Tri-City ports are contemplating rent relief policies for tenants as the coronavirus pandemic takes its economic toll.The Ports of Pasco and Kennewick authorized three-month rent deferral program for tenants whose business is disrupted by Gov. Jay Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Safe order, which sidelines all nonessential activity through at least...

Columbia Title Company, which has provided title services in the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla for more than a century, has been sold to TitleOne, an Idaho-based title and escrow provider whose parent company is tied to a global real estate and relocation services firm.TitleOne is a subsidiary of Realogy Title...

Humans have shown a need to build since the dawn of time as hunter-gatherers. That need accelerated as our ancestors organized into agricultural societies. Monumental reminders are still with us, such as pyramids in both hemispheres and the Great Wall. More modest reminders come from archeologists’ digs across the globe.From...

Don PrattDon Pratt, a prominent Tri-City builder, entrepreneur, volunteer and philanthropist, died April 7 after suffering a heart attack during a morning hike on Richland’s Badger Mountain.Pratt, 66, received the community’s highest honor when he was named Tri-Citian of the Year in 2018.The award, given jointly by Kiwanis International and...

Editor's note: This story was updated April 24 to reflect the addition of $5 million to a state fund to support small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis.The Tri-City Development Council closed applications for an emergency business grant program after receiving 700 in the days after Gov. Jay Inslee authorized the...

Hospitality Associates of Spokane has built a four-story 94-room hotel through a subsidiary, Southridge Innvestments.The hotel carries the Comfort Suites flag and was set to open April 1, but was delayed by efforts to stem the spread of coronavirus, which causes COVID-19May 30 is the tentative opening date, according to...

An 18,240-square-foot pre-engineered metal building will provide an expanded operations base for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement aerial facility.The $3.4 million project at the Tri-Cities Airport Business Park off Argent Road provides nearly 9,000 square feet of hangar space to support a new research aircraft, 6,740 square...

An 18,000-square-foot Grocery Outlet Bargain Market opened March 24 at Vintner Square in Richland.The $1.65 million store is part of a national chain of 300 “extreme discount” grocery stores operated by Emeryville, California-based Grocery Outlet. The company recently went public, raising about $400 million to fuel expansion.The newest Tri-City Grocery...

A West Richland hillside site is under contract to sell, with a tentative closing date of late April following a March auction.Musser Bros. Auctions conducted the auction for about 125 acres on North Harrington Road near Twin Bridges Road. Two parcels were purchased by local homebuilders. A third was purchased...

Tri-City homebuilders and colleagues across the state are pleading with Gov. Jay Inslee to reclassify homebuilding an essential activity after the industry was sidelined by the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order to slow the spread of coronavirus.“We respectfully disagree with your finding that home construction is not an essential activity,...