West Richland used to be something of a “sleepy bedroom community,” in the words of its community development director. But in recent years, it’s seen commercial development pick up.
While Richland officials describe the city as having “land for days,” not all of it is available for housing and the number of single-family homes has yet to return to pre-pandemic numbers, though the city grew a modest 1.4% to more than 64,000 residents in 2024.
Pasco recently made a major change to its residential zoning, and the city is seeing immediate benefits when it comes to housing availability, housing diversity and housing prices.
For Jason Wilkinson, one of the best parts of being a homebuilder comes at the end of the process.
“It’s when I hand keys to the buyers, knowing they’re going to make memories in something I built. That’s really satisfying to me,” said the co-owner of the Tri-Cities-based Prodigy...
The story of commercial construction in the Tri-Cities right now has a simple theme: Things may have cooled a bit due to factors such as higher interest rates, but there’s no reason to panic.
“Although we may see a little bit of a slowdown in the pace of new...
After years of successful legislation to regain control of its local railways, the Port of Benton spent the last year repairing the rails so it could shift its priority to leveraging this asset to its fullest capacity: providing access for rail customers currently in Richland’s Horn...
