Mike McLean

Garco wins $44.6 million Montana job

Spokane contractor expects to begin 204-unit air base housing project in March

January 15, 2009

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has landed a $44.6 million contract to build replacement family housing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, near Great Falls, Mont.The project will include demolishing 70 duplexes and replacing them with 64

Rendering courtesy of McGranahan Architects PS

Lydig lands projects worth $118 million

Work around state includes high school, private jail expansion

January 15, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed three jobs around the state with a combined value of $118 million.The projects, which are in various stages of planning and construction, include a $75 million high school complex in Kirkland, a a

Big truck-stop operator buys 10-acre site in west Post Falls

Love's Travel Stops plans fuel station, eatery, store there

January 15, 2009

Mike McLean

Oklahoma City-based Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. says it has bought 10 acres of land in the Expo at Post Falls multiuse development north of Interstate 90 in west Post Falls, where it plans to build a 24-hour truck stop, with a fueling

Hitting a target in flooring

January 15, 2009

Mike McLean

An innovative device designed to cut laminate flooring has landed a Hayden tool developer and manufacturer a solid footing in a niche market.Coeur d'Alene resident Dalen Gunn has invented a tool called a Magnum Shear that does what

Army plans big reserve center in Hayden

New complex near airport would have more space, equipment for training 150 soldiers

January 15, 2009

Mike McLean

The U.S. Army plans to buy 10.26 acres of land in Hayden near the Coeur d'Alene Airport, where it would build a roughly 33,000-square-foot Army Reserve Center complex.The complex, which would replace the U.S. Army Reserve's current center nearby

Rendering courtesy of Storhaug Engineering Inc.

Condo towers eyed on South Hill

Moran Prairie project would have up to 136 units, commercial space

January 15, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane developers Dennis Swartout and his son, Ben, plan to ask Spokane County for permission to build a multimillion-dollar project on the South Hill that would include two 12-story towers housing 136 condominium units plus commercial and retail

Photo courtesy of Deaconess Medical Center

Hospitals' women's programs stress varying objectives

New operator hasn't decided on marketing at Deaconess, Valley

January 15, 2009

Mike McLean

For years, Spokane-area hospitals have packaged health-care services for women in women's centers, or departments, and have done a considerable amount of marketing to promote those departments.There's a new hospital operator in town, however, and

Kootenai County in slower mode

December 18, 2008

Mike McLean

The Kootenai County economy won't be as vibrant in 2009 as it was earlier this decade, but business advocates there aren't anticipating a bust either."Things have slowed down, but we're faring a bit better than most of the country," says Coe, of

Large-lot subdivision planned in northwest Spokane County

Moonshadow project's 10-acre homesite prices to list at about $79,000

December 18, 2008

Mike McLean

A Spokane real estate broker says he plans to develop a large-lot residential subdivision with 14 single-family homesites in northwest Spokane County.The broker, Donald Hertz, who owns Great West Properties, says he plans to sell the 10-acre to

Group buys North Idaho fly shop

Northwest Outfitters to reopen in March at Riverpoint development

December 18, 2008

Mike McLean

An investment group has bought Northwest Outfitters, a Coeur d'Alene fly shop, and plans to move it to the Riverstone mixed-use development, the store says.The group, On the Fly LLC, of Coeur d'Alene, has bought the business from Bob Drummond, a