Mike McLean

Breast-feeding on the rise

Health-care act requires some employers to offer private lactation space

January 13, 2011

Lactation educators here say the rate of breast-feeding is on the rise, and expect that trend to continue as awareness grows and as more employers make accommodations for lactating employees to comply with new federal rules that are part of the the

Real Estate Roundup

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Graceful Gift Baskets, a Spokane Valley custom gift-basket design and delivery concern, has leased 1,200 square feet of floor space in the Vista Industrial Park, at 111 N. Vista, and has moved there from a smaller, residential space. Tracy Poff, of

Prudential broker here buys building, moves Valley office

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Ken Lewis, owner and broker at Prudential Spokane Real Estate, says he has bought and refurbished a building at 421 N. Mullan, in Spokane Valley, and has moved the agency's Valley office there.Lewis says he has invested $280,000 to buy and the &

Garco wins steel work on WSU job

$908,000 subcontract part of animal-health center project on Pullman campus

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Washington State University says Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has won a $908,000 job to furnish and install structural steel for the Paul G. Allen Center for Global Animal Health, which is under construction on Washington State University's

Rendering courtesy Eric Hedlund Design LLC

Girl Scouts replace lodge at Lake Coeur d'Alene

Gunder Homes erects $1.2 million structure at Camp Four Echoes

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

The Girl Scouts Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho Council is erecting a $1.2 million lodge at Camp Four Echoes, on Lake Coeur d'Alene, to replace a 70-year-old structure there.The new two-story, 11,500-square- foot lodge will have about three

Northpointe to get new buffet eatery

Shopping complex owner also will subdivide space for new Big Lots outlet

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

The owner of the big Northpointe Plaza shopping center plans to remodel a vacant restaurant space for a new Black Jack Buffet Inc. restaurant. The company also will subdivide and renovate a former Linens 'n Things space to accommodate an earlier a

South Hill restaurant adds space

With expansion, Savory's inside seating capacity will exceed 200 people

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

Savory Restaurant & Lounge, which opened on the South Hill in November, is expanding, says Scott Nelson, its general manager.The restaurant, located at 1314 S. Grand Blvd., has leased an adjacent 1,200-square-foot suite formerly occupied by A in

30 Black Rock parcels slated for auction

Sale planned to recover $9.1 million debt owed to Mountain West bank

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

The protracted decline of the luxury real estate market continues to hound Coeur d'Alene developer Marshall Chesrown, as 30 lots in the exclusive Black Rock golf community above Lake Coeur d'Alene's Rockford Bay are scheduled to be sold at auction

Foreclosure ascent rate slows sharply

Filings still increased at double-digit pace here; slow turnaround foreseen

January 13, 2011

Mike McLean

The number of foreclosures in Spokane and Kootenai counties continued to rise in 2010, although not at the skyrocketing annual rate of increase that occurred the two previous years. Economic analysts here say it likely will take years for to drop a

Valley mover rebuilds, plans expansion into new markets

Action Moving switches affiliation to Bekins as part of growth strategy

December 16, 2010

Mike McLean

Action Moving Services Inc., of Spokane Valley, recently completed a $1.2 million building project and, after changing its affiliation to Hillside Ill.-based Bekins Van Lines LLC, is looking to expand its operations into other cities, says Jeff the