A Richland auto dealership is planning to build a new 10,000-square-foot Audi center.Town & Country acquired the space for Audi Tri-Cities in April 2017 and plans for the new facility to be fully operational by summer 2019.The new location will be right off of Interstate 182 at 1177 Aaron Drive.The...

After more than a decade of business, the Prosser Starbucks got a makeover and some new equipment to create drinks not previously available to customers.The nine-week, $342,000 makeover started in the middle of the summer and included new interior walls, paint and fixtures at the coffeeshop at 10 Merlot Drive.The...

Bright Now! Dental is bringing the first of its two Tri-City clinics to Kennewick by the end of October.The practice is targeting an Oct. 29 opening date after representatives say they’ve fielded repeated requests to open in the region.“We’ve been asked by a lot of our union clientele to go...

McDonald’s and its franchisees recently announced plans to invest about $126 million in Washington state throughout 2018-19 on the construction and modernization of more than 170 restaurants.Twenty-two restaurants in Benton and Franklin counties have been included in the work.The improvements are aimed at transforming the customer experience inside and outside...

Spacious, state-of-the-art self-storage facilities are now available to rent on the south side of Pasco’s Road 68 exit off Interstate 182.The 90,000-square-foot Self-Storage at Chapel Hill includes 599 storage units totaling 80,000 square feet of available storage unit space and 10,000 square feet for retail.Unit sizes range from four-by-eight feet...

The Richland Chuck E. Cheese restaurant is re-opening in Kennewick.A soft opening for the 14,458-square-foot restaurant is scheduled for Sept. 15. A grand opening is set for Oct. 1.The new food and entertainment destination beloved by children of all ages is at 6340 W. Rio Grande Ave., about a block...

Incyte Diagnostics, an anatomic pathology laboratory, recently completed more than $1.5 million in improvements to a 7,608-square-foot office at 221 Wellsian Way in Richland.The project was designed to merge four of Incyte’s offices under one roof. The Pendleton, Walla Walla, Yakima and Kadlec histology offices are now all housed in...

The first public auto auction facility of its type in the Tri-Cities — Trucks & Auto Auctions — is now open at 3135 Rickenbacker Drive, off the Argent Road exit by Columbia Basin College and Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco.Its inaugural auction was Aug. 28.Auctions will be held on the second...

O’Brien Construction Co. completed two new warehouses this summer in the heart of the Vista Field Industrial Park at 6416 W. Hood Place in Kennewick.At 40,000 square feet and 38,500 square feet, the warehouses comprise the third phase of a warehousing project that Tom O’Brien of O’Brien Construction has been...

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),...