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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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—Rendering courtesy of Sherry Pratt Van Voorhis PS

Building up the U-District

Projects on tap could total more than $130 million
June 3, 2010
Mike McLean
Several construction projects with a combined value exceeding $130 million are in various stages of planning in the University District east of downtown, and schedules for them are expected to overlap during the next two or three years.The first
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Real Estate Roundup

May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
509 Inc., a snowmobile video and accessory distributor, has leased 4,900 square feet of space at 2501 N. Farr and plans to move there in July from smaller quarters in the Legion Building, at 342 W. Riverside. Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate Group of
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NAI Black opens new commercial real estate outlet in Silver Lake Mall

May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
NAI Black, a prominent Spokane-based commercial real estate brokerage, has opened a sales and leasing office in Coeur d'Alene.The new office is located in 550 square feet of leased space in the Silver Lake Mall, at 200 W. Hanley, says Jeff of to
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—Rendering courtesy of Lindquist Architects PS

Work starts on $1.6 million fire station project in Valley

Ginno Construction wins contract to build three-bay facility on Sprague Avenue
May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
A $1.6 million fire station is under construction in Spokane Valley, where it will replace a converted manufactured home currently serving as a station, says Larry Rider, deputy chief of the Spokane Valley Fire Department.Ginno Construction Co.,
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District adds three projects to be funded by 2003 levy

Work includes ball fields on North Side, building improvements in Hillyard
May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
Spokane Public Schools says it plans to start three construction projects this spring and summer with an estimated combined value of $2.4 million that will be paid for with savings left over from previous projects funded under the $165 million 2003
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City seeks bids for next sewer-plant job

Odor-control structure among planned projects valued at $100 million
May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
The city of Spokane is seeking bids for the first projects to start the $100 million second phase of planned upgrades to the Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility sewage-treatment plant.Work currently out to bid will include installing an an
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

New to Spokane-area market, Copper Basin expects big year

Hayden homebuilder forecasts this year will be strongest it's ever had
May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
Copper Basin Construction Inc., a longtime Hayden, Idaho, developer and homebuilder that recently has expanded into the Spokane-area market, says it plans to construct more homes this year than it has in the company's history.Late last year, in
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New building planned on West Plains

$2.4 million structure to house entrance station for armed forces recruits
May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
The U.S. General Services Administration says construction will start this month on a 20,300-square-foot building on the West Plains that the agency plans to lease from private developers to house a military unit that processes recruits Spokane be
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Lydig erects $56 million jail on West Side

813-bed lockup to house misdemeanor offenders for seven cities in King County
May 20, 2010
Mike McLean
Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc., which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., is building a $56 million West Side jail, says the director of the facility, which is scheduled to open in September 2011.The jail director, Penny Bartley, says Lydig
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Modern carving niche with small jobs

Successful store-setup division steers company through building decline
May 19, 2010
Mike McLean
Todd Harnetiaux, founder and president of Modern Construction & Consulting Services LLC, says the company has managed to grow in one of the toughest markets for building contractors these days—retail construction.Harnetiaux, a 25-year for a
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