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Mike McLean

Mike McLean

Deputy Editor Mike McLean has worked his entire journalism career in the Inland Northwest. Mike, who also lives to reel in fish and crank up music, has worked for the Journal since 2006.

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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Retirement countdown checklist should start early

Actions regarding income, Social Security, health care all are on five-year planning checklist
March 15, 2012
Mike McLean
Getting ready to retire involves more than just setting aside a nest egg, especially in the final years before "R" day, financial planners here say.Financial planners tend to move up on their clients' speed-dial lists as they seek more frequent
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Real Estate Roundup

March 15, 2012
Mike McLean
The Medical Lake Food Bank Association has bought a 13,265-square-foot building at 312 E. Grace in Medical Lake, west of Spokane, and plans to move there in June from smaller, leased quarters in the Dora Burt Community Outreach building, at 211 N.
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Mountain West Bank parent to merge 11 subsidiaries

Move to single charter said to reduce separate reporting requirements
March 15, 2012
Mike McLean
Glacier Bancorp Inc., the Kalispell, Mont.-based holding company with 11 bank subsidiaries, including Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank, says it plans to combine all of its subsidiaries into one bank charter.That means Mountain West Bank
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—Rendering courtesy of Lindquist Architects PS

Hoteliers to develop SpringHill Suites in Coeur d'Alene

Clausen family concern starts $15 million project with real estate partner
March 15, 2012
Mike McLean
Spokane Valley hotel development company kVc Development Inc. and Parkwood Business Properties, of Coeur d'Alene, plan to develop jointly a $15 million SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel in northwest Coeur d'Alene.The 118-room, four-story hotel
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—Rendering courtesy of Miller Stauffer Architects PA

Renewal agency fuels growth in Coeur d'Alene

Current projects include McEuen park, education corridor
March 15, 2012
Mike McLean
Lake City Development Corp., the urban renewal agency for Coeur d'Alene currently working on the McEuen Park plan, Midtown revitalization, and education corridor infrastructure, is amassing an extensive portfolio of "catalytic projects" aimed at in
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Whitworth forensic accounting course involves workshop coached by IRS agents

Whitworth course includes hands-on fraud workshop coached by federal agents
March 1, 2012
Mike McLean
Sure, these agents carry sidearms, but they take down criminals with spreadsheets.As part of an investigative course held biennially at Whitworth University, special agents with the Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service a a
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Riverview complex to erect new aquatics, fitness center

Three-pool, $4.2 million facility to replace current amenities for swimming
March 1, 2012
Mike McLean
Riverview Retirement Community, the big senior complex at 1801 E. Upriver Drive, plans to construct a $4.2 million aquatics and fitness center that will be three times the size of its current facility.The 13,000-square-foot facility will feature
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene's Creekside Inn shifts focus to memory care

Assisted-living provider in Coeur d' Alene refines niche as dementia cases rise with aging populace
March 1, 2012
Mike McLean
Creekside Inn Memory Care Community, in Coeur d'Alene, is a model of sorts for the current growth phase of its Olympia-based parent company, says Erika Schreiber, the facility's executive director.Creekside Inn, a 65-bed, private-pay center, and
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Real Estate Roundup

March 1, 2012
Mike McLean
Opportunity Medical PLLC, a medical practice group, has leased 3,700 square feet of office space in the River View Corporate Center, at 16201 E. Indiana, and has moved there from smaller quarters at 1414 N. Vercler. Jon Jeffreys, of NAI Black, the
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NAI Black foresees gains through affiliation

Commercial real estate conglomerate acquires big brokerage network
March 1, 2012
Mike McLean
NAI Black, the prominent Spokane commercial real estate brokerage, says it expects to see more transactions here involving large companies as a result of the recent acquisition of NAI Global by an international commercial real estate services Black
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