Mike McLean

North Division restaurant razed to make room for development

Investor group looking to sell longtime eatery property, or build to suit

June 7, 2012

A Spokane real estate investment group has bought the longtime restaurant site last occupied by Lefty's Steakhouse & Sports, at 3525 N. Division, and has razed the building to prepare the property for resale or redevelopment, says Marshall Clark, a

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T.W. Clark is low bidder for Jefferson School replacement work

Valley contractor submits low bid of $12.3 million for project on South Hill

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools says T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane Valley, is the apparent low bidder for the planned Jefferson Elementary School replacement project, with a bid of $12.3 million.The district's board of trustees is expected to a

Spokane entrepreneur launches SalesCreed.com

SalesCreed.com connects businesses and freelance sellers to expand markets

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

A Spokane entrepreneur is starting up a Web-based company designed to connect businesses with freelance salespeople.Through the service, named SalesCreed.com, salespeople post their resumes, and businesses post sales projects on the company's to

$8 million-plus VA hospital addition slated

$8 million-plus project will provide more space for endoscopy, support

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center expects this summer to start construction of a second-floor addition that will involve two portions of its main hospital building. The addition is to include a total of 15,000 square feet of new floor The

Post Falls auto dealership changes hands

Company to key in on Chrysler; Findlay picks up third North Idaho facility

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

Midway Automotive Group Inc. has sold its Nissan auto dealership in Post Falls to Henderson, Nev.-based Findlay Automotive Group, and plans to focus on its recently expanded and remodeled Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership next door, says Joe marks

Post Falls concern expands markets for insulating foam

FMI-EPS taps Canadian, U.S. building industry with varied product line

May 24, 2012

Mike McLean

A Post Falls company that makes foam insulation and packaging materials has managed to expand during the recession, largely by capitalizing on growing Canadian markets and diversifying its U.S. product line.The company, FMI-EPS LLC, makes foam a

Garco awarded $8 million project at Wanapum Dam

Work to include updating, expanding hydroelectric utility's maintenance shop

May 24, 2012

Mike McLean

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has won an $8 million contract to renovate and construct additions to the maintenance facility at Wanapum Dam, on the Columbia River in Central Washington.Garco has started site work for the project,

Machining concern buys land, envisions expansion

Romney Motion Inc. plans to invest $500,000-plus in Newman Lake facility

May 24, 2012

Mike McLean

Devon Romney, owner of Romney Motion Inc., says he's in the early stages of planning a facility that will more than triple the space the growing precision machine shop occupies in Otis Orchards.The company recently bought a 2.6-acre parcel of at

Hayden fabricator leases larger quarters for growth

June move will double Accurate CNC Services' space for its operations

May 24, 2012

Mike McLean

Accurate CNC Services, of Hayden, Idaho, plans to move next month into nearly double the space it currently occupies, says Heike Stinson, president of the company she co-owns with her husband, Don.The company has leased a building with 14,000 of

Real Estate Roundup

May 24, 2012

Mike McLean

Call of the Wild Tattoo has leased 1,400 square feet of floor space at 180 E. Neider, in Coeur d'Alene, and has moved there from 15381 N. State Route 41, in Rathdrum, Idaho. Casey Brazil, of Kiemle & Hagood Co., handled the Salon & Spa has leased &