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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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Hospice of North Idaho erects support building

$2.8 million project will add meeting space, staff offices
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
Hospice of North Idaho is expanding its campus in Coeur d'Alene with a $2.8 million community building. The two-story, 15,200-square-foot structure will be located just south of the Schneidmiller Hospice House building at 2290 W. Prairie, in northwest
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$12 million jail addition set in Kootenai County

Budget surplus to be used to fund 114-bed expansion
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
Construction has started on a $12 million expansion for the Kootenai County Jail, in Coeur d'Alene. The expansion will add 114 beds in a 20,000-square-foot expansion to the jail at 5500 N. Government Way, bringing the total to 441 beds, says Kootenai C
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Universal Athletic opens showroom, office in Spokane Valley

Sports team outfitter hires six former Kimmel employees
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
Universal Athletic Services, a Bozeman, Mont.-based team and league sporting goods supplier, has leased 2,700 square feet of space for a new showroom and sales office in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3808 N. Sullivan. Greg Miller, president
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Brown Contracting erects apartment complex near UI

Identity on Main project value totals $19 million
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
Spokane real estate development company Brown Contracting & Development Inc. is constructing a $19 million apartment complex near the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, says Scott Jay, the construction project manager. The Identity on Main apartment d
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—Mike McLean

Elmer Construction thrives in midsized-project niche

Contractor focuses on jobs generally under $3 million
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
J.W. Elmer Construction Co. has found its niche, and owner Rob Elmer says he's about as busy as he wants to be. The company specializes in commercial remodels, historical renovations, churches, medical offices, and multifamily housing, while focusing o
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Waterfront condominium building to be constructed in Sandpoint

$5 million project will have 13 units near Sand Creek
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
A North Idaho development company says it will break ground in the fall on a $5 million-plus waterfront condominium project in the Sandpoint city center, about 70 miles northeast of Spokane. The project, Sandcreek Lofts at Sandpoint Marina, will include
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—Mike McLean

Old Cheney High School converting to apartments

Historic structure will have 36 units for EWU students
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
Seattle-based developers are repurposing the old Cheney High School building as rental housing, targeting Eastern Washington University students. The three-story building, at 520 Fourth in Cheney, near the eastern edge of the EWU Campus, will have 36 apa
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Costco environmental decision appealed

Planner says finding not likely to be overturned
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
A resident of the Camelot neighborhood, located across the Newport Highway from the planned Costco site north of Spokane, wants a more thorough environmental review of the project. Tom Cooney, a retired attorney, has appealed the county's findings-ca
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Spokane-area home values, sales marching upward

Median price for first half of year reaches $205,000
July 20, 2017
Mike McLean
Home sales here are continuing strong growth both in numbers sold and in median sales prices, says Tom McArthur, a spokesman for the Spokane Association of Realtors. In the first half of this year, 3,530 homes were sold through the association's Multip
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—Mike McLean

Two Spokane Valley factories imminent

Katerra Inc., Progress Rail likely to announce plants
July 6, 2017
Mike McLean
Progress Rail Services, of Albertville, Ala., and Menlo Park, Calif.-based Katerra Inc. might be gearing up to announce soon their plans to construct plants that that could lead to hundreds of living-wage manufacturing jobs in Spokane Valley
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