Mike McLean

CCS will renovate former nursing school building

Meridian Construction bids $739,000 for remodel job to create labs, classrooms

February 12, 2009

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the apparent low bidder on a renovation project that Community Colleges of Spokane is planning for the former Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing building, just east a

Real estate agent ranksdwindle here

Trend in people leaving realty business follows big slump in home sales

February 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Following a steep decline in home sales here, the ranks of real estate agents also are thinning out.Rob Higgins, executive officer of the Spokane Association of Realtors, estimates that membership in the association has fallen to 1,950 today, a

State park plans $20 million lodge

Mount Spokane aspires to open year-round facility for centennial in 2013, seeks design money

February 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Mount Spokane State Park proposes to develop a $20 million lodge that would serve year-round activities at its ski resort and wants to open the facility in 2013, during the state park system's 100th anniversary.The state park is seeking $4 from

$9 million senior-housing project planned in Valley

Federal funds awarded for portion of Appleway Court, rental assistance

January 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Two Spokane-based nonprofits, Spokane United Methodist Homes and Community Frameworks, are planning jointly a $9 million housing project in Spokane Valley that would serve low-income seniors and already have secured federal money to cover nearly of

Cd'A real estate brokerage closes its Post Falls office

Beutler & Associates moves 30-person staff to headquarters complex

January 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Century 21 Beutler & Associates, a prominent Coeur d'Alene-based real estate company, has moved its Post Falls agents and office employees to vacant space on its Coeur d'Alene campus.The move, which involved about 30 people, is expected to in of

Lydig wins bid to rehab WSU dorms

January 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has landed a $1.7 million contract to refurbish four residence halls on the Washington State University campus in Pullman.The project will spruce up all of the dorm rooms in the 13-story, 73,300-square-foot a

City approves zone change for big project

Grandview plan includes 390 condos, 12 houses near I-90 on Sunset Hill

January 29, 2009

Mike McLean

The city of Spokane's hearing examiner has approved a zone change that will allow plans for a 402-unit residential project on Sunset Hill to proceed.The project, tentatively called Grandview Park, is expected to include a total of 390 units in a

Construction values held level in 2008

Slowdown in commercial projects expected to follow housing slump this year

January 29, 2009

Mike McLean

The total value of Spokane-area construction activity held relatively steady in 2008, with nonresidential projects offsetting a steep decline in new-home construction. Some industry observers say, though, that the pace of commercial construction in

TARP funds here may top $600 million

Three banks receive federal dollars, at least two more applications are pending

January 29, 2009

Mike McLean

It's not just the nation's megabanks that are getting infusions of capital through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's massive Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Three Inland Northwest banks have received a combined $454 million from the and

Foreclosures soared here during 2008

Still, analysts say 84 percent increase isn't alarming yet

January 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Foreclosures in Spokane County shot up 84 percent in the last year, but economic analysts here say that increase isn't too alarming yet, compared with the soaring foreclosure activity in other parts of the country.The county auditor reported 560