North Idaho

AllWest Testing & Engineering converts to ESOP

North Idaho engineering company posted record revenue in 2017

March 29, 2018

The owners of Hayden-based AllWest Testing & Engineering LLC have sold the company to its employees via an employee stock ownership plan. 'We feel like this rewards the staff that helped get the company successful,â€ says AllWest general manager and P

Restaurants & Retail: First Firehouse Subs in Coeur d'Alene opens

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February 15, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Brothers Kyle and Jared Staples have opened the Coeur d'Alene area's first Firehouse Subs restaurant. Firehouse Subs is a Jacksonville, Fla.-based restaurant chain founded in 1994, which offers small, medium and large hot specialty subs, as well as

The Post Falls Factory Stores, which had two tenants late last year, is expected to be up to 70 percent full this spring.

Old Factory Outlets spaces to fill up in Post Falls

Large amounts of space absorbed in buildings that had been mostly vacant

February 1, 2018

Samantha Peone

The former Post Falls Factory Outlets complex and the neighboring Post Falls Factory Stores building, both of which have been mostly vacant for roughly a decade, will be mostly occupied by the end of the year, current owners say. 'I think it's going

Cd'A 2030 selects event center consultant

HVS to look into feasibility of facility, community needs

January 18, 2018

Samantha Peone

Coeur d'Alene nonprofit CDA 2030 has selected HVS Convention, Sports & Entertainment Facilities Consulting, of Chicago, to conduct a market analysis and feasibility study for a potential performing arts and events center in the Coeur d'Alene area, say

New $2.8 million building rising in Riverstone area

Anchor tenant of two-story structure will be PT clinic

January 18, 2018

Samantha Peone

Construction is underway on a new $2.8 million, two-story commercial building at 1812 N. Lakewood Drive, in Coeur d'Alene's Riverstone mixed-use development, says David Shrontz, principal architect with Hayden-based d'Zign group Architecture LLP, wh

Work starts on upscale Cd'A apartment complex

$7 million, 47-unit project to include three structures

January 18, 2018

Samantha Peone

Construction has started on a new apartment complex at 821 E. Mullan, in Coeur d'Alene, says Neil Muehlhausen, project manager with the general contractor, Spokane-based Yost Gallagher Construction LLC. Called The Lake Apartments, the complex will have

Projects ignited in Coeur d'Alene

Ignite cda looks to form new urban renewal district, takes on more projects

January 18, 2018

Samantha Peone

Tony Berns, ignite cda executive director, says one of the largest projects the urban renewal agency is focusing on this year is the creation of a third redevelopment district-the Atlas District. As currently proposed, the new district would occupy 54

Slow, steady growth might be as good as it gets in Kootenai County

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December 21, 2017

Mike McLean

Sam Wolkenhauer, Post Falls-based regional labor economist with the Idaho Department of Labor, expects Kootenai County's economic growth will slow slightly in 2018. 'But that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the economy,â€ Wolkenhauer sa

DC Engineering to open Cd'A office

Meridian-based company to staff two plus intern there

December 21, 2017

Samantha Peone

Meridian, Idaho-based DC Engineering Inc. plans to open a Coeur d'Alene office on Jan. 1, says David Cutbirth, president. The consulting engineering and technology company has leased 1,150 square feet of space at 122 W. Neider in Coeur d'Alene, he sa

Used car dealers to launch new Post Falls operations

Owners expect to open business in early January

December 21, 2017

Samantha Peone

Big Sky Auto Wholesale LLC has leased 2,300 square feet of office and warehouse space at 867 N. Boulder Court, in Post Falls, where it plans to open its first dealership, says co-owner Hunter Scoffield. The company moved into the space in November and ho