Mike McLean

Dialing in the target

September 26, 2013

Sandpoint serial entrepreneur Jason Giddings is targeting the tactical shooting market with a product that turns a smartphone into an electronic gun sight.The Inteliscope, which went into production over the summer, involves a mounting system an

Seattle-based pain-treatment provider opens Valley clinic

Center aspires to restore functionality to patients suffering from discomfort

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Seattle Pain Center Medical Corp., a specialty medical practice doing business here as Spokane Pain Center, has opened a clinic in Spokane Valley, says Jodi Hoffman, the practice manager based at the new clinic.Spokane Pain Center is located of

VA clinic in Cd'A to expand at new medical building

Outpatient facility will add physical therapy, optometry to services

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Parkwood Business Properties, of Coeur d'Alene, is developing a $1.8 million medical office building, where Spokane-based Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center plans to move its Coeur d'Alene Community-based Outpatient Clinic, Spokane at

California developer mulls cottages for seniors in Cd'A

Monte Vista Villas would be marketed to tenants reliant on Social Security

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Andrew Otero, a Santee, Calif.-based contractor and real estate developer, has bought 3.6 acres of vacant land at the northeast corner of 15th Street and Best Avenue, in Coeur d'Alene, for potential development of a senior housing project."It's

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Liberty Mutual to expand at Liberty Lake

Greenstone will develop $7.3 million structure on Meadowwood campus

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Liberty Mutual Insurance, the Boston-based insurance conglomerate, has signed a long-term lease for a 64,000-square-foot building that Greenstone Corp. will develop for it on the Meadowwood Technology Campus, in Liberty Lake, says Wayne Frost, for

Four-legged weed control

Hayden businesswomen rents out goat herd to mow down invasive vegetation

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

Suzanne Forte has about 50 fuzzy workers with names like Buzz and Gizmo who are plenty willing to work for weeds. Not the kind of weed that's in the news lately, but the stubborn, noxious, and invasive stuff that's so hard to get rid of, like leafy

â€”Rendering courtesy of Tri-Cities Airport

Bouten Construction pilots $36 million airport project in Tri-Cities

Spokane contractor will assist in design to expand terminal to meet growth

September 12, 2013

Mike McLean

The Port of Pasco recently named Spokane-based Bouten Construction Co. the general contractor and construction manager for a planned $36 million Tri-Cities Airport expansion, says Ron Foraker, the airport manager.In that role, Bouten will in the

Sullivan Bridge replacement project is back on track

Lower cost estimate puts $15.4 million project within reach of funding

August 29, 2013

Mike McLean

The Sullivan Road Bridge replacement project is back on the front burner with new lower cost estimates and funding contingencies that make the project viable, after a vital part of the project funding was left out of the state transportation bill a

Greenstone Corp.'s next Kendall Yards phase advances

Proposed $6 million multifamily project would add 56 living units

August 29, 2013

Mike McLean

Liberty Lake-based Greenstone Corp. is continuing to develop Kendall Yards mixed-use development northwest of downtown at a steady pace, recently airing predevelopment plans to construct a $6 million, 56-unit apartment complex, says Jim Frank, The

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Post Falls-based Ground Force expands overseas

Mining truck outfitter's foreign growth said fueling jobs here

August 29, 2013

Mike McLean

Ground Force Worldwide LLC, the Post Falls-based parent company of Ground Force Manufacturing LLC and Underground Force LLC, has launched manufacturing operations on two other continents and is looking to expand to a fourth, says Ron Nilson, the in