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Westslope Properties – Hell’s Gulch

Westlope Properties is a subsidiary of Forest Capital and is charged with marketing land no longer suitable for commercial timber production. The Hell's Gulch site straddles the Kootenai/Benewah County line, occupying a ridge overlooking the St. Joe River Valley. Portions of the 500 acres had been a commercial forest, but the ...

Westslope Properties – Blue Creek

Westlope Properties is a subsidiary of Forest Capital and is charged with marketing land no longer suitable for commercial timber production. Blue Creek is about 10 miles east of Coeur d'Alene, on 920 acres of commercial forest land. In 2008, Westslope hired SCI to examine development concepts to help market the ...

“A Mountain City on Hold”

In the October issue of Spokane's Business Catalyst Magazine, writer Caitlin Kuhlmann provided coverage of 49º North Ski Area's expansion plans, interviewing owner John Eminger and master plan lead Bill Grimes of Studio Cascade. Here's a scanned copy of the article, including a schematic of the proposed layout. A link here ...

Blackrock – Atlas Mill Plan

Black Rock Development, based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, established itself as a forward-looking development company, diversifying its development model to provide mixed-use urban neighborhoods and outdoor-oriented, upscale golf communities. Black Rock obtained the Atlas Mill site on the Spokane River as Stimson Lumber finalized its plans to gradually close the mill. ...

June 1st, 2012
Tags: Events, Urban Design

Waterfront plan wins AIA Civic Design Award

On May 31, the SCI-led Port Angeles’ waterfront plan received another award, this time from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The distinction was given as part of the AIA’s annual Civic Design Awards program, which recognizes publicly funded projects that demonstrate excellence on the part the client as well as ...
May 11th, 2012
Tags: Subarea Plans

Manhattan Village plan adopted

At their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 8th, the Normandy Park City Council adopted its new plan for the "Manhattan Village" subarea, developed by Studio Cascade. The vote was a major milestone in that city's efforts to revitalize the second of its two commercially-zoned areas, helping shore up revenue streams and ...
February 1st, 2012
Tags: Media, Publications

SCI covered in Spokane Journal of Business

Studio Cascade's successes with projects and APA awards recently caught the eye of Spokane's Journal of Business, the oldest and largest such publication in the Inland Northwest. A sizable article about SCI was published in the Real Estate and Construction section of the Journal's January 19th issue. The article covers Studio Cascade's ...