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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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Conversion of Ridpath Hotel is underway downtown

First rental units to be finished in October
July 6, 2017
Mike McLean
Prominent Spokane developer Ron Wells says the ownership group he leads has obtained a building permit to convert most of the Ridpath Hotel into downtown workforce apartments, after a protracted effort to consolidate ownership of the Spokane landmark and
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—Mike McLean

Taking 3-D printing to heart

Pediatric cardiologists use patient models to test procedures
July 6, 2017
Mike McLean
Dr. Carl Garabedian and other Spokane pediatric heart physicians are pioneering the use of 3-D printed models to plan and practice complex heart procedures. The physicians, who work at the Providence Center for Congenital Heart Disease clinic at Sacred H
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—Empire Unmanned

Challenge after ascent

Drone pioneer Empire Unmanned expands geographic reach as revenues level off
June 22, 2017
Mike McLean
Following soaring sales growth in drone services reported by Hayden-based Empire Unmanned for 2016, activity this year has begun to descend as some potential customers are viewing drone operations as a do-it-yourself industry. Bradley Ward, president of
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—Mike McLean

Father-son financial planners embrace tech tools

Longtime company here serves about 400 clients
June 22, 2017
Mike McLean
Financial planner Ted Demars founded what would become family-run Demars Financial Group LLC here in 1973, when he was still doing mostly insurance work, and the handheld electronic calculator was just coming onto the scene. Though such calculators initi
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—Russell C. Page Architects PS

Office, retail structure in Mead to be expanded

Developer plans addition to physical therapy building
June 22, 2017
Mike McLean
Charles Gallagher, owner of the Institute for Physical & Sports Therapy, is developing a second phase of the multitenant commercial center, near Mead, in which the institute is a charter occupant. The 6,000-square-foot, two-story addition will be on the
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—Mike McLean

Tekoa touts rail trail

Small town sees economic hope in former railroad line
June 22, 2017
Mike McLean
A small group of Tekoa-based boosters of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail hope a tentative agreement they've reached with owners of farmland between their town and the North Idaho town of Plummer will connect a three-state network of rail trails. The group
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Gonzaga Prep works on gym project while fundraising

Wrestling program will be in new stand-alone building
June 22, 2017
Mike McLean
The Gonzaga Preparatory School athletic and fitness facilities renewal campaign has raised enough contributions to start work on the first two of three phases planned for the $6.5 million construction project. The first two phases include construction of
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Douglass family members request five comprehensive plan amendments

Changes seek to increase levels of land development
June 22, 2017
Mike McLean
Prominent Spokane developers Harlan Douglass and his sons, Harley and Lanzce, are seeking a total of five amendments to the Spokane County comprehensive land-use plan. One request seeks to tweak language to clarify that development of access from major m
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Work starts on two big Valley apartment projects

Adjacent rental complex phases total $35.5 million
June 8, 2017
Mike McLean
The city of Spokane Valley recently has issued building permits valued at a total of $35.5 million for two big phases to neighboring, but separately owned apartment complexes. One set of permits is for the $20.3 million, 192-unit second phase to Bella Te
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Super 1 supermarket planned for new Athol commercial center

Grocery outlet will anchor The Crossings complex
June 8, 2017
Mike McLean
Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, will start construction as early as this month on a Super 1 Foods supermarket that will be the first building in a new commercial center in Athol, says Andrea Frye, a Vandervert spokeswoman. The 57,000-square-foo
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