A developer wants to convert the Clover Island Inn to micro apartments, but it may face a significant roadblock.The 150-room inn, restaurant and conference center was built in 1977 on land leased from the Port of Kennewick. The port has ambitions for its prized island property that include transforming it...
A Tri-City developer has shelved The Nineteen, a luxury office-and-apartment project planned for downtown Kennewick, after a key lender cut funding by more than two-thirds.Andrew Klein and Brian Griffith, operating as Klein Griffith Properties Group, said the project was “effectively killed” in October when the Hanford Area Economic Investment Fund...
Reser’s Fine Foods is proceeding with construction of a food processing facility in Pasco after a framed section of the building collapsed during a windstorm.No workers were injured in the Nov. 15 incident. Reser’s, serving as its own contractor, briefly halted work. By early December, crews were operating at both...
A Bellevue-based developer is converting a north Richland building into a coffee shop to serve residents and workers near the PNNL campus.IC University Square LLC plans to apply for permits to reconfigure the building in January, with a tentative opening date in mid-2022.The LLC is associated with Shotgun Creek Investments,...
Graze – a Place to Eat is making its biggest bet ever on the Tri-Cities with a new location planned in the former China Café spot in Kennewick.Graze owners Rebecca and John Lastoskie bought the restaurant at 131 N. Ely St. in July and expect to open it in mid-2022...
Popular Kennewick restaurant damaged by fireDouble Dragon, a popular Kennewick restaurant, was damaged by an early morning fire on Dec. 7.The Kennewick Fire Department said passersby called in the blaze after spotting fire coming from a roof vent at about 3:30 a.m. The fire department noted the 1979-built building, 3107...
Fran Rish Stadium at Richland High School will get a $10 million update beginning in February.The Richland School District expects the eight-month project to wrap up by September, according to an environmental checklist filed under Washington’s Environmental Protection Act in October.The voter-approved project includes new artificial turf, track surface, grandstand...
KSL Capital Partners LLC, a Denver-based private equity firm, has reached a deal to purchase a collection of Spokane area hotels that includes The Historic Davenport, an iconic landmark built in 1914. Terms of the deal, expected to close in January, were not disclosed. Davenport Hotels is a privately-held company owned by...
Ryan Companies US Inc. of Bellevue and Minneapolis is proceeding on development of two distribution centers for Amazon Inc. Both are more than 1 million square feet and will collectively employ about 1,500. Project Pearl, above, is at 1351 S. Road 40 East and has a construction value of $61...
