Real Estate & Construction

Lydig Construction selected to build airport rescue facility

New $8 million structure is expected to decrease emergency response times

September 26, 2013

The Spokane Airport Board has selected Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, to build a 16,000-square-foot aircraft rescue and firefighting facility at Spokane International Airport. The nearly $8 million project is scheduled to be completed in late

Associated Painters set to expand at Spokane Airport

Aircraft finisher aims to add 30 jobs at second facility here next spring

September 26, 2013

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Associated Painters Inc. has revived plans to build a second aircraft-painting hangar at Spokane International Airport and expects to grow its total workforce here to 100 employees next spring, says Reed Friese, the company's general

Inland Northwest real estate powerhouses Tomlinson, Beutler join forces

Big real estate agencies unite with owner group, to keep existing names

September 26, 2013

Treva Lind

Two of the bigger players in the Inland Northwest residential real estate market, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson and Century 21 Beutler & Associates, have consolidated some operations under a common ownership group.Ann Beutler, co-founder of Coeur 21

$10 million tower renovation slated at Lilac Plaza

Remodel part of at least $85 million in senior housing projects

September 26, 2013

Linn Parish

Spokane Baptist Association Homes plans in November to launch a $10 million renovation of the 13-story Lilac Plaza low-income senior apartment tower on the North Side. Tucked in a residential neighborhood a few blocks north of Francis Avenue and

City adopts guidelines for green building site practices

Designers applaud steps, but say techniques should stay optional

September 12, 2013

Treva Lind

Developers planning commercial projects in the city of Spokane now have the option to follow guidelines the municipality has adopted to promote the use of green, low-impact development techniques to absorb stormwater. The Spokane City Council a

VA clinic in Cd'A to expand at new medical building

Outpatient facility will add physical therapy, optometry to services

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Parkwood Business Properties, of Coeur d'Alene, is developing a $1.8 million medical office building, where Spokane-based Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center plans to move its Coeur d'Alene Community-based Outpatient Clinic, Spokane at

California developer mulls cottages for seniors in Cd'A

Monte Vista Villas would be marketed to tenants reliant on Social Security

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Andrew Otero, a Santee, Calif.-based contractor and real estate developer, has bought 3.6 acres of vacant land at the northeast corner of 15th Street and Best Avenue, in Coeur d'Alene, for potential development of a senior housing project."It's

True Seals plans move to former Nott-Atwater space in Valley

Gasket maker to occupy former Nott-Atwater building by year's end

September 12, 2013

Katie Ross

Custom gasket manufacturer True Seals LLC, the company co-founded by a former Nott-Atwater Co. executive after that company was sold and moved, has agreed to lease the former Nott-Atwater building, at 1309 N. Bradley, in Spokane Valley.Cody of

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Liberty Mutual to expand at Liberty Lake

Greenstone will develop $7.3 million structure on Meadowwood campus

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Liberty Mutual Insurance, the Boston-based insurance conglomerate, has signed a long-term lease for a 64,000-square-foot building that Greenstone Corp. will develop for it on the Meadowwood Technology Campus, in Liberty Lake, says Wayne Frost, for