Mike McLean

Litehouse dressing maker reports strong sales growth

Dressing maker now employs 700 overall

June 2, 2016

Litehouse Inc., the Sandpoint-based salad dressing maker, grew sales by more than 10 percent in 2015, a year after becoming 100 percent employee owned, says Litehouse CEO Jim Frank. Litehouse formed its employee stock ownership plan in 2006, selling 30 p

Taylor Engineering to merge with Seattle-based Parametrix

Seattle firm will expand to 11 offices in five states

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

Prominent Spokane-based civil engineering company Taylor Engineering Inc. will merge with Seattle-based Parametrix Inc. and will operate under the Parametrix name by the end of the month, says Mark Aronson, co-owner of Taylor Engineering. Taylor Engineer

Post Falls parts maker restrengthens through reshoring

Swiss Tech owner took over operations last June

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

Swiss Tech Precision USA, a Post Falls company that makes critical metal parts that other manufacturers use in a variety of products, is regaining strength largely through reshoring efforts of its U.S. customers, says Christopher Mark Choate, who bought S

Meridian to build City Hall in Valley

$10.6 million contract awarded for construction

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

The city of Spokane Valley has awarded a $10.6 million construction contract for its planned City Hall to Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley. Meridian had submitted the lowest bid to erect the 65,200-square-foot facility, which will include th

Moses Lake company buys two complexes on Spokane's North Side

$17.9 million transaction includes 300 apartments

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

Moses Lake-based real estate investment company 5D Holdings LLC has bought for $17.9 million two apartment complexes with a total of 300 living units on Spokane's North Side. The complexes are the Serrano Apartments, located at 121 E. Wedgewood, and th

Land Rover, Jaguar auto dealership plans

$5 million project will include move next door

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

The combined Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo auto dealerships downtown are planning a $5 million-plus renovation and expansion project that eventually will include the entire block on which the dealerships are now located, says Francois Chaker, the general

Assisted-living facility eyed on the South Hill

Center would be built at Freya, 44th junction

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

Co-owners and operators of a Coeur d'Alene assisted-living facility are part of a prospective ownership group exploring the potential to develop a similar facility for up to 80 residents on the South Hill. The development site would be on 5 acres of va

Spokane new-home starts are on the rise again

Dwindling inventory could lead to higher sale prices

May 19, 2016

Mike McLean

The Spokane-area new-home market looks to be strong for the foreseeable future, some prominent homebuilders here say. In the first four months 2016, Spokane County and the cities of Spokane Valley issued a total 389 building permits for single-family hom

First building is going up in Deer Park development

Knight Construction, affiliates plan to relocate

May 5, 2016

Mike McLean

Construction has started on the first building planned in the new Deer Park Business & Industrial Center, about 15 miles north of Spokane. Knight Construction & Supply Inc., of Deer Park, is erecting a 30,000-square-foot manufacturing and office building

Citibrokers buys North Side office site

June 1 opening planned in former bank location

May 5, 2016

Mike McLean

Principals of Citibrokers LLC, a Spokane real estate brokerage, recently acquired a second office location at 1021 E. Hawthorne, on Spokane's North Side. The 1,600-square-foot building is the former site of an Inland Northwest Bank branch.