Mike McLean

Development proposals percolate downtown

High-rise, office, parking structures among spate of projects being explored

January 15, 2015

Major downtown construction projects such as the ongoing Davenport Grand Hotel and the recently completed Spokane Convention Center expansion, as well as planned historic Ridpath renovations, likely are drawing additional developer interest to the city'

Hayden golf fixture maker expands its product lines

RHI manufactures custom items for over 700 courses

January 15, 2015

Mike McLean

Reid Hatley Industries LLC, a growing Hayden-based maker of custom golf signage and accessories doing business as RHI Golf, says it has expanded its product lines and increased its in-house manufacturing. RHI's newest offerings include large golf-suppl

Foreclosure numbers dip in Spokane, remain historically high

Housing recovery said to hinge on job growth

January 15, 2015

Mike McLean

Foreclosure actions completed in 2014 in Spokane County fell 19 percent compared with the record number of foreclosures in 2013, but they're still historically high, some housing-market observers here say. The Spokane County Auditor's Office recorded

$15 million-plus office complex eyed along Spokane River

Project near U-District to include four buildings

January 15, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane developer and contractor Eric Brown says he plans to construct a $15 million-plus office complex near the south bank of the Spokane River, on the eastern edge of the University District. The project, tentatively named Spokane River Properties Dev

Horizon to absorb smaller CU here

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January 13, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley-based Horizon Credit Union and Spokane-based United Health Services Credit Union, of Spokane, today announced they've agreed to merge, pending regulatory approval. The boards of both credit unions voted unanimously Tuesday to pursue th

120-unit rental complex set to start on South Hill

Whitewater Creek permitted to begin $16 million project

December 18, 2014

Mike McLean

Hayden-based developer and contractor Whitewater Creek Inc. has obtained permits from Spokane County to begin construction of the first of two $16 million affordable-housing projects it has planned on the South Hill. The 120-unit Summit Ridge Apartments

Downtown auto service garage buys own building

Mechanic's Pride's move due to big Lexus project

December 18, 2014

Mike McLean

Mechanic's Pride Tire & Automotive Inc., a Spokane-based auto service business, has bought a 13,600-square-foot, single-story building at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Jefferson Street and plans to move there from its longtime flagship locat

Three-office occupational therapy provider acquired

Olympia-based concern buys Spokane practice

December 18, 2014

Mike McLean

Sean and Christina Sipe, owners of three Olympia, Wash.-area physical therapy practices, have bought the assets of Spokane Occupational & Hand Therapy Inc. The Spokane-based practice has offices at 601 W. Fifth near downtown, at 111 E. Central on the Nor

For the love of reptiles

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December 18, 2014

Mike McLean

Josh Hawley, co-owner of Hawley's Homebred Reptiles LLC, Spokane Valley's newest retailer of exotic lizards and snakes, has known since he was a young boy that he wanted to run a critter store. After selling homebred reptiles online for 10 years, Jos

Cd'A approves building permits for $20 million tower

Downtown project to have 60 living units

December 18, 2014

Mike McLean

The city of Coeur d'Alene has issued building permits to an Aspen, Colo.-based real estate development concern that give it the go-ahead to construct a $20 million, 15-story high-rise. The development company, One Lakeside LLC, which owns the 20,000-sq