Mike McLean

McKinstry plans big project here

$10 million restoration of old railroad building to provide new quarters

June 3, 2010

Seattle-based mechanical and energy-efficiency contractor McKinstry Co. has bought the former Great Northern building just west of Hamilton Street on the north bank of the Spokane River and plans to invest $10 million in improvements there, says to

Rendering courtesy of Sherry Pratt Van Voorhis PS

Building up the U-District

Projects on tap could total more than $130 million

June 3, 2010

Mike McLean

Several construction projects with a combined value exceeding $130 million are in various stages of planning in the University District east of downtown, and schedules for them are expected to overlap during the next two or three years.The first

Real Estate Roundup

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

509 Inc., a snowmobile video and accessory distributor, has leased 4,900 square feet of space at 2501 N. Farr and plans to move there in July from smaller quarters in the Legion Building, at 342 W. Riverside. Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate Group of

NAI Black opens new commercial real estate outlet in Silver Lake Mall

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

NAI Black, a prominent Spokane-based commercial real estate brokerage, has opened a sales and leasing office in Coeur d'Alene.The new office is located in 550 square feet of leased space in the Silver Lake Mall, at 200 W. Hanley, says Jeff of to

Rendering courtesy of Lindquist Architects PS

Work starts on $1.6 million fire station project in Valley

Ginno Construction wins contract to build three-bay facility on Sprague Avenue

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

A $1.6 million fire station is under construction in Spokane Valley, where it will replace a converted manufactured home currently serving as a station, says Larry Rider, deputy chief of the Spokane Valley Fire Department.Ginno Construction Co.,

District adds three projects to be funded by 2003 levy

Work includes ball fields on North Side, building improvements in Hillyard

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools says it plans to start three construction projects this spring and summer with an estimated combined value of $2.4 million that will be paid for with savings left over from previous projects funded under the $165 million 2003

City seeks bids for next sewer-plant job

Odor-control structure among planned projects valued at $100 million

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

The city of Spokane is seeking bids for the first projects to start the $100 million second phase of planned upgrades to the Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility sewage-treatment plant.Work currently out to bid will include installing an an

New to Spokane-area market, Copper Basin expects big year

Hayden homebuilder forecasts this year will be strongest it's ever had

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

Copper Basin Construction Inc., a longtime Hayden, Idaho, developer and homebuilder that recently has expanded into the Spokane-area market, says it plans to construct more homes this year than it has in the company's history.Late last year, in

New building planned on West Plains

$2.4 million structure to house entrance station for armed forces recruits

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

The U.S. General Services Administration says construction will start this month on a 20,300-square-foot building on the West Plains that the agency plans to lease from private developers to house a military unit that processes recruits Spokane be

Lydig erects $56 million jail on West Side

813-bed lockup to house misdemeanor offenders for seven cities in King County

May 20, 2010

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc., which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., is building a $56 million West Side jail, says the director of the facility, which is scheduled to open in September 2011.The jail director, Penny Bartley, says Lydig