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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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—Cascadia Development LLC

Memory care center eyes on upper South Hill

$9 million Fieldstone facility first phase to have 60 beds By Mike McLean
February 16, 2017
Mike McLean
Cascadia Development LLC, a rapidly growing Yakima-based developer and operator of senior residential facilities, plans to construct and operate a $9 million memory-care center on the South Hill, says Justin Younker, a founding principal with the company.
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Kalispel tribe buys more land near Northern Quest Casino

Purchase brings contiguous holdings to over 400 acres
February 16, 2017
Mike McLean
The Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority, an entity of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, is expanding its land holdings for potential future development near the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, in Airway Heights, bringing its total contiguous holdings there to
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Spokane-area construction activity nears record

Total value tops $1 billion for first time since 2013
February 16, 2017
Mike McLean
Building permit values last year for unincorporated Spokane County and the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley-at a total of $1.02 billion-were up 38 percent over the 2015 total and nearly reached the 2013 record of $1.03 billion. Six of the 10 larg
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—Mike McLean

Active in passive design

Concept said to cut power demand dramatically
February 2, 2017
Mike McLean
A Spokane architect is among local pioneers of an energy-saving design and construction standard known as passive house. Sam Rodell, a longtime architect, has been certified for three years as a passive-house consultant through Chicago-based Passive Hous
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Keeping Spokane-area homebuyers in the game

Median-priced residences stay within reach despite sellers' market
February 2, 2017
Mike McLean
In its desire to protect retirement savers better, the U.S. Department of Labor last year ruled all financial professionals working with retirement plans, or providing retirement planning advice, would be recognized as fiduciaries by the federal agency.
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—Mike McLean

Game over for overtime rule?

Regs said unsupported by current political climate
February 2, 2017
Mike McLean
The white-collar overtime rule that the Obama administration had set to go into effect in December remains on hold, and some employers and their counsel here don't see it coming back soon. 'As a practical matter, I think it's over for a while,
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SHBA installs new board, bestows annual awards

Jim Breidenbach named 2017 association leader
February 2, 2017
Mike McLean
The Spokane Home Builders Association has installed its 2017 officers and board of directors. The association's new president is Jim Breidenbach, of Craftsmen Construction Inc., who has replaced past president Nick Scheel, of Arrow Contracting Service
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Retail center going up at Valley apartment complex

Commercial building part of Granite Pointe III project
February 2, 2017
Mike McLean
Developers of the 184-unit Granite Pointe III apartment complex in Spokane Valley are constructing a 7,000-square-foot retail center that will front Mansfield Avenue and will be surrounded on three sides by apartment buildings. The Granite Pointe III pro
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North 40 eyes new store on western edge of Spokane

Farm-and-ranch store chain files early plans
February 2, 2017
Mike McLean
North 40 Outfitters, the Great Falls, Mont.-based chain of farm-and-ranch stores, is considering constructing a new store on the western edge of Spokane, less than a mile from vacant land the company bought more than four years ago in Airway Heights. Dre
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—Bernardo|Wills Architects PS

Bernardo|Wills, Garco join on $42.5 million project

Team to build complex at Lewis-McChord joint base
January 19, 2017
Mike McLean
Bernardo|Wills Architects PC and Garco Construction Inc., both of Spokane, have teamed up to secure a $42.5 million project at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Western Washington, says Gretchen Renz, a spokeswoman for Bernardo|Wills. Under the design-build co
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