Kootenai Health Begins Construction on Second Phase of Expansion

Kootenai Health has begun construction on phase two of its expansion project. The $45.2 million project will add 7,000 square feet of new space to the emergency department and will increase total capacity to 36 rooms. Three additional operating rooms will be added to the surgical department for a total of 11 operating suites. 

For more information, visit www.kh.org/phase2.

Deer Park Business & Industrial Park Welcomes New Tenants

The new Deer Park Business & Industrial Park will soon have new tenants: Knight Construction & Supply and Avista Utilities. Knight Construction & Supply is building a new 30,000-square-foot building with manufacturing, warehouse and office space all under one roof. The company is moving its operations from smaller quarters in Deer Park. The company is the parent company to Knight EZ Dock and Knight Wall Systems, which will also set up shop in the new building. The Knight building should be complete by this fall.

Avista Utilities is in the planning phase of a 30,000-square-foot service center in the park to serve Deer Park and Northern Spokane County. The 140-acre business park opened in summer 2015 and offers abundant land and a prime location near US 395.

To learn more, read the full Inland NW Business article.

Renaissance Marine Remodels Clarkston Product Facility

Renaissance Marine has just completed the purchase and remodel of a 65,000-square-foot building for their production facility. Operations have recently been moved from the former site that has nine buildings and a total square footage of 34,000 square feet. The new space is expected to increase both the efficiency of their production lines and total output. Customer demand has exceeded production capacity in recent years.

For more information on news from the Lewis-Clark Valley, visit www.lewis-clarkvalley.org. 

Healthcare Resource Group Sees Workforce Growth

Healthcare Resource Group Inc., which provides medical billing and coding staffing services to hospitals and large medical practices, has hired 70 new employees over the last year, spurred by increased demand for its services, and it’s not done hiring yet. According to an article in the Journal of Business, the company now has 400 employees in all, with more than 200 of them based in Spokane. The majority of workers here—medical coders and billers—are located in 28,000 square feet of office space in the Pinecroft Business Park.

For more information, read the Journal of Business article or visit www.hrgpros.com.

Alliance Data Systems Corp. Expands Coeur d'Alene Operations

Alliance Data Systems Corp., the Plano, Texas-based credit card, customer service call center operator, has expanded its Coeur d’Alene operations, according to an article in the Journal of Business. The company moved into an additional 75,000-square-foot building and intends to add 200 more employees there by the end of 2016. Derrek Thomas, senior director of operations at Alliance Data’s Coeur d’Alene call center, says the company has been growing rapidly there and expects to continue doing so.

To learn more about Alliance Data, visit http://knowmoresellmore.com.

Pullman Regional Hospital Awarded $250,000 M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust Grant

Pullman Regional Hospital has received a grant from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust to help fund the expansion of surgical services and technology upgrade for Pullman Regional Hospital. The grant award, $250,000 in funding, complements the donations made by the community and the Schweitzer family as part of Pullman Regional Hospital’s 2016 Annual Giving for Excellence Fund Drive, which supports the Surgery Expansion Project.

To learn more, visit www.pullmanregional.org/news.

E-payment Center Plans Move to Larger Spokane Valley Location

Merchant e-Solutions Inc. plans to move its Spokane Valley operations center to a larger, more open office space this summer, according to an article in the Journal of Business. The Atlanta-based electronic payment acceptance and management company plans to move its call center in July.

The move will follow a $1.1 million overhaul of the 19,600-square-foot leased office space. Remodeling work started in March and is expected to finish in time for a July 15 opening. Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, is the contractor for the project, which will include creating new meeting rooms, informal break and game rooms, and office workstations.