Washington State University is in the process now of building a new residence hall on their campus in Pullman,The new Northside Residence Hall will be across from the Bohler Gym,have 5 stories and include aprox. 100,000 sq. feet.The new hall is sceduled to be complete for the 2012-2013 school year.
Washington State University is also in the planning phases of a new lab building which is to cost 57.5 million dollars to build and will cover 85,000 sq feet along Grimes Way on campus in Pullman.A lot exciting things are happening on the Cougs campus.
Stan Craft Marine of Post Falls has purchased the 14,000 sq foot building located at 2321 W Dakota Ave in Hayden for expansion of their company,I will re-post when I know more or when they might open.
The Coeur d Alene office of the Idaho Assoiated General Contractors moved last month out of their home in the strip mall at the corner of Haycraft and Hwy 95.They have moved their office in with Abadan Reprographic at 3895 N Schreiber Way Suite 100.
Spokane based Whitestone Winery is moving to a new home in Downtown Spokane,They will be next door to Cougar Crest Winery at 8 N Post St.
Barton Auto is to start selling the Fiat line of cars under the name of Barton Fiat,The sales will start soon at their Downtown Spokane dealership which is located at 1002 W 2nd Ave.
MacKay Manufacturing in Spokane Valley is expanding,MacKay manufactures medical devices and surgical instruments.They plan to tear down a nearby smaller building allowing them to expand by 22,000 sq feet.The factory is located at 10011 E Montgomery Ave.
Flirt Salon and Spa opened recently in Post Falls,The new salon is in the former Turkey Hill Anitque store space at 306 N Spokane St. Suite J.
A Post Falls resident recently went into business with a new website called 5spotdepot.com , 5 Spot Depot is website where people can post what they would be willing to do for 5 dollar or what they would be willing to pay 5 dollars for someone to do for them.
Barbara's Kitchen opened not long ago with a new kiosk in the center court of Coeur d Alene's Silver Lake Mall.The kiosk sells homemade fudge.
Leslie's Picture Framing and Used Furniture in Post Falls appears to have closed,Leslie's was across from Trading Company in the strip mall at the corner of Bay and Seltice Way.This one doesn't totally shock me as I heard the landlord of this strip mall recently up rents.
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