Ford Group to invest $3.6M on commercial building for up to 7 tenantsA small project grew to 10 times its original size whenthe Ford Group decided to put a 34,000-square-foot building on nearly two acresof open land in Richland. “We just wanted a place to store our boat,” said GregFord,...
MH Construction’s new owner isn’t new to companyThe new owner of a Kennewickconstruction company is as comfortable working over a profit and loss statementas he is behind the controls of a mini excavator. It’s one of the reasons Alex Lindebought the nine-year-old MH Construction company Jan. 1. Linde, 40, worked...
Pasco now has aChicken Shack to call its own.The owners ofthe West Richland-based restaurant recently opened a second location at 8921Sandifur Parkway in Pasco.Known for itsfresh — never frozen — chicken wings andfingers, The Chicken Shack also serves up Northwest chuck burgers, fries andtots, more than 25 homemade sauces — from barbecue to...
D&D Tri-RiversExcavating recently completed a new 20,625-square-foot steel building on fiveacres at 253 Reata Road in Richland.The family-ownedexcavation company, which specializes in commercial and residential sitegrading, underground utility digs, including septic, road building, civil sitework and demolition, has been in business since 1979.D&D will bemoving into its new home from...
Basin Pacific Insurance and Benefits’ new building has space for leaseCustomers of the local Basin Pacific Insurance andBenefits branch won’t find the business at its old location on Gage Boulevardin Kennewick.The company has moved to a new, bigger location at 6917W. Grandridge Blvd., Unit 1, along one of the major...
Project will use local suppliers, contractors; facility will be between 110,000 to 145,000 square feetA $64.2 million contract has beenawarded to a Houston-based partnership to design and build a new energysciences building at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.Construction could start later thisyear or in early 2020 on the building...
CorwinFord recently completed a $689,000 renovation to its detail shop.The5,400-square-foot building at 1225 Autoplex Way in Pasco will be used by theauto dealer to detail vehicles, spray on truck bed liners and take photos ofthe cars in its inventory.Renovationsto the former Russ Dean Ford Mechanic Shop included the addition of...
TheKennewick Housing Authority’s Nueva Vista II low-income housing projectrecently wrapped at 334 N. Union St. in Kennewick.Thedevelopment is adjacent to Nueva Vista I.All28 units already are leased to qualifying individuals and families who fall ator below 30 percent or 50 percent of the Benton County area median income,which is about...
The Tri-Cities’ red-hot housing market is beginning to show signs of cooling.After a multi-year trend of rapidly appreciating home values, the construction labor force is stretched thin, interest rates are on the rise and building material prices are up due to new tariffs.But that’s not to say new housing projects...
By Jennifer L. DreyIncreased costs for materials and labor, coupled with national tariffs and state regulations are presenting challenges and squeezing margins for general contractors in the Tri-Cities as demand for construction remains heavy, according to those in the industry.Nationally, the costs of all inputs to construction increased by 4.9...
