Movers & Shakers June 17, 2010

Apartments planned, delayed by economy

A Liberty Lake company took out a building permit with the city of Coeur d'Alene on Friday, June, 11, for site development valued at $1 million. But don't look for construction to begin any time soon on the site across from Mill River, at 3901 Seltice Way.

The project by Riverview Ventures, which started a year and a half ago, is slated to be an apartment complex, but financing has been an issue in the current real estate economy, said Bart Bennett, project manager for Rudeen Development, also of Liberty Lake, which will be the contractor for the project.

"We had to pull the permit before the expiration date," he said.

Hopefully, Bennett said, work will be under way by late summer. The first of two planned phases will include 109 units, with three- and four-story buildings, with a second phase similar in size. A clubhouse is also planned on the site, which is about 10 acres.

Petit joins Holiday Inn Express staff

Christina Petit has joined the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites, Coeur d'Alene, as director of sales. She was previously employed with the Red Lion Templin's Hotel as catering sales manager. She has more than five years of hotel sales experience.

Windermere gets high marks

The A + Education Award was recently presented to Windermere/Coeur d'Alene Realty from the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce for the company's ongoing support for education.

The Windermere/Coeur d'Alene Realty Foundation North Idaho College Dual Credit Scholarship began in 2006 and has awarded more than 40 scholarships worth over $10,000 to Kootenai County high school students enrolled in the NIC Dual Credit Program.

Coeur d'Alene Realty has served Kootenai County since 1922, and in 1994 affiliated with Windermere Real Estate, which is the largest independent real estate company in the West. Windermere/Coeur d'Alene Realty is a full service real estate brokerage with 3 offices in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden and 140 agents and staff.

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