Mike McLean

Inland Northwest ski areas ride season of ups, downs

Resorts give mostly positive assessments of season

April 26, 2012

Five Inland Northwest ski resorts report mixed, but generally positive assessments for the ski season, which ended for most early this month.Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, northeast of Spokane, and 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort, near say a

Post Falls hotelier Rocky Mountain Hospitality grows through value acquisitions

Rocky Mountain concern saw opportunity during downturn

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Rocky Mountain Hospitality LLC, a Post Falls-based hotel operator with eight properties in Idaho and Montana, has grown steadily since buying a modest hotel in Coeur d'Alene and moving its base to North Idaho in 2004. At that time, it had two in

Concrete concern changes alignment under Oldcastle

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Central Pre-Mix Prestress Co., a Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of prestressed concrete building products, has changed its affiliation to another company within the Atlanta-based Oldcastle Inc. family of companies.Oldcastle Precast Inc., a of

Real Estate Roundup

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Buddy Bar Co., a Hayden security device maker, has leased 1,300 square feet of floor space at 2147 Hayden Ave. and has moved there from a home base. Craig Hunter and Rob Kannapien, both of Coldwell Banker Commercial Schneid-miller Realty, handled a

Work begins on $8 million Cd'A complex

121-unit housing project in north part of Lake City to target senior renters

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

A Spokane Valley multifamily housing development company has obtained building permits for an $8 million, 121-unit senior apartment complex in Coeur d'Alene. The developer, Inland Idaho LLC, has started work at the project site, which is located

Whitewater Creek proposes Tullamore housing projects

Apartment complex, group homes, medical clinic are included in PUD request

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Whitewater Creek Inc., a Hayden, Idaho, multifamily housing developer, plans to construct a 51-unit apartment complex, two duplex-style structures, and a community medical clinic as the next part of its portion of the Tullamore neighborhood in Post

Group steps to the plate for new Coeur d'Alene stadium

800-seat facility in northern part of town would replace field that McEuen project would eliminate

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

The Panhandle Parks Foundation is winding up its opening pitch for a proposed new $2 million-to-$3 million baseball stadium in Coeur d'Alene that would replace the American Legion baseball facility at McEuen Field and allow for other sports and be

Managing efficiency: BOMA Spokane promotes building improvements to add value to properties

Association here promotes building improvements to add value to properties

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

While commercial property sales, leasing, and development have gone through a recession-related slump, professional property management has seen growth, say members of Building Owners & Managers Association Spokane.BOMA Spokane is one of the of

Itron lands new utility in Vermont, hits sales milestone with So Cal Edison

Liberty Lake concern's meter system selected by utility in Vermont

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of energy-management equipment and systems, says an electric utility in Vermont has selected it to provide smart-grid technology, and a California utility separately has installed a landmark 4 million Itron

Larry H. Miller group buys Spokane Valley Hyundai dealership

New manager expects to expand showroom, increase staffing level

April 12, 2012

Mike McLean

Utah-based auto group Larry H. Miller Corp. has bought the former Hallmark Hyundai dealership, its fourth Spokane-area acquisition.The dealership, located at 8801 E. Sprague in Spokane Valley and now named Larry H. Miller Hyundai Spokane, 26 of