Mike McLean

Wal-Mart also to make over Shadle store

$972,000 remodel could raise Spokane-Kootenai work total to $37 million

May 6, 2010

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning a $972,000 remodeling project at its store in the Shadle Center, in northwest Spokane, documents on file with the city of Spokane show.The makeover at Wal-Mart's 148,000-square-foot store, at 2301 W. Wellesley, a

Ad designer here combines Web, print

Banner, now led by former Tully's president, says new strategy has triggered rebound

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

Banner Retail Marketing Group LLC, a Liberty Lake retail advertising designer, has expanded its focus beyond print mailers and circulars to include integrated Web site design and servicing, says John Dresel, Banner's new CEO, largest shareholder, a

Interchange project awaits federal review

Construction of planned Beck Road access at I-90 still more than a year off

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

Construction of a new interchange requested by a private developer on Interstate 90 near the west edge of Post Falls likely won't start before late 2011, possibly about the time that Spokane County's Appleway Bridge replacement project near the on

BX upgrades in store at Fairchild

$6 million retail-center renovation, expansion planned

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

Fairchild Air Force Base plans to begin a $6 million remodel and addition at its base exchange this summer, says Lt. Casey Osborne, a spokesman for the base. A 3,000-square-foot addition to the base exchange, at 107 W. Spaatz Road, south of U.S.

Technology, stimulus energize headhunter activity here

Recruiter for utility, energy sectors predicts lasting growth

April 22, 2010

Mike McLean

The head-hunting arm here of Michigan-based Scope Services Inc. says it expects its growing executive-recruitment activities to expand further in coming years due in part to smart-grid initiatives and federal stimulus dollars allocated toward and a

Making home design senior friendly

Universal-access features help aging homeowners keep their independence

April 22, 2010

Mike McLean

Some contractors here say they're embracing an emerging market for home designs and improvements aimed at helping people stay in their homes as they age.Brian Beyer, a principal in JBI Properties LLC, a Spokane Valley home builder, emphasizes an

Harmony House facility to expand in Hayden

Assisted-living provider to house up to 16 residents in its third location there

April 22, 2010

Mike McLean

Siskiyou Living LLC, of Hayden, Idaho, doing business as Harmony House Assisted Living, says it's developing its third assisted-living facility there.The $800,000, two-story building, to be called Harmony House III, is under construction at N.

Idaho Department of Labor launches $4 million project

Agency plans to relocate its Cd'A office next fall to new Post Falls building

April 22, 2010

Mike McLean

The Idaho state Department of Labor says it has begun site work for a $4 million building in Post Falls and plans to move its Coeur d'Alene office there next fall.The 17,800-square-foot structure will be the first office building to be in the at

Spokane companies shaping Kennewick lighthouse project

Port on Columbia River intends for navigation aid to beckon revitalization

April 22, 2010

Mike McLean

A Spokane architectural firm says it has designed a lighthouse for the Port of Kennewick, and a Spokane metal fabricator has made the light gallery, a housing that tops the 62-foot-tall navigational beacon that the port plans to dedicate sometime a

Beehive plans big complex here

Senior-living project at Wandermere would house hundreds

April 22, 2010

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based Beehive of North Idaho Inc., which owns and operates Bee Hive Homes assisted-living centers in Coeur d'Alene and Pinehurst, Idaho, says it plans to develop a large senior-living complex in the Wandermere area north of Ghramm, of