Mike McLean

Douglas, Eden, Phillips, DeRuyter & Stanyer PS law firm keeps to roots despite growth

Succession, estate planning among rising practice areas

March 30, 2017

Douglas, Eden, Phillips, DeRuyter & Stanyer PS has one of the longer names among Spokane law firms, but some of the members say they don't want the smallish firm to get much bigger. Douglas, Eden, Phillips, DeRuyter & Stanyer has nine lawyers, eight of

Rocking the private-event business at the Knitting Factory

Planner says venue now slates weddings, other gatherings

March 30, 2017

Mike McLean

The Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, which is known as a venue for showcasing an eclectic array of regional and nationally touring performing artists, also has become a rental venue and service provider for local private events, says Annie Christy,

Door, window installer to move, expand in Valley

Operation on Trent will include fabrication shop

March 30, 2017

Mike McLean

Marcus Ridgely, owner of Window Replacement Systems Inc., which also does business as Northwest Window & Door, has bought a 16,600-square-foot, single-story building at 12015 E. Trent and plans to move the company there from smaller quarters at 12018 E. F

Firehouse Subs to enter Spokane market

Sandwich restaurant slates early June opening

March 30, 2017

Mike McLean

Firehouse Subs, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based restaurant chain, plans to open a restaurant in the Northgate Center retail complex, at 7808 N. Division, says Natasha Wojcik, a company spokeswoman. The 2,100-square-foot restaurant, to be located at the southe

Software dealer expands to West Side

PF-based company also serves Oregon educators

March 30, 2017

Mike McLean

Quest Integration Inc., a Post Falls-based specialty manufacturing-design software seller and support provider, has expanded into Western Washington with a new office in West Seattle, says Chantel Wilkes, a Quest spokeswoman. The new office adds to Quest

Downtown Cd'A structure to be converted into hotel

Project involves rebuilding level lost to fire years ago

March 30, 2017

Mike McLean

New owners of a downtown Coeur d'Alene retail and office building known as the Dingle Building plan to convert and expand the structure into a boutique hotel to be named CDA Grand Hotel, planning information on file with the city of Coeur d'Alene show

Plans for Mann center end in heap

Shuttered Hillyard landmark razed for Douglass project

March 30, 2017

Mike McLean

After multiple attempts by local public entities to find ways to preserve and repurpose the Hillyard landmark Joe E. Mann Army Reserve Center complex, the long-vacant, brick-and-masonry buildings have been demolished to make way for rental storage units.

Coffee roaster converting old auto shop on Hamilton Street

Arctos moving to retail site from small roasting shed

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Arctos Coffee & Roasting Co., a Spokane small-batch, wholesale roaster, is converting a former auto-service shop north of the University District for its roasting and retail operations. Arctos, which is owned by Jason Everman, will occupy 1,400 square fe

Upscale apartment project slated in Cd'A

Springtime construction start eyed for $3.5 million project

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

A $3.5 million apartment complex planned in east Coeur d'Alene will target mid- to upper-income renters, which Coeur d'Alene real estate investor and broker Ben Widmyer says is an emerging market there. The project, Lake Drive Apartments, will be loc

'Podium' project to rise at Kendall Yards

Urban village developer plans $50 million project above river

March 16, 2017

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake based real estate development company, is about to embark on a $50 million phase of construction in Kendall Yards that will include the largest project the company has taken on so far, says Jim Frank, Greenstone CEO.