Mike McLean

Making home design senior friendly

Universal-access features help aging homeowners keep their independence

April 22, 2010

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

Real Estate Roundup

April 8, 2010

Mike McLean

Zome Design LLC, an apparel screen-printing and embroidery company, has leased 2,500 square feet of space at 1821 W. Fifth Avenue, and plans to move there from smaller quarters at 6714 N. Pittsburg. Erik Nelson and Cody George, both of Kiemle & the

Exit Real Estate affiliate changes name, plans move

Smaller quarters will be closer to site of original mom-daughter brokerage

April 8, 2010

Mike McLean

A Spokane mother-daughter-owned real estate brokerage has changed its name and plans to move to new quarters on the South Hill.Exit Real Estate Professionals, formerly Exit Real Estate-Jones & Associates, has leased 2,700 square feet of floor on

Rendering courtesy of Architects West Inc.

T.W. Clark wins two school contracts worth $5.6 million

Work includes classroom addition in Sunnyside, Walla Walla support facility

April 8, 2010

Mike McLean

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane, has landed two out-of-town school contracts totaling $5.6 million. One contract is for a $3.2 million, 20,000-square-foot expansion of Sun Valley Elementary School in the Sunnyside, Wash., School The is

Timberland affiliate opens offices here

Westslope Properties sets up forest-tract sales offices in Cd'A, Colville

April 8, 2010

Mike McLean

Westslope Properties Inc. says it has launched two real estate brokerages in the Inland Northwest that specialize in selling forested land owned and managed by its parent company, Boston-based Forest Capital Partners LLC, Forest Capital is an of

Builders group's showcase to feature six 'green' homes

More than 6,000 people expected to attend event scheduled for June 18-27

April 8, 2010

Mike McLean

The Spokane Home Builders Association says it's bringing back its Showcase of Homes with a single-site event that will feature homes designed to meet the trade group's environmentally friendly Built Green construction standards.The event will be