Spokane Journal of Business

Special Report

Residential remodel activity, interest rising, study finds

Significantly more U.S. homeowners are moving forward with renovation projects compared with this time last year, a new study has found.Fifty-three percent of the homeowners surveyed in the second annual Houzz & Home survey said they also now is...

Vet acquires land to develop larger clinic, move practice

A Spokane veterinarian has bought 4 acres of land in northwest Spokane and says he plans to develop a building there for the Indian Trail Animal Hospital PS practice.The veterinarian, Ryan Brown, who is a partner in the animal clinic, also heads...

Laborers' union considers replacing its office building

Laborers Local 238 is considering constructing a new, larger building at its current location north of downtown, says Dave Hawkins, the union's business manager.A 5,400-square-foot building would replace the current union building Local 238 owns...

Arena seat addition, upgrade set to begin in late summer

The Spokane Public Facilities District plans to start work late this summer on a project to replace all of the seating in Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena and to add a few hundred seats, which will bring the facility's capacity to just over Seating...

Halme is low bidder for water project

Davenport, Wash.-based Halme Construction Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a $1.8 million city of Spokane water project that involves replacing the Lincoln Heights booster station, says city spokeswoman Marlene Feist. Construction is slated to...

Garco, Richland contractor win jobs worth $38 million

Prominent Spokane contractor Garco Construction Inc. and Total Site Services LLC, a small Richland-based general contractor, have formed a joint venture and together have landed contracts totaling more than $38 million.Most recently, the joint a...

Valley city picks Inland Asphalt for $1.1 million Sullivan project

The city of Spokane Valley awarded a contract in mid-March valued at $1.1 million to Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, for a Sullivan Road rehabilitation project, says city spokeswoman Carolbelle Branch.That project, which will involve about a 1...

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Hospice set to start work on North Side care center

Hospice of Spokane plans to break ground next month on a $5 million Hospice House on the North Side, says Gina Drummond, the nonprofit's CEO.The planned 13,000-square-foot facility will be located on 2 acres of land Hospice of Spokane owns at W....

Shamrock bids lowest on Rockwood job

Shamrock Paving Co., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder on a $2.2 million project to repave Rockwood Boulevard and a portion of South Upper Terrace Road, says city spokeswoman Marlene Feist. Work will entail resurfacing about a two-mile of a...

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Walker lands Gonzaga job to build tennis-golf facility

Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to construct Gonzaga University's new $6 million tennis and golf center on vacant property south of Mission Park, a few blocks east of campus.The complex will be constructed on a...

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