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Vacation, investment home sales surge, NAR data show

National statistics say niche markets grow as other activity declines

April 12, 2012

Sales of investment and vacation homes jumped last year, with the combined market share rising to the highest level since 2005, according to the National Association of Realtors.The association's 2012 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey,

City, mayor streamline permit process

April 12, 2012

Addressing a longtime sore point for some developers, the city of Spokane says it's launching an improved commercial permit process that's designed to provide customers with more timely and predictable service.In a press release announcing the a

Rendering courtesy of Waste Management of Spokane

Waste Management gears up for regional recycling - Art only

April 12, 2012

Waste Management of Spokane has begun constructing an $18 million recycling facility, on the West Plains. Called the Spokane Materials & Recycling Technology Center, the envisioned 8-acre, 62,000-square-foot facility, at 2902 W. Geiger Blvd., is to

Blew's lands $6.3 million in jobs outside Spokane

Projects involve Puyallup high school skills center, Yakima library building

April 12, 2012

Treva Lind

Blew's Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has won a $5.1 million contract to convert an old grocery store building in Puyallup, Wash., into a vocational-technical high school skills center. Separately, the contractor is in the midst of a $1.2

Concrete concern changes alignment under Oldcastle

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Central Pre-Mix Prestress Co., a Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of prestressed concrete building products, has changed its affiliation to another company within the Atlanta-based Oldcastle Inc. family of companies.Oldcastle Precast Inc., a of

Bids come in for $800,000 worth of airport upgrades

Work includes re-roof job at Felts, improvements to SIA parking garage lights

April 12, 2012

Chey Scott

The Spokane Airport Board has received construction contract bids for two separate projects totaling just over $800,000 that are expected to take place later this spring and summer at Spokane International Airport and at Felts Field.Power City a

EWU building takes shape - Art only

April 12, 2012

The big Patterson Hall expansion and renovation at Eastern Washington University is ahead of schedule and is expected to be completed by January 2014. The $56.5 million project, for which Leone & Keeble Inc. is the general contractor, includes a a

CERB approves $650,000 for Caterpillar access work

County hopes to use funds, plus matching $450,000, to widen, realign Hallett

April 12, 2012

Kim Crompton

A Washington state agency announced last week that Spokane County has been approved for a $500,000 loan and a $150,000 grant for road upgrades near the new Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. plant being developed on the West Plains.The funds of

Low bid for Iron Bridge job under budget in round two

City altered scope of work for project to modify trestle for cyclist, pedestrian use

April 12, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane-based Wesslen Construction Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a long-awaited $822,000 project in Spokane's University District to convert an abandoned railroad bridge across the Spokane River into a pedestrian-and-cyclist bridge.Gary a a

Real Estate Roundup

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Buddy Bar Co., a Hayden security device maker, has leased 1,300 square feet of floor space at 2147 Hayden Ave. and has moved there from a home base. Craig Hunter and Rob Kannapien, both of Coldwell Banker Commercial Schneid-miller Realty, handled a