Mike McLean

Cameron-Reilly lands Post Falls project

Cameron-Reilly starts central corridor project

July 31, 2014

The Post Falls Urban Renewal Agency has awarded Spokane Valley-based concrete contractor Cameron-Reilly LLC a $2 million contract for the district's Spokane Street Revitalization Project in the central north-south corridor of the city. Work on the proj

Wendy's franchisee to test image remodel

Overhaul at Division Street eatery could lead to others

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

Wenspoke Resources LLC, the Spokane-based franchisee for Wendy's restaurants throughout the Inland Northwest, is undertaking a major remodel of its restaurant at 830 N. Division, says Jennifer Robson, Wenspoke's vice president of marketing. The proje

Coeur d'Alene assisted-living facility is adding third building

$560,000 project will boost complex to 48 beds in all

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

Owners of the Renaissance at Coeur d'Alene Assisted Living Community have begun work on the third of five planned 7,500-square-foot buildings there. The Renaissance is located at 2772 W. Avante Loop, a couple of blocks west of Woodland Middle School, i

Federal rules update pregnancy-discrimination safeguards

Guidance lifts awareness here of worker protections

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

Recent enforcement guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission signals that the federal agency is targeting pregnancy-related discrimination as an area of emphasis, say knowledgeable observers, who add that Washington state also has rob

Old Washington Cracker Co. building remodel mulled in downtown Spokane

Multiple uses proposed for large historic structure

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

The new owner of the historic Washington Cracker Co. building hopes to convert the 33,700-square-foot structure at 304 W. Pacific downtown into a multiuse center, predevelopment plans filed with the City of Spokane show. Uses envisioned for the four-leve

New Target draws retail focus to South Hill

Regal Plaza to account for more than 300 jobs

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

The recently opened and already busy Target retail store at the Regal Plaza shopping center reflects the demand for new retail development on the South Hill, says prominent Spokane real estate developer Dave Black, who also notes that it took more than a

The start of something big at Rockwood South retirement complex - Art only

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July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

Low-income senior housing projects dry up

Cutbacks cited in federal, state fund sources

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

Recent high-profile, low-income senior housing projects here valued at some $34 million mark a brief surge in such developments before an impending drought, people involved in the projects say. The project pipeline for low-income senior housing projects

Big R begins $4 million expansion of its Coeur d'Alene store

Enlarged outlet likely will add 15 to 20 employees

July 17, 2014

Mike McLean

Great Falls, Mont.-based Western lifestyle retailer Big R Stores has started work on a $4 million expansion of its Coeur d'Alene store. The expansion project will add 50,000 square feet of floor space to the store at 170 E. Kathleen, nearly tripling it

T.W. Clark starts Winton school work in Lake City

$6.6 million project will include more classrooms

July 17, 2014

Mike McLean

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane, has begun work on a $6.6 million project that will replace the 89-year-old Winton Elementary School, in Coeur d'Alene. The school is located at 920 W. Lacrosse, about a mile northwest of downtown Coeur d'Alene