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Red Diamond Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has been awarded a $2 million contract by the city of Spokane to reconstruct 37th Avenue between Regal and Perry streets on Spokane's South Hill.The project along that well-traveled 1-mile of is

The two primary goals of investment real estate owners should be to protect their assets and increase net operating income. If you plan to select a property-management company to help you achieve those goals, and to handle the day-to-day oversight

Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, has landed two Washington state Department of Transportation paving contracts worth a combined $5.7 million, to repave about 14 miles of two roadways north of Spokane, including a stretch of U.S. 2. Both projects

Intermountain Fabricators Inc., a Spokane Valley metal fabricator, has bought a 12,000-square-foot parcel at 2206 N. Fancher, west of its current location at 6014 E. Knox, for potential future expansion. Anne Betow, of NAI Black, and Sam Morse, of

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on four structures—three here and one in the Tri-Cities—with a combined estimated value of $3.3 million, says Tim Stulc, company vice president. Two of the structures will house a

Wesslen Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder for a $1.5 million city of Spokane contract to pave part of Fish Lake Trail southwest of Spokane. The work represents one of two remaining phases of a three-phase project to a in

Safco Excavating & Construction, of Hayden, Idaho, is working on a $2.1 million construction project for the city of Coeur d'Alene to repave Fourth Street, a main thoroughfare in Coeur d'Alene's commercial district, and add decorative streetscaping

Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane Valley, has been awarded a $4.3 million city of Spokane project to repave Market Street between Garland and Francis avenues in a project that will impact traffic on that busy north-south corridor.The city's had the