Mike McLean

Walk Bike Bus Spokane looks to replace car trips

Project encourages walking, bicycling, bus transportation

September 8, 2016

Organizers of Walk Bike Bus Spokane, an alternative transportation advocacy program, are boasting significant progress in reducing short drive trips within the program's pilot areas in the Garland and South Perry neighborhoods. The program encourages r

Neighborhood retail buildings planned at Kendall Yards

Project includes 'little hotel,' restaurant, deli

September 8, 2016

Mike McLean

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based developer of the Kendall Yards development northwest of downtown Spokane, plans to begin construction this fall on a pair of two-tenant retail buildings. The structures, tentatively called Nettleton Corners, are

Smelter plan raises power issue

PUD's industrial electricity demands still in question

September 8, 2016

Mike McLean

The manager of the electric utility that would supply the recently announced silicon smelter planned in Usk, Wash., 50 miles north of Spokane, is anxious to know more about the potential big-power customer, Edmonton, Alberta-based HiTest Sand Inc. Colin

Townhome-style rental project rises in Hayden

$6.5 million development includes 55 housing units

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

Level Ground LLC, of Post Falls, is developing 55 townhome-style rental units with a total construction value of $6.5 million in the Avery Estates subdivision in Hayden. The project will include nine buildings, each with four to eight living units, on 5

Goodwill to build new store in Post Falls, plans new outlet in Spokane

Spokane outlet will occupy former Albertsons space

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest will open a new thrift store in northwest Spokane and will move its Post Falls store to a $3 million facility to be constructed there, says Clark Brekke, president of the Spokane-based nonprofit. In all, Goodwi

Inland Property Management starts up in Spokane Valley

Inland enters residential landlord-tenant market

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

Property management veterans Judy Sullivan and Stuart Fox have formed Inland Property Management LLC, which focuses on managing residential rental properties. The company provides landlord services for owners of income properties and helps tenants select

Rowand Commerce Park planned near Geiger interchange

Three tenants sign intent letters, others negotiating

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

An affiliate of West Plains construction equipment dealer Rowand Machinery Co. plans to launch next year the first phase of a 60-acre commercial development to be named Rowand Commerce Park, says Doug Byrd, the leasing agent for the park. Byrd, owner-bro

Work starts on eight-lot Tapa Business Park in Spokane Valley

Two commercial buildings first to rise along Trent

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

Bellevue-based development company Tapa Spokane LLC has started site work on a planned eight-lot, 10-acre business park in Spokane Valley, and has obtained building permits to construct two single-use buildings valued at $2 million combined. The developm

Kootenai County acquires building to expand DMV

Former Odd Fellows lodge to serve Post Falls demand

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

Kootenai County has bought the former Daughters of Rebekah/Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge building at 200 E. Railroad, in Post Falls, where it plans to expand a Division of Motor Vehicles office, says Shawn Riley, the county buildings and grounds

ABC chapter's membership rebounds to prerecession levels

New chapter leader credits some growth to safety program

August 25, 2016

Mike McLean

The Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors Inc. has seen its membership roster return to prerecession levels, says Suzanne Schmidt, the chapter's recently installed president and CEO. With construction volume also on the rebound, t