Alongtime Tri-City painting company is moving to Richland to build a new homebase for two businesses, Paintmaster Services Inc. and Columbia IndustrialCoatings. Thecompanies will share three buildings at 2670 First St. in north Richland, offKingsgate Way and north of Horn Rapids Golf Course.Thebuildings will include an office, shop and facility...
An $85 million construction project at Wildhorse Resort andCasino near Pendleton will add a new 24-lane bowling alley, food court andlarger arcade.Work began last month on the first phase of the project thatincludes the expansion of the Children’s Entertainment Center, afamily-friendly wing filled with video games, jungle gym and karaoke,...
A$2.6 million remodel to make way for a new home décor store is underway insidethe vacant Shopko store in Kennewick.The Texas-based retailer At Home is poised to open its third Washington store in late fall, after recently opening stores in Spokane and Puyallup. The At Home store in Puyallup opened...
A Richland dermatologist is constructing a $6.1 million buildingalongside his current practice on Fowler Street. Dr. Sidney Smith practices at DermaCare of Tri-Cities and DermaHealth Dermatology & Dermasurgery at 1305 Fowler St., a clinic visible from Highway 240. Construction is underway at the empty lot next door at 1295 FowlerSt....
The addition of the new french fry processing line to Lamb Weston’s existing facility at 78328 Cottonwood Bend in Hermiston is expected to add 150 more jobs.
Community Health Plan of Washington has opened an office in Pasco.The not-for-profit managed care plan’s Pasco office will provide arearesidents with a place to seek help finding answers to pressing Medicare andMedicaid questions.Leanne Berge, CEO of Community Health Plan of Washington, speaks at the open house for the new Pasco...
Developers planning luxury apartments with an ‘edge’Longtime Tri-City commercial developers are planning theirmost ambitious project to date: a luxury apartment complex on 8.25 acresadjacent to Vista Field, across from Lawrence Scott Park in Kennewick. Although the project is in its very early stages — theChavallo family currently is looking for...
Tri-City constructioncompanies must try harder than ever to recruit skilled workers.Amos Constructionrecently stationed an employee holding a “now hiring” sign on a busy street inKennewick.“I’ve run radio ads,placed ads on Craigslist in three cities, done the signage, done logos, I’veFacebook advertised, and I still can’t find enough employees,” said companyowner...
High-end cocktail bar, coffee shop likely tenants in building near fountainBig plans are in the works for a building described as aneyesore in the heart of Richland’s The Parkway. A group of six local investors with Prospere Ventures boughtthe property and hope to begin demolition soon to build a new...
Most hours of the day, a lathe machine is hard at work in aPasco warehouse, creating pipe fittings for a Pennsylvania company thatrecently opened its first West Coast shop. Latrobe Foundry Machine & Supply Co., based nearPittsburgh, picked the Tri-Cities to be closer to its customers.The company founder’s great-grandson moved...