Special Report

Specialist practice eyes new building

Northwest Eyelid & Orbital files design plans with city for $1.2 million structure

December 6, 2012

Northwest Eyelid & Orbital Specialists PS, a Spokane-based provider of specialty care and surgical procedures for areas around the eyes, has submitted design plans to the city of Spokane to construct a two-story medical office building east of who

Interest in health found to peak at 51

Second spike said to occur as people hit 65 years old, in transition to retirement

December 6, 2012

News Wise

For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak coming near age 65, a new Ohio State University study says.The results might help doctors and other professionals target this generation with health a

CHAS medical director starts as need grows

Lockwood takes helm to oversee providers, care guidelines at nine clinics

December 6, 2012

Treva Lind

Dr. William Lockwood, who joined Community Health Association of Spokane in 2010 to launch its first urgent-care facility, has taken on new duties as CHAS medical director.The change comes as the nonprofit continues to grow, with plans to add to

Real Estate Roundup

November 21, 2012

Mike McLean

Advanced Machining NW Inc., a new Spokane machine shop, has leased 1,500 square feet of floor space at 7826 N. Market. Steve Peterson, of Coldwell Banker Tomlinson North, and Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate Group LLC, handled the transaction. Fluids

Century West plans move to another Valley building

Engineering firm to occupy entire 6,100-square-foot structure

November 21, 2012

Mike McLean

Portland, Ore-based Century West Engineering Corp. has leased a 6,100-square-foot Spokane Valley office building at 11707 E. Montgomery Drive and plans to move there next month from smaller quarters it has long occupied about three miles east of be

Spokane contractor begins work on emergency facility

Kearsley Construction plans to finish Sprague center by next summer

November 21, 2012

Jessica Valencia

Kearsley Construction Inc., of Spokane has broken ground on a Sprague, Wash., emergency response center that will be home to a volunteer fire department, and will replace a smaller, older facility, says project architect Ryan Zane, of Spokane-based

$1.2 million pain treatment facility to rise in Riverstone

Clinic, outpatient-surgery center to move to building from KMC next spring

November 21, 2012

Mike McLean

Work has started on a $1.2 million medical clinic and surgery center for Pain Management of North Idaho LLC in the Riverstone mixed-use development in northwest Coeur d'Alene.Polin & Young Construction Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, is the contractor a

Mattress Firm retail store is being erected in Valley

Store to be near entrance to new Walmart superstore built along Sprague Avenue

November 21, 2012

Treva Lind

Seattle-based Pennon Construction Co. is erecting a 5,000-square-foot building in the Spokane Valley to house a Mattress Firm retail store. Madison Sprague II LLC, of Kirkland, Wash., is developing the structure, which will be located at 4707

Wenatchee contractor bids lowest on interchange job

$6.4 million project along U.S. 195 expected to take about five months to finish

November 21, 2012

Jessica Valencia

Wenatchee-based Selland Construc-tion Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a Washington state Department of Transportation project to construct a new interchange on U.S. Highway 195 at Cheney-Spokane Road, about two miles south of the Interstate 195

Builders tout Fall Festival's people's choice recipients

Attendees pick favorites in six price ranges during SHBA's annual exhibition

November 21, 2012

Mike McLean

The Spokane Home Builders Association recently announced the people's choice award winners in its eighth annual Fall Festival of Homes.In the under $200,000 category, Lewis Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, won the people's choice for