Great Floors, the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based flooring chain, sold five locations in a $33 million sale-leaseback deal that includes its Kennewick location.The portfolio also included Great Floors stores in Coeur d’Alene, Spokane Valley, Lacey and Yakima.The buyers were mostly 1031-exchange investors from California and Western Washington – meaning they were...
Business is booming for Sculpt Tri-Cities Wellness Center, with the March opening of a second location at Broadmoor Park off Sandifur Parkway in Pasco.In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, “people are just valuing their health more,” said owner Lindsay Kirby.“There’s definitely been a huge shift in what consumers are...
TT Center LLC expects to complete construction of a 4,125-square-foot multitenant retail commercial building at 4827-A W. Clearwater Ave. on April 20.The $1.2 million project features a modern, stucco exterior and three retail spaces in shell condition, ready to be customized for tenants. The center is east of Autozone and...
The Mid-Columbia Libraries completed a $300,000 remodel of its Connell branch, 118 N. Columbia Ave., on Jan. 7. The updates included new shelving, paint, flooring, light fixtures, art and other fixtures.The update included $17,000 for new materials for the collection.The Connell branch is one of the 12 Mid-Columbia Libraries branches...
Trios Health, owned by LifePoint Health, debuted the $22 million Trios Birth Center on March 29 at Trios Southridge Hospital, 3810 Plaza Way, Kennewick.The 23,376-square-foot addition occupies two floors that connect to the hospital above the emergency room, on the second and third floors.It includes two dedicated rooms for cesarean...
St. Andrews Loop, LLC completed construction of Conover Center, a 22,000-square-foot Class A office building at 2713 N. 20th Ave. in Pasco on March 1.HUB Northwest is the first tenant and has completed its office buildout. The remaining space is in gray-shell condition and can be built to accommodate almost...
Bookwalter Winery is expanding its dining business in service of a lofty goal.Owner John Bookwalter wants to transform the Richland winery’s Fiction restaurant into a top-drawer establishment worthy of the industry’s highest honor. To do it, he’s opening a new restaurant in the former R.F. McDougall’s Irish Pub & Eatery...
A determined Tri-City entrepreneur has changed her business model and business name and signed a three-year lease in a new place to launch it. Nena Cosic of Pasco has operated European Desserts & Appetizers by Nena out of the Red Mountain Kitchen in downtown Kennewick for the past four years.It will...
The city of Kennewick has prevailed in its legal battle with Futurewise over the future of its efforts to expand its inventory of land available for, among other things, industrial development.Benton County approved the city’s new urban growth boundary, but Futurewise, a Seattle environmental nonprofit, succeeded in getting it overruled...
There have been plenty of efforts to bring a public market to the Tri-Cities. But after years of talk, an all-private effort with 70 vendors, including Ice Harbor Brewery and Columbia Industries’ Opportunity Kitchen, is about to open in Kennewick.The Public Market @ Columbia River Warehouse is set to debut...
