Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Fortify Holdings, a Portland apartment investor, has a deal to buy the Clover Island Inn in Kennewick. It wants to invest $20 million to turn it into micro apartments and is asking the Port of Kennewick to sell it the land the hotel was built on. (Photo by Wendy Culverwell)

Clover Island Inn buyer plans micro apartments

By Wendy Culverwell | January 2022

A developer wants to convert the Clover Island Inn to micro apartments, but it may face a significant roadblock. The 150-room inn, restaurant and conference center was built in 1977 on land leased from the Port of Kennewick. The port has ambitions for its prized island property that include transforming it into an upscale visitor…

Local News

Meet the 2022 Mid-Columbia Ag Hall of Fame winners

By TCAJOB Staff | January 2022

This year’s inductees to the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame will be honored at a Jan. 19 dinner and ceremony at the Red Lion Hotel...

Port of Kennewick CEO claims retaliation for not stopping Latino medical clinic

By Wendy Culverwell | January 2022

Meals on Wheels dedicates new building, seeks help to restart deliveries

By Wendy Culverwell | January 2022

Real Estate & Construction

Benton Rural Electric Association closed a deal for nearly 18 acres to build a new administration building next door to the newly-built West Richland Police Station and Tri-City Raceway. (Graphic by Vanessa Guzmán)

Benton REA moving admin to West Richland

By Wendy Culverwell | January 2022

Benton Rural Electric Association will move its administration offices to West Richland from Prosser after closing a deal for nearly 18 acres near...

Hansen Park builder closes deal on more land for next project phases

By TCAJOB Staff | January 2022

Richland secures Kennewick properties for Center Parkway extension

By TCAJOB Staff | January 2022

Monthly Focuses

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Public defense in Washington has a new champion

By Wendy Culverwell | January 2022

W. Larry Jefferson Jr Larry Jefferson Jr. will pay off his law school loans in about seven years. That would not...

Benton Franklin Legal Aid pivots to prevent evictions

By Wendy Culverwell | January 2022

Noncompete agreements may not be binding, thanks to 2019 Legislature

By Guest Contributor | January 2022

Building Tri-Cities

Dutch Bros Coffee

January 2022

Bush Developments has completed construction of a new Kennewick location for Dutch Bros Coffee, the Grants Pass, Oregon-based chain of drive-thru coffee...