Mike McLean

FBI offices here to move downtown

North Coast Life Building will house agency under 10-year, $3 million lease

June 30, 2011

The Spokane office of the FBI plans to move into the North Coast Life Building on the west edge of downtown, likely by the end of the year.General Services Administration spokeswoman Chelsea Turnbull says the agency has negotiated a lease for of

Old aerie on Francis being razed

Double Eagle Pawn aims to anchor two-building center proposed there

June 30, 2011

Mike McLean

A former lodge on Spokane's North Side, last operated by the Spokane chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, is being demolished to make way for a two-building retail complex to be anchored by a Double Eagle Pawn Inc. shop, conceptual plans on of

Big project proposed at Liberty Lake

Greenstone Corp. envisions subdivision with 327 homes on 67-acre east side parcel

June 30, 2011

Mike McLean

Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. says it wants to develop a 327-lot residential subdivision to be called Rocky Hill North on 67 acres of land at the east edge of Liberty Lake.The proposed subdivision would be a

Big ideas, minivacations

Motorcycle, houseboat, RV rentals said among locally focused pursuits

June 16, 2011

Mike McLean

Recreation and tourism concerns here say they're adapting to the lingering economic sluggishness by catering to locally focused vacationers in the mood for shorter holidays with activities closer to home.Samples of minivacation options include a

Calculating hereditary factors that increase cancer risk

Post Falls assessment, counseling clinic adds to range of tests it offers

June 16, 2011

Mike McLean

People with a family history of certain types of cancer can be tested for a growing list of hereditary cancer syndromes, says the Kootenai Cancer Risk & Counseling Clinic, which is based at the Kootenai Cancer Center, in Post Falls.The clinic a

Real Estate Roundup

June 16, 2011

Mike McLean

ASI Arden Solutions Inc., an Independence, Ore.-based wildland fire suppression and abatement service provider, has leased 2,900 square feet of office space at 131 Poplar, in Coeur d'Alene. Craig Hunter and Rob Kannapien, both of Coldwell Banker &

VA medical center to seek larger space for Cd'A clinic

Outpatient facility serves 4,000 veterans, expects service demands to grow

June 16, 2011

Mike McLean

The Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center says it has outgrown its outpatient clinic in Coeur d'Alene and plans to seek larger quarters there this year. Chuck Marsden, a spokesman at the Spokane VAMC, says the hospital will look for a location

Sandpoint takes steps to revitalize

Urban consultant brought in to help implement plan the city developed in 2002

June 16, 2011

Mike McLean

The Sandpoint business community, through that city's urban renewal agency, has brought in a highly touted consultant to breathe life into a revitalization plan developed nearly a decade ago.The consultant, Mark Rivers, who owns Boise-based real

Group floats plan to buy Ridpath Hotel

Vision calls for spending $30 million-plus to create entertainment destination

June 16, 2011

Mike McLean

A Spokane homebuilder-turned real estate investor says he's heading up a group that has offered to buy 11 stories in the 13-story Ridpath Hotel tower and most of an adjacent building. The group envisions buying other parts of the complex, which has

After drought, some banks branch out

New locations planned in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene; other projects under way

June 2, 2011

Mike McLean

Some banks and credit unions in the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene area say they have projects for new or improved facilities planned or in the works in anticipation of growth, following a two-year lull in such activity.Community 1st Bank, of Post and