Mike McLean

Small businesses, homes buoy Mountain West

Cd'A-based bank's SBA-backed loans grew 13 percent in 2009; commercial real estate loans surge

March 25, 2010

Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank is relying on its strengths in small-business, commercial real estate, and residential lending to remain profitable through the recent recession and the recovery from it, says Russ Porter, the bank's president

Real Estate Roundup

March 25, 2010

Mike McLean

Reno, Nev.-based Dinter Engineering Co. has leased 950 square feet of office space in the Lakeland Square commercial center, at 1556 state Route 41, in Rathdrum, Idaho, and has moved an office there from 17562 W. Liree Drive, in Hauser Lake, Idaho.

Shriners here buy former Worden winery property

El Katif says it's investing in West Plains location for potential meeting site

March 25, 2010

Mike McLean

El Katif Shrine Center, the Spokane-based chapter of the international fraternal organization that supports Shriner's Hospitals for Children, says it has bought the former Worden's Washington Winery property on the West Plains and is considering of

McVay Brothers starts up window plant

Spokane Valley-made product lines to be sold throughout the Northwest

March 25, 2010

Mike McLean

McVay Brothers Inc. is getting back into the window-making business, says Mike McVay, the company's owner and president.The longtime Spokane Valley supplier and installer of windows, siding, roofing, and gutters planned to start production this

Photo courtesy of Amusement Today/Gary Slade

Contractor to put rides on fast tracks

Hayden builder claims its design will revolutionize wooden roller coasters

March 25, 2010

Mike McLean

Rocky Mountain Construction Group Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, a specialty contractor known for building thrill rides and water parks, is installing a new type of steel track and steel support structure of its own design that it believes will wooden to

Site plan courtesy of NAC/Architecture Inc.

Garco lands $60 million Ferris job

Work on big South Hill project to start next spring

March 25, 2010

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools has selected Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, as the general contractor and construction manager of the planned $60 million construction and renovation project at Ferris High School, on Spokane's South Hill, where work is

Real Estate Roundup

March 11, 2010

Mike McLean

Patricia Steele and Sandra Daily, doing business as R Salon, a new Spokane Valley hair salon, have leased 1,200 square feet of floor space at 13221 E. 32nd. Mark McLees, of NAI Black, handled the transaction.Lubbock, Texas-based Distribution

Mortgage lender moves from longtime Valley site

CLS relocates operation to smaller, newer quarters at Argonne and Broadway

March 11, 2010

Mike McLean

CLS Mortgage Inc. says it has moved its office to the northeast corner of Argonne Road and Broadway Avenue from its longtime Spokane Valley location.The lender has leased 4,500 square feet of space on the ground floor of the Merchant e-Solutions

Clinic plans to erect Liberty Lake medical office

Pediatric practice will move satellite operation to $1.3 million structure

March 11, 2010

Mike McLean

Valley Young People's Clinic PS, a Spokane Valley-based medical practice that specializes in pediatric care, plans to build a $1.3 million medical office building in Liberty Lake.Georgette Wendt, the practice's administrator, says the clinic to

Insurance co-op plans West Plains project

Enduris says $3.2 million Technology Park structure to be completed in May 2011

March 11, 2010

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Enduris Washington, a government cooperative that buys insurance and manages claims on behalf of member agencies, says it plans to develop a $3.2 million office building on the West Plains here.The single-story, 20,000-square-foot