West Richland expects to break ground on a new police station in January with the city’s police department tentatively set to move into its airy new building by the end of 2021. Chief Ben MajetichChief Ben Majetich updated the city council on the project’s status at its virtual meeting Oct. 20. The 20,500-square-foot police station will...
Pacific Pasta & Grill in Kennewick is moving to new quarters in Richland as its lease runs out at 7911 W. Grandridge Blvd.The pasta restaurant will reopen at 603 Goethals Drive after it closes its old location on Nov. 25. It announced the move on its Facebook page and a...
Sun Pacific Energy has debuted its latest SunMarket convenience store, gas station and Firehouse Subs restaurant at 2607 Kingsgate Way in Richland.The 3,919-square-foot building includes a Shell gas station, 2,082-square-foot convenience store and 1,837-square-foot restaurant area on a two-acre site.Sun Pacific previously introduced the Firehouse Subs brand to the Tri-Cities...
JJA Properties LLC, a real estate investment firm, has completed two 9,600-square-foot light industrial buildings with office space at 2478 & 2494 Henderson Loop in Richland’s Horn Rapids Industrial Park.The $800,000 project includes 8,100 square feet of shop space and 1,500 square feet of office space. It can be divided...
The Tri-Cities has a new urgent care clinic for patients with conditions that are not life threatening.Dr. Prabhjot “Jyoti” Kahlon, an emergency room veteran who has worked at both Kadlec Regional Medical Center and Lourdes Health, opened Health First Urgent Care on Aug. 31 at 37 Columbia Point Drive in...
A prominent Tri-City developer is building a fast-food restaurant and office at 2250 Keene Road, near Richland’s newly relocated TacoTime.Greg Markel of Washington Securities and Investments Corp. said the 4,000-square-foot mixed-use building is a spec, or speculative project, being built on the expectation it will lease when the building is...
Framatome has opened its $20 million uranium recovery facility at its fuel manufacturing site at 2101 Horn Rapids Road in Richland.The 11,000-square-foot building took three years to construct and houses state-of-the-art processes and technologies to recover uranium from the manufacturing process.Material is converted into uranium dioxide power and reused in...
The Boeing Co.’s decision to move all 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina frustrated Gov. Jay Inslee who called for a review of tax breaks currently worth about $106 million per year.He released a statement Oct. 1 saying he recently asked Boeing’s leadership what the company needed to keep 787...
Chervenell wins $4M Covid-inspired contractChervenell Construction of Kennewick received a $4 million emergency contract to install courtroom technology at the Benton County Justice Center necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic.The project, designed by Meier Architecture & Engineering Inc., facilitates remote hearings.The Benton County Commission previously hired Meier to design the new...
Wildhorse Resort & Casino near Pendleton has opened its new bowling center, food court and arcade, capping an $85 million, yearlong expansion designed to provide more activities for families.There will be no grand opening ceremony because of pandemic restrictions.The expansion adds Quaking Aspen Lanes, a 24-lane bowling center and other...
