Special Report

McKinzie Business Park lands its first structure

Construction under way on $1.1 million building

April 10, 2014

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has begun construction of a $1.1 million, 15,000-square-foot commercial building in Liberty Lake that's slated to be the first structure in the planned McKinzie Business Park. Located at 2208 N. McKinzie

Public radio station to start $5 million renovation

KPBX to move late this year to historic firehouse

April 10, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Spokane Public Radio, the nonprofit station that operates as KPBX-FM, plans in early May to start a $5 million renovation at the historic Spokane Fire Department Station No. 3, at 1229 N. Monroe, on Spokane's North Side. Walker Construction Inc., of

Meridian Construction wins contract to construct gym at Salk Middle School

$6.1 million junior high job to be finished late this year

April 10, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Spokane Public Schools has accepted a $6.1 million bid from Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, to build a gymnasium at Salk Middle School, on Spokane's North Side, says Greg Brown, the district's director of capital projects. The total pro

WSU begins work on big clean-tech lab building

$52.8 million structure to bear PACCAR name

April 10, 2014

Staff Report

Washington State University has begun construction of a $52.8 million clean technology laboratory building on its Pullman campus and says it will name the building after a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that made a sizable donation to the school. Presid

Leone & Keeble seeing increase in work this year

Contractor specializes in schools, medical projects

April 10, 2014

Katie Ross

Leone & Keeble Inc., a Spokane-based general contractor, anticipates an annual work volume of about $60 million worth of projects this year, up from about $52 million last year, says company President Craig Leone. Also, its profit margins have been

Infusion service provider sets move to larger space

Coram signs lease for old Thomasville site in Valley

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

Denver-based Coram Specialty Infusion Services has leased the former Thomasville Furniture retail building, at 5511 E. Third, in Spokane Valley, and plans to move its Spokane branch there from smaller quarters, says a real estate broker involved in the le

Convention Center project advances - Art Only

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April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

Clean technology laboratory building slated - Art Only

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April 10, 2014

Staff Report

Multifamily magnetism

Apartment market said to be hot for investors, developers

April 10, 2014

Mike McLean

At least three sizable apartment complexes with a total value of $42 million are in the construction pipeline in the Spokane area and several sources say they expect to see more apartment projects proposed and under construction here in the coming year.

Lawyer here nears 40 years of work in small practices

Jonathan Lee has kept strong family law focus

March 27, 2014

Treva Lind

A chance visit to the Inland Northwest in the early 1970s led Jonathan Lee to move to Spokane and to transfer his law studies to Gonzaga University. Lee, now 67 years old, never left. He's worked in probate, family, and general law here since 1976, now