Special Report

$5 million project planned at Fred Meyer along Thor

Remodel is slated to start at beginning of new year, wrap up by next summer
Jessica Valencia
Portland-based Fred Meyer Stores is planning a $5 million interior remodel of its store at 400 S. Thor, with construction expected to start around the first of the year, says Bellevue, Wash.-based company spokeswoman Amanda Ip. Although still in
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Hart Field athletic complex facility upgrades under way

Schimmels begins project on school district property near Jefferson Elementary
Treva Lind
Schimmels Construction Inc., of Spokane, recently began work on a $6.6 million job to renovate athletic facilities at Hart Field, located north of 37th Avenue between the current and future Jefferson Elementary School sites.Hart Field is the for
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Greenstone seeks permits for another 28 townhomes

Developer expects to file for 30 more residential units later this summer
Mike McLean
Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. has submitted building permit applications for 28 town-house units in the Kendall Yards urban village development northwest of downtown, says Drew Benato, manager of Greenstone's a
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Construction posts low jobless rate

Every industry segment added workers; officials foresee possible shortage
The unemployment rate for construction workers fell below double digits in June for the first time since 2008 as every segment of the industry added employees, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Modular builder taps new markets

Stratford starts to take on more commercial projects than single-family homes
Mike McLean
Stratford Building Corp., of Rathdrum, which operates a 55,000-square-foot factory complex, expects 2013 to be a banner sales year after having gained footholds in new construction-market sectors during the recession, says John Davis, the company's
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—Staff photo by Treva Lind

Medical office upswing

Builders say health-care providers here appear to be more confident
Treva Lind
Spokane-based contractors say they've seen requests to build new medical and dental office spaces increase significantly in recent months, including about a dozen projects in the works and others entering the design phase.Combined, the projects
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Brain-preserving method not being used often in hospitals

Therapeutic hypothermia shown to improve survival in cardiac arrest sufferers
News Wise
The brain-preserving cooling treatment known as therapeutic hypothermia is rarely being used in patients who suffer cardiac arrest while in the hospital, despite its proven potential to improve survival and neurological function, researchers from a
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More contact said to result in fewer hospital re-entries

Care transition program involves interactions both before, after discharges
News Wise
Personal contact with patients before and after their hospital discharge resulted in significantly lower readmission rates, says a study conducted by the Bronx Collaborative, a group of hospitals and health insurers in Bronx, N.Y.The results in
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—Staff photo by Linn Parish

Frontier Institute takes on abnormal movement study

Mental health nonprofit's research arm tests remedy to serious drug side effect
Linn Parish
Frontier Institute, the Spokane-based nonprofit research arm of Frontier Behavioral Health, formerly Spokane Mental Health, is participating in an early phase of research on an experimental drug intended to treat a serious side effect of Hampton, a
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Outpatient care limited in ability to lower costs, data show

For big-bill patients, just 10 percent of acute care expenses found avoidable
News Wise
In an analysis that included a sample of patients in the top portion of Medicare spending, only a small percentage of patients' costs appeared to be related to preventable emergency department visits and hospitalizations, limiting the ability to in
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