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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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Costco, county to negotiate tax-increment agreement

Warehouse retailer to use development incentive
January 28, 2016
Mike McLean
Spokane County and Costco Wholesale Corp. are etching the final strokes on an agreement in which Costco would take on the financial risk for developing infrastructure that would serve land within a tax-increment financing district that surrounds a planned
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City of Spokane

Riverfront Park work to begin midsummer

First projects include rink, Howard Street south bridge
January 28, 2016
Mike McLean
Nearly a year and a half after voters approved a $64.3 million bond measure to fund the first major upgrades of Riverfront Park since it was constructed for Expo '74, the first projects to be funded under the measure are set to go to bid this spring. P
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Spokane and Coeur d'Alene home sales, prices surge

Median price could exceed prerecession peak this year
January 28, 2016
Mike McLean
The residential real estate market in Spokane and Kootenai counties last year saw the biggest upswings in home sales by total numbers and median price since the Great Recession. According to the Spokane Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service, 6
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—Architects West Inc.

Ginno wins job to construct Sandpoint health facility

$1.7 million project set for completion in spring
January 14, 2016
Mike McLean
The Panhandle Health District has awarded Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, a $1.7 million contract to construct a public health facility in Sandpoint.
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—MMEC Architecture & Interiors

MMEC is designing office building for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

$9.5 million Richland facility will be completed in 2017
January 14, 2016
Mike McLean
Spokane-based MMEC Architecture & Interiors, which has an office in the Tri-Cities, is designing a $9.5 million office building at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in Richland.
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$4 million senior rental complex rising in Spokane Valley

Whispering Pines to target active 55-plus market
January 14, 2016
Mike McLean
Conard & Hill Development LLC, a Spokane Valley development company, has started construction on a $4 million, 31-unit residential rental complex that will be marketed to active seniors, says John Conard Jr., a principal in the company.
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Light-industrial park to be developed in Post Falls

60-acre gravel pit to be redeveloped
January 14, 2016
Mike McLean
Bessie Lane Rentals LLC, a Spokane Valley real estate investment and development company, has bought 60 acres of land at 1101 N. Beck Road, in Post Falls, and plans to develop a light industrial park there, says John Conard, who co-owns the company. Cona
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Large-lot neighborhood planned on South Hill

Total value of 67 homes would exceed $40 million
January 14, 2016
Mike McLean
An affiliate of Copper Basin Construction Inc., of Hayden, is planning an upscale neighborhood with 67 homesites on large view lots on Spokane's upper South Hill, says a real estate agent who's marketing the 10-lot first phase of the development.
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—Greenstone Corp.

New Kendall Yards buildings proposed

Medical, mixed-use project values total $6.3 million
January 14, 2016
Mike McLean
An affiliate of Liberty Lake-based Greenstone Corp. has submitted predevelopment applications to the city of Spokane for two commercial buildings in the early planning stages at Kendall Yards. The structures have a total anticipated construction value of
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—NAC|Archtecture

Spokane-area building permit activity bounces back

2015 topped prior year by 14 percent, but still below 2013 levels
January 14, 2016
Mike McLean
The total value of Spokane-area building permits bumped upward in 2015 compared with a year earlier, although falling short of the record high total permit valuation of 2013.
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