Mike McLean

YMCA to move its offices to old bingo hall

Consultant advises razing former health-club facility, accepting conservation funds

November 12, 2009

The YMCA of the Inland Northwest has leased a former bingo hall near its new central facility and plans to move its offices there early next year, says Rig Riggins, its president and CEO.Riggins says the organization's administrative 45 begin &

Accounting firm changes hands, name

BehlerMick distances itself from Williams & Webster founder's disciplinary woes

November 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Brian Behler and Melanie Sexton Mick, who have been managing the Williams & Webster PS CPA firm for the past two years, say they're buying the firm from founder Kevin J. Williams and have changed its name to BehlerMick PS.The name change, they a

Preparers here advise clients to plan for big tax changes

Businesses, individuals urged to strategize to reduce exposure to hikes

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Tax professionals here are urging their clients to forge tax strategies now for changes ahead.The health-care legislation Congress is busy working on now likely will be funded in part by higher tax rates on individuals and businesses in upper of

Deaconess to install its first dual-picture imaging system

Cost to expand, equip special-procedures room expected to top $2 million

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Deaconess Medical Center says it plans to install a new imaging system in a special-procedures catheterization lab that it's enlarging at a total construction and equipment cost of more than $2 million.The 1,300-square-foot room is located on of

Spokane Eye Clinic sees growth in future of sight care

Bigger facilities will help meet vision-health needs of rising older population

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane Eye Clinic, a longtime medical practice here, says it sees a big future in eye and vision care.The 18-physician practice recently moved its flagship clinic into a new $9.6 million facility at 427 S. Bernard in the medical district south

Real Estate Roundup

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Totally Polished, a custom welding and fabrication operation, has leased 1,250 square feet of space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3012 N. Sullivan, and plans to move there from Santa Barbara, Calif. Chase Breckner, of Crown West the

HUD awards Cd'A Tribe $2 million housing grant

Work on 10 affordable homes to start next year on outskirts of Plummer

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe has received a $2 million federal stimulus grant to build 10 homes at the site of the old tribal headquarters on the southwest outskirts of Plummer, Idaho.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the a

Vandervert lands $4 million Sandpoint supermarket job

Store will be 11th outlet for Spokane-based chain Manito Super 1 Foods

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has won a $4 million contract to build a supermarket in Sandpoint, Idaho, for Spokane-based Manito Super 1 Foods Inc.Tim Stulc, Vandervert's vice president, says he expects construction will in a

Grant awards funds for bike, walking path on Iron Bridge

Renovation work expected to be completed next year

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

The city of Spokane says it has accepted a $493,000 state grant that will cover roughly half the cost of the $985,000 renovation project at the former railroad bridge known as the Iron Bridge, which is to be part of a pedestrian and bike path the a

Retailers voice merry outlook

Merchants here anticipate less snow, higher sales

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Despite signs of nervousness on the national retail front, Spokane-area merchants are optimistic that holiday-season sales here will improve over last year's sales, which they say were hampered more by the weather than the recession. Todd Davis,