Mike McLean

Brothers buy Valley shop to launch street-rod startup

Quantum Mechanics will specialize in work on '60s-era muscle cars

June 20, 2013

Brothers Scott and Ken Adkins have bought a 5,100-square-foot commercial building in Spokane Valley, where they plan to open on July 1 an automotive service center to be called Quantum Mechanics LLC.Quantum Mechanics will specialize in servicing

South Perry Business District to get new retail building, microbrewery

Microbrewery set to be first of two tenants in structure scheduled to open this fall

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, has started work on a 4,600-square-foot, two-tenant building in the South Perry Business District, on Spokane's South Hill, that will be occupied by a new microbrewery and have room for another is

Romney Motion will move its operations to Post Falls

Owner says North Idaho site has room for contract manufacturer to expand

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Devon Romney, owner of Romney Motion Inc., of Otis Orchards, says the contract manufacturing company has bought a 5,500-square-foot building in Post Falls and plans to move there in August.The building at 1111 N. Innovation Way, a block south of

New nest for mamas, babies

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Heather and Tony Villa have left their nighttime callings behind to focus on a new venture, Bella Cova Enterprises LLC, which opened this month.Bella Cova, which means beautiful nest, is a natural parenting retail and resource center—a of a

Spokane's new-home market gains strength

Single-family residence building permits climb countywide

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

The market for newly constructed homes is staging a welcome comeback, sources in the homebuilding industry say.The city of Spokane issued 96 building permits for single-family homes in the first five months of 2013, up 43 percent from a period,

Space Screw sets sights higher

Aerospace-parts maker based in Rathdrum hopes to double its production

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Sales and production at Space Screw Inc., a small North Idaho aerospace machining concern, have returned to near prerecession heights, and the company's new owner and general manager says he aims to double the company's current production and raise

Commercial banking bolstered

Bob Beck appointed VP to add expertise to AmericanWest's business-lending teams

June 20, 2013

Mike McLean

Commercial banking veteran Bob Beck has joined Spokane-based AmericanWest Bank, after working nearly half of his 40-year banking career at a North Idaho-based bank.At AmericanWest, which is refining its identity as a business-focused community a

West Side-based security concern opens Valley outlet

Absco Alarms anticipates continued growth as it debuts second outlet here

June 6, 2013

Mike McLean

Absco Alarms Inc., a Lynnwood, Wash.-based supplier of security surveillance systems, has leased 1,600 square feet of space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3020 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley, where it has opened a Spokane sales and a

Low-income senior project in Valley secures funding

Appleway Court second phase to add 24 living units, cost $4 million

June 6, 2013

Mike McLean

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission recently provided financing needed to complete the funding package for the planned $4 million Appleway Court II low-income senior apartment project in Spokane Valley, says Alan Curryer, CEO of Spokane

Graham wins $14.3 million Finch construction project

Students to be displaced extra half-year as district extends time to finish job

June 6, 2013

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools has selected Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, to be the contractor for its Finch Elementary School renovation and addition project, says Greg Brown, the district's director of capital improvements. Graham a