Mike McLean

Portion of Regal Plaza financed for $8.5 million

Newmark Capital arranges permanent loan for center

August 27, 2015

San Francisco-based Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged $8.5 million in permanent financing for all but the Target-store portion of Regal Plaza, the recently constructed retail center at the southeast corner of Regal Street and the Palouse Highway, s

Diving contractor buys The Boat Shop property here

Longtime Valley marine dealership owners retire

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Harbor Offshore Inc., a Ventura, Calif.-based marine-construction diving contractor, has bought the building and land currently occupied by The Boat Shop, in Spokane Valley.

Preparing for the Globe's next era

Pawn 1, Spokane Barre lease upper-floor space

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

A development group that acquired the historic Globe Hotel building last fall expects to complete a thorough renovation and restoration project there and welcome new commercial tenants on the second and third floors of the three-story building in coming w

Developer eyes hotel near Sacred Heart

Environmental application submitted for Hampton Inn

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley-based commercial real estate investor James Mulloy plans to develop a 109-room Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel in the medical district on the lower South Hill, a proposal under environmental review by the city of Spokane shows. Mulloy heads up

Pawn 1 set to open three more outlets

Spokane chain soon to expand to 19 stores

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Pawn 1 Inc., the Spokane-based pawnshop chain, has big growth plans, including moving its corporate offices downtown next month and opening three new stores to bring its total store count to 19 by spring, says Mark Lax, the company's president and major

Engineering a transition

Next-generation leaders step up in GeoEngineers' office here

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

James Harakas, the man who opened the GeoEngineers Inc. Spokane office 24 years ago, has helped form a young leadership team to carry on the business aspects of the multidiscipline engineering services provider, beyond his now imminent retirement.

Spanning the district

Gateway Bridge project seen as East Sprague spark

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Now that funding is committed to erect the long-envisioned $15.4 million University District pedestrian bridge, the next step is to coordinate public and private development to maximize the critical access link, says Mark Mansfield, the new Spokane Univer

49 Degrees selling homesites

Sales kick off $500 million development at ski resort

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Chewelah, Wash.-based 49 Degrees North Ski Area, located about 60 miles north of Spokane, is kicking off a $500 million Sunrise Basin resort community today by putting on the market a mix of 35 single-family and multiunit residential lots near the base of

North Side spa retailer moves to larger space

Apollo to consolidate its two stores at Valley location

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

Apollo Spas, a Spokane-born hot tub and spa equipment manufacturer and retailer, is moving its former North Side operations to larger quarters near Interstate 90 this weekend and also plans to consolidate its longtime Spokane Valley operations there by ea

Bar owners move operations to Spokane's University District

Fox Hole opens on Boone as Garland Drinkery closes

August 13, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane couple Deborah and William Weisgerber have opened The Fox Hole, a new bar and pizza eatery in the University District, and they've moved their pub operations there from the Garland District. The Fox Hole occupies 1,600 square feet of leased spa