A former vacant lot at the intersection of Keene and Kennedy roads in West Richland is being transformed into a bustling corner for businesses.

The development across the street from the new Roasters Coffee will become the new home of Budget Blinds (3310 Kennedy Road), Affordable RV Repair (3320 Kennedy Road), and later this spring, Bush Car Wash (3220 Kennedy Road).

Ground will be broken in October for Bush Car Wash, with a grand opening to coincide with the opening of the new Duportail bridge.

The building in which Budget Blinds and Affordable RV Repair are housed comprise 8,400 square feet, with 3,000 square feet used by Budget Blinds. 

Bush Car Wash’s new building will be about 5,000 square feet.

Budget Blinds’ space features an open-concept, one-story building that includes three offices, a storage bay, product showroom and drapery room. Budget Blinds has been at 8318 W. Gage Blvd. for about 10 years.

Todd and Susan Schuermann own Budget Blinds and Jerry Myhres owns Affordable RV Repair.

Tim Bush of the Bush Car Wash chain bought the property, then split the lot into three pieces, one of which is designated for the car wash, the second he constructed the tenant spaces on, and the last is yet to be developed.

Some 25 new job opportunities are anticipated to come out of the multi-million dollar development.

Wave Design Group was the architect.

Knutzen Engineering provided civil engineering services for the project.

MH Construction of Kennewick was the general contractor for the building that’s home to Budget Blinds and Affordable RV.