Mike McLean

West Plains apartment phase starts

Building permits valued at $7.6 million obtained for 10-structure project

December 4, 2008

Building permits have been issued to a Liberty Lake developer for a 100-unit, second phase of a multifamily housing complex on the West Plains, records on file with Spokane County show.The developer, Rudeen Development LLC, will act as its on

A wish list for difficult times

Business advocates here will seek tools for growth, stimulus

December 4, 2008

Mike McLean

In the face of economic turmoil and a projected $5.1 billion state budget shortfall, business advocates here say their wish list for the Washington Legislature's upcoming session includes a stimulus package of capital improvements, expanded local a

Ann Seaburg, of Deaconess' neonatal intensive care unit, displays one of 10 new "giraffe bed" isolettes being used there

CHS begins capital spending push

New owner of Empire hospitals spends $11.5 million

December 4, 2008

Mike McLean

Christmas has come early at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital & Medical Center.The two Spokane hospitals have been unwrapping some of the $11.5 million in new equipment that's being bought this quarter by their new owner, Franklin, of

Real Estate & Construction: November 20, 2008

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

McGeary Properties Spokane Valley LLC has bought as an investment the Chalet Apartments, a two-story, 16-unit, multifamily residential building at 311 S. Whipple, near Pines Road. Jim Watson, of Kiemle & Hagood Co., handled the MC Northwest LLC, of

ServiceMaster in Coeur d'Alene to move to new Post Falls building

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

ServiceMaster of North Idaho plans to move next spring to a building that's currently under construction in northwest Post Falls.Steel Structures America Inc., of Post Falls, is erecting the $550,000, 12,000-square-foot structure, for Boulder to

New $1.4 million lab under way for Fish and Wildlife at Mirabeau

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has started work on a $1.4 million lab at the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife's Eastern Washington regional office in the Mirabeau Point area.Rich Wells, a project manager with Ginno, is

PacWest sells downtown building, moves northward

Longtime mortgage broker says it had too much space, sets up in smaller quarters

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

PacWest Services Inc., a Spokane mortgage company and real estate brokerage, has moved to a smaller building it bought recently and has sold its longtime building downtown.Its new location is on the North Side, in a two-story, 4,000-square-foot

Montana pizza chain plans outlet in Cd'A

MacKenzie River to hire up to 85 workers, open its doors early next year

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

Whitefish, Mont.-based Glacier Restaurant Group LLC plans to open a MacKenzie River Pizza Co. restaurant in north Coeur d'Alene following a $500,000 remodel of a 6,800-square-foot building formerly occupied by another restaurant there.The will

Rendering courtesy of Bernardo-Wills Architects PC

Garco lands Yakima-area jobs totaling $29.5 million

Spokane firm to construct reserve-center structures, big technical-skills facility

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has landed two big construction contracts in the Yakima, Wash., area that together total $29.5 million.One contract, worth $19.2 million, is for a three-building project at the Armed Forces Reserve Center six

Operations center rises for Cd'A bank

Mountain West to move most of its Hayden-based functions to the Lake City

November 20, 2008

Mike McLean

A building that will house a new operations center for Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank is under construction in north Coeur d'Alene, says Russ Porter, the bank's president and chief operating officer.The project cost is estimated at $1.8