Meineke Car Care opens in Treaty Rock Center

Meineke Car Care Center is the first business to open in Treaty Rock Center, which will be a five-building business plaza between 420 W. Seltice Way and Interstate 90 in Post Falls.

Meineke’s services and products cover basically everything for a vehicle except the engine. The list includes exhaust, oil, brakes, suspension, steering, tires and wheels.

The company was started in 1970 and is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. It now has about 900 service centers.

Local owners Mark and Karri Sherman have eight employees in the 4,400-square-foot building.

Born in Texas and raised with a mechanic father in Priest River, Idaho, Mark Sherman was in the Army for 14 years. Karri Sherman is from Post Falls.

Meineke’s hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Call 777-0639.

Developer Mark Doerfler says he expects to announce occupants of the second building, with 8,200 square feet, soon.

He plans three more structures of 5,800, 7,200 and 9,700 square feet for office/retail/warehouse use with freeway exposure.

Phone: 661-0135.

Baby Face near Costco

Everything for a mother-to-be and new baby is included in the inventory of Baby Face, a store expected to open in the first half of August next to the High Nooner restaurant in the Sportsman’s Plaza development adjacent to the Costco store in Coeur d’Alene.

Owners Shannon and Bill Dodd are moving from their Baby & Me store at 513 Sherman Ave.

Baby Face, which will occupy 1,600 square feet, will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Originally from Newbury Park, Calif., the Dodds graduated from the University of Idaho and came to Coeur d’Alene 10 years ago.

Snap Fitness at The Landing

A 24-hour key-entry Snap Fitness Center is expected to open Aug. 1 in The Landing business center at 3270 W. Prairie Ave.

The fitness center will occupy 3,000 square feet in the 8,800-square-foot building. An Idaho state liquor store opened June 1 in another 3,000- square-foot space.

Building owner Tom Anderl said two additional spaces of 1,450 square feet each are ready for occupancy. One has a drive-through window.

Anderl said a coffee shop or salon would be possible lessees on the 1.6-acre parcel next to The Landing residential development at the Atlas Road intersection.

Phone Realtor Jim Koon at 664-1461.

This week’s tidbits

“After 27 years running Cocolalla Corner Antiques, Donna Johnson plans to be out of her store by Oct. 1.

The log building and its 6.3 acres 10 miles south of Sandpoint are for sale. Meanwhile, Johnson is having an “everything goes” sale.

Phone: 263-9033.

“It’s a similar story for Annie Mote, who is closing The Wild Geranium in Appleway Square (U.S. Highway 95 and Appleway) on July 29.

Offering a variety of gift and decor items and antiques, Mote is retiring to her real estate interests with Century 21.

“I’m still trying to find out which rumor is true about TV star Oprah Winfrey – that she bought Duane Hagadone’s Stanley Hill house or one of his condos in the new building above The Coeur d’Alene Resort golf course or two lots on Potlatch Hill. Anybody know?

“Last week, I checked out the Big Sky ski resort development south of Bozeman, Mont. Yes, it’s a big step up from Silver Mountain.

What’s more impressive is the Paradise Valley between Livingston, Mont., and Yellowstone Park. It’s easy to see the interest that celebrities have in that location.