Mike McLean

Air cargo volume climbs at Spokane airport

Big increase attributed to 'through traffic' from UPS

October 11, 2012

The amount of cargo going in and out of Spokane International Airport has risen dramatically so far this year, but most of that increase is just passing through, say representatives of the airport and a freight handler.Spokane International and

County to auction foreclosed properties via Internet

Move to online service aims to reach broader market, increase sales

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane County will auction tax-foreclosed properties online for the first time, with the auction set for Dec. 3, says Mike Volz, the county's chief deputy treasurer.The county treasurer's office has entered a contract with Silver Spring, Inc. a

Whitworth builds $8 million facility for fitness programs

Larger recreation center to ease scheduling woes for intramural activities

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Whitworth University has started work on a new 32,000-square-foot student fitness and recreation center.The building, which will be open to all Whitworth students, faculty, and staff, is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2013, says Andrea

SHBA's Festival of Homes prepares to start this weekend

Free scattered-site event will showcase 32 houses erected by 18 contractors

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

The Spokane Home Builders Association's eighth annual Fall Festival of Homes will be held over the next two three-day weekends.The Fall Festival will feature 32 homes by 18 Spokane-area builders, says Joel White, SHBA's executive officer. The of

North Idaho school districts prep voter-approved works

Three funding measures to come to $38.7 million, mostly for construction

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Funding measures totaling $38.7 million that were approved by voters in three Kootenai County school districts last month mostly will go toward construction projects, the districts say.The Coeur d'Alene schools bond is by far the largest at by a

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175 million-plus in construction planned at Spokane Public Schools

Work at Finch, Hutton next in queue; Mullan, NC plans on fast track

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools is wrapping up the design phase for the upcoming Finch Elementary restoration and modernization project, and the district expects to approve a design team next month for a planned Hutton Elementary modernization project, says

Staples reduces floor size in its Coeur d'Alene outlet

$600,000 remodel part of office-supply chain's smaller-store strategy

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Staples Inc., the Framingham, Mass.-based office-supply retail chain, says a $600,000 remodel project currently under way at its Coeur d'Alene outlet will reduce the store's size by more than a third.The store will be reduced to 15,500 square of

144-unit Canyon Pointe Apartments project revisited in west Spokane

$9.6 million complex similar in scope to one mulled, shelved in '07

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

A longtime Spokane Valley developer and contractor is dusting off plans for a 144-unit apartment complex on Sunset Hill, near Indian Canyon Golf Course, that have been on hold for nearly five years, preliminary documents on file with the city to be

Two Unicep Packaging executives buy company

Purchase culminates packaging concern's succession strategy

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Two Unicep Packaging Inc. executives, Marcus Anderson and Clint Marshall, have bought the assets of the Sandpoint, Idaho-based contract packaging company from its founder John Snedden, and now are operating it as Unicep Packaging LLC, the company a

Peppertree hotel developers toss in towel on long-stalled project

Hoteliers list long-stalled project site on Division for sale for $2.5 million

September 27, 2012

Mike McLean

Rita and John Santillanes, owners of the highly visible quarter-block lot at the northwest corner of Division Street and Third Avenue where a hotel construction project has been frozen in its initial stage for nearly four years, have decided to up