Articles by Mike McLean

HUD to close Spokane office in consolidation

Seattle bureau to provide federal agency's services to Inland Northwest clients
June 6, 2013
Mike McLean
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to close its Spokane field office as the federal agency restructures its programs to reduce costs, says Lee Jones, a Seattle-based spokesman for the federal agency.HUD will offer options
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—Rendering courtesy of Architects West Inc.

Coeur d'Alene school district awards $9.2 million in project

T.W. Clark, Ginno awarded construction projects scheduled for Canfield, Sorensen schools
June 6, 2013
Mike McLean
The Coeur d'Alene School District has awarded two contracts totaling $9.2 million to Spokane and Coeur d'Alene contractors for construction projects planned at Canfield Middle School and Sorensen Magnet School, says Laura Rumpler, spokeswoman for a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Price-point diversity drives momentum at Lewis Construction

Lewis Construction sees strong demand for both affordable, custom homes
June 6, 2013
Mike McLean
Spokane homebuilder Tim Lewis, president and founder of Lewis Construction & Development Inc., says the ability to construct homes at multiple price points has carried his company through the recession and sputtering recovery.Lewis, a former in
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New owners to restore old Plantation restaurant in the Valley

Developers aim to reduce Plantation to original size, hope to attract operator
June 6, 2013
Mike McLean
Spokane real estate investor-developers Mark Baier and Dave Birge have bought the former Plantation restaurant building at 8122 E. Sprague and say they plan to restore the Spokane Valley landmark, although to a smaller, more manageable also looking
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Four-story, $6 million mixed-use project mulled near Gonzaga

Four-story, $6 million structure would have retail, office, living space
June 6, 2013
Mike McLean
A Spokane company is considering a new concept for a future commercial and residential development on Hamilton Street just east of Gonzaga University, a predevelopment application on file with the city of Spokane shows.The project being floated
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Post Falls development anchored by Cabela's changes hands

Agreement still in effect for commercial center at Pointe at Post Falls
June 6, 2013
Mike McLean
The big Pointe at Post Falls commercial development, which is anchored by a Cabela's Inc. sporting goods store and a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. supercenter, has changed hands.Wadsworth Development Group, of Draper, Utah, has acquired the vacant of in
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

North Idaho engineering concern grows welding school

AllWest sees program as extension of its testing, certification side
May 23, 2013
Mike McLean
Hayden-based AllWest Testing & Engineering LLC is expanding its testing services by growing a welding school.The company fared well during the recession with revenues balanced between the testing and engineering sides of the business and growing
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UI team cuts defects at buck knives

Student project improves automated step in making two flagship folding models
May 23, 2013
Mike McLean
A team of five graduating University of Idaho mechanical engineering students has designed safety-and-efficiency improvements for a machine used to assemble flagship folding knives that helped make Buck Knives a household name.For their the were
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Event planner, tour operator join forces

ROW, Framework agree to share resources where amenities offered overlap
May 23, 2013
Mike McLean
Two Inland Northwest tourism services are sharing resources in a joint effort to provide unique travel opportunities to visitors to the region.Framework LLC, which does business as Framework Meetings & Destinations, and ROW Inc., doing business
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