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Deer Park dentists Steven Bates and Greg Miller say they plan to construct a new office building in a $2.2 million project, at 309 W. Crawford, in Deer Park, for their growing family dentistry practice.Bates says the building will be a with a

Riverstone fish restaurant project shelved indefinitely

Hapa cites weak economy in its decision to postpone venture into Cd'A market

January 15, 2009

Mike McLean

Plans to construct a building for a Hapa Fish Co. restaurant in the Riverstone mixed-use development in Coeur d'Alene have been put on hold, even though a Spokane-based developer has obtained a building permit for the proposed $1.4 million SRM LLC,

Storhaug acquires Hayden land-surveying company

Durtschi & Associates to continue under that name, expand services

January 15, 2009

David Cole

Storhaug Engineering Inc., a civil engineering, surveying, land-use planning, and landscape architecture firm based in Spokane, has purchased Hayden, Idaho, surveying company K.A. Durtschi & Associates Inc., says Jerry Storhaug, president and chief

Retail expansion rises on North Division - Art only

January 15, 2009

An expansion and renovation project is under way at Division Street Square, at 3609 N. Division. The retail center will have five suites with a combined 11,300 square feet of floor space when the expansion is completed. Kofmehl Inc., of Spokane, is

Newman Lake residential development proposed

Winter Glen residents would share 350-acre waterfront natural area

January 15, 2009

David Cole

A residential development of 39 one-acre lots is being proposed for an area above the southeast shore of Newman Lake, northeast of Spokane, where future home owners would share in the ownership of a 350-acre waterfront natural area.Developer a a

Calendar: December 18, 2008

December 18, 2008

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In The News: December 18, 2008

December 18, 2008

Dec. 16 / Employment here drops Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane area dropped to 220,400 in November, a decrease of 1,100 jobs from the November 2007 level, according to preliminary state figures. Preliminary /