Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools moves ahead with $14 million skills center addition

Also, Central Valley plans $3.3 million tech facility in old Rite Aid at U City

July 5, 2012

Spokane Public Schools says it's a big step closer to building a $14 million addition to the NewTech Skills Center in Hillyard, and the Central Valley School District separately expects to call for contractor bids this month to ready a tech branch

Scafco to build plant in East Spokane

City is reviewing plans for $5.7 million facility for making steel studs

July 5, 2012

Mike McLean

Scafco Corp., which operates two Spokane-area manufacturing facilities, is seeking a building permit to construct a new $5.7 million steel stud manufacturing plant at the former site of the Playfair horse racing track in East Spokane, plans under a

Apprenticeships for aerospace

State-funded body aims to pass advanced manufacturing skills to next generation

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

A Washington state training initiative that aims to sustain and enhance aerospace manufacturing skills has launched an apprenticeship program here, which it plans to expand, says the Spokane Valley-based Eastern Washington program coordinator. a

VAMC projects approach $50 million

Operating-room expansion next on drawing board for hospital improvements

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

In less than five years, the Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center has launched or planned construction projects with a total value approaching $50 million on its 38-acre campus at 4815 N. Wellesley, in North Spokane, says Cheryl Wood, the chief

PepsiCo selects Valley space to consolidate three facilities

Tenant improvements valued at $1.5 million

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

PepsiCo, the New York-based global beverage and food producer, has leased 80,000 square feet of space in the Central Business Park, in Spokane Valley, and plans to consolidate its Eastern Washington and North Idaho distribution operations there of

Phones Plus to construct Post Falls headquarters

Wireless product, service retailer also will erect 12th outlet in Oregon

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

Phones Plus Inc., a Coeur d'Alene-based Verizon wireless telephone and service retailer, plans to develop a new headquarters building in Post Falls.The company also plans to open a new store in southwest Oregon, its 12th retail outlet overall, a

Kendall Yards inks Spa Paradiso, Inlander, others

Spa Paradiso, Inlander, Central Foods restaurant lined up for urban village

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. says it has secured a handful of businesses that will occupy new commercial space under various stages of design and development in the 78-acre Kendall Yards urban village of a and

Options abound for burger bounty

Some restaurant operators looking to expand

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

When it comes to premium burger joints, some franchise owners and mom-and-pop entrepreneurs are betting that Spokane is hungry for more.Some restaurant operators have imported celebrated restaurant chains, and others are expanding home-grown and

Riding out turbulent times, Bernardo Wills Architects expands services

Bernardo Wills buoyed by returning customers, relationships in industry

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

Prominent Spokane design firm Bernardo Wills Architects PC has remained strong in difficult times by expanding its services, growing relationships within the construction industry, and cultivating its collaborative spirit in-house, its principals a

Financial planner's division here boasts steady growth

Waddell & Reed offers proprietary, nonexclusive options for investments

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

The Spokane division of Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors has grown while the financial services industry as a whole has been shrinking, says Jason Renskers, managing principal here.Waddell & Reed, a subsidiary of Overland Park, Kan.-based & and