The couple behind the $50 million Resort at Hansen Park project have closed a deal for a 9.2-acre site that will host a future phase.Hansen Park Development Phase 2 LLC, helmed by Vancouver developers Carmen Villarma and Dennis Pavlina, paid $2.2 million for the property at 814 S. Columbia Center...

Renovations are nearly complete on a $1 million makeover of the former Pier 1 Imports store across from Columbia Center mall to make way for an Ulta Beauty store.A soft opening of the new Kennewick store at the Columbia Square Shopping Center, 1232 N. Columbia Center Blvd., is set for...

A new stretch of road with potential to open a new retail district in Richland is taking form after years of litigation.The city of Richland expects to secure the four remaining sites it needs to extend Center Parkway from Gage Boulevard south to Tapteal Drive, across a set of railroad...

Affinity plans two complexes totaling 426 units in PascoAffinity at Broadmoor LLC intends to build 426 apartments on a 20-acre site at Pasco’s Broadmoor area, according to documents filed under Washington’s Environmental Protection Act, or SEPA.The site is on the south side of Burns Road, west of the intersection with...

I&J Investments will soon be opening its newest Metro Mart Convenience Store/76 Gas Station in Connell.  The 5,750 square foot building has 3,860 square feet of store space and a 1,750 square foot future tenant space, with accommodations for a drive-thru window.  The station includes six fuel pumps for gasoline...

Community First Bank has completed renovations to its new Richland home at the corner of Jadwin Avenue and Swift Boulevard, across the street from the new Richland City Hall.The bank paid $1.1 million for the 1967-built office building and invested $1.4 million in renovations to the 7,571-square-foot building and drive-thru.The...

Bush Developments has completed construction of a new Kennewick location for Dutch Bros Coffee, the Grants Pass, Oregon-based chain of drive-thru coffee shops.The 950-square-foot building occupies a 1-acre site at 4305 W. 17th Place. The $2 million project opened to customers Nov. 26, 2021. Bush Developments is led by TJ,...

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...