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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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Waterfront sales sink to new depths

Lake home prices here drop as pool of affluent buyers dries up
July 16, 2009
Mike McLean
The market for lakefront and riverfront homes is in uncharted waters—and they're rough, real estate specialists here say.Bill Fanning, broker at Century 21 Beutler-Waterfront, in Spokane, says lake home prices are spiraling downward, and a
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St. Vincent de Paul chapter leases former Cd'A library

Social-service providers to create one-stop help center for homeless there
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
Coeur d'Alene-based St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho has leased the former Coeur d'Alene Public Library and says it and other social-service providers are moving into the 13,000-square-foot structure.The agencies plan to collaborate in a one-stop
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Idaho's labor agency buys land for Post Falls building

Agency plans $4.3 million structure there, will move from leased offices in Cd'A
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
The Idaho state Department of Labor says it plans to move its Coeur d'Alene offices into a $4.3 million structure it will build on 2.8 acres of land it has bought in Post Falls.The planned building site, which the state agency bought for is just
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24-lot business park planned at Liberty Lake's west edge

Land-use application for 30-acre commercial project notes Garco ties
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
A development company with ties to Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, is planning to develop a business park on the west edge of Liberty Lake north of Interstate 90, according to documents on file in that city.Ted Williams Partnership, which a
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ReliOn's sales grow offshore, lag in U.S.

Hydrogen fuel-cell maker loses ground in timetable for becoming profitable
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
Growing telecommunications markets worldwide have helped Spokane Valley-based fuel-cell maker ReliOn Inc. expand its sales reach, but some of its largest U.S. customers in that industry are holding back on capital purchases due to the recession and
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Real Estate Roundup

July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
Intermountain Fabricators Inc., a Spokane Valley metal fabricator, has bought a 12,000-square-foot parcel at 2206 N. Fancher, west of its current location at 6014 E. Knox, for potential future expansion. Anne Betow, of NAI Black, and Sam Morse, of
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Vandervert starts four jobs worth $3.3 million combined

Projects include retail development, tire store, two day-care facilities
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on four structures—three here and one in the Tri-Cities—with a combined estimated value of $3.3 million, says Tim Stulc, company vice president. Two of the structures will house a
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Meridian picked to construct $2 million orthotics building

Thompson aims to occupy two-story Sherman Street structure by end of year
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
Spokane-based Thompson Custom Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc. says it has selected Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, to erect a $2 million structure that will house its main office and production lab. Meridian was expected to obtain a
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Lydig erects $34 million middle school on West Side

Spokane-based builder expects to finish complex in Federal Way next year
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. says it has started work on a $34 million middle-school replacement project in Western Washington.The new Lakota Middle School in the Federal Way Public Schools district will have 100,000 square feet of a a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Getting back to basics in recession

Schneidmiller Cd'A real estate brokerage pulls back to its roots in down economy
July 2, 2009
Mike McLean
Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty, a 27-year-old Coeur d'Alene real estate brokerage, has pulled back to its roots as part of its strategy to endure the recession.Gary Schneidmiller, the agency's owner and broker, says he has done some of fit
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