North Idaho

$12 million jail addition set in Kootenai County

Budget surplus to be used to fund 114-bed expansion

July 20, 2017

Construction has started on a $12 million expansion for the Kootenai County Jail, in Coeur d'Alene. The expansion will add 114 beds in a 20,000-square-foot expansion to the jail at 5500 N. Government Way, bringing the total to 441 beds, says Kootenai C

Brown Contracting erects apartment complex near UI

Identity on Main project value totals $19 million

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

Spokane real estate development company Brown Contracting & Development Inc. is constructing a $19 million apartment complex near the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, says Scott Jay, the construction project manager. The Identity on Main apartment d

Waterfront condominium building to be constructed in Sandpoint

$5 million project will have 13 units near Sand Creek

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

A North Idaho development company says it will break ground in the fall on a $5 million-plus waterfront condominium project in the Sandpoint city center, about 70 miles northeast of Spokane. The project, Sandcreek Lofts at Sandpoint Marina, will include

Riverstone Village retail store space now fully leased

All 160 acres at Cd'A site either bought or spoken for

July 6, 2017

Mike McLean

There's no space left to lease at the Riverstone Village retail center in Coeur d'Alene, and all of the land in the surrounding 160-acre Riverstone development is spoken for, says a commercial real estate broker involved in many of the recent transact

New alliance between Providence, Kootenai Health focuses on expanding access to care

Hospital systems partner to formalize joint efforts

July 6, 2017

Elaine Couture and Jon Ness

The Kootenai Providence Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization formed between Kootenai Health and Providence Health Care, will place pediatric specialists from Spokane in a Post Falls clinic operated by the Coeur d'Alene-based health system, says the

Express Employment moves North Idaho office

Company takes larger space in Coeur d'Alene

July 6, 2017

Mike McLean

The North Idaho office of staffing recruitment and placement company Express Employment Professionals has moved to Coeur d'Alene from Post Falls. The office, which is a franchise of the Oklahoma City-based company of the same name, now is located in a

Challenge after ascent

Drone pioneer Empire Unmanned expands geographic reach as revenues level off

June 22, 2017

Mike McLean

Following soaring sales growth in drone services reported by Hayden-based Empire Unmanned for 2016, activity this year has begun to descend as some potential customers are viewing drone operations as a do-it-yourself industry. Bradley Ward, president of

North Idaho College aerospace curriculum grows to meet demand

College plans to expand maintenance program

June 22, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

As Idaho's aerospace industry continues to grow, so too do programs like those offered through North Idaho College's Aerospace Center for Excellence, says aerospace director Patrick O'Halloran. 'The future for aerospace jobs in this region looks

Super 1 supermarket planned for new Athol commercial center

Grocery outlet will anchor The Crossings complex

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, will start construction as early as this month on a Super 1 Foods supermarket that will be the first building in a new commercial center in Athol, says Andrea Frye, a Vandervert spokeswoman. The 57,000-square-foo

Coeur d'Alene begins City Hall renovations

$1.9 million project slated to be completed by late fall

June 8, 2017

Mike McLean

The City of Coeur d'Alene has launched a $1.9 million remodel project of its City Hall building, at 710 E. Mullan, at the east end of the city's central business district. The intent of the project is to prolong the life of the City Hall building in