The Academy of Children’s Theatre kicked off an expansion project this month to build a larger performance stage at its Richland headquarters at 213 Wellsian Way.Construction of the $1.5 million project will take place over the course of three years. This isn’t the first time ACT has undergone a transformation.Shortly...
Walker Construction Inc. may be a Spokane-based company but it’s done enough business over the years from Walla Walla to Yakima that it has opened an office in the Tri-Cities.The new office is at 2810 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick.“We’ve been in our new office for at least 30 days,”...
Bouten Construction Co. has been selected to add 22 classrooms, a gym and offices in a detached addition at Kennewick's Amistad Elementary School.Bouten, which has offices in Richland and Spokane, provided the lowest base bid of $12.5 million to the Kennewick School District project.The Kennewick School Board approved two alternate...
A Richland company has an ambitious goal of bringing city-dwellers back to the central downtown area, to places either dominated by businesses or abandoned altogether.This includes high-profile locations in The Parkway and along Jadwin Avenue and George Washington Way, including the controversial pit at the gateway to the city.“The goal...
MH Construction moving from Clearwater Avenue to Badger CanyonTrying to get to MH Construction’s front office door in Kennewick can be tricky.While the building at 4211 West Clearwater Ave. is clearly visible from that main roadway, visitors might need a map to get there.They’ll have to drive a half a...
Niche bookstore to feature collectibles, sci-fi, mysteries, non-fictionMid-Columbia book collectors will have new shelves to comb this summer.Longtime book collector and retiring Bechtel radiological engineering health supervisor, Steven Woolfolk, is planning the construction of a 6,000-square-foot bookstore at 2240 Robertson Drive in Richland near Horn Rapids.The new store’s name: Xenophile...
A Spokane-based credit union soon will open new branches in Kennewick, Pasco and Richland.STCU recently finalized the purchase of a 1.5-acre site for a Kennewick branch at 4842 W. Hildebrand Blvd., across the highway from The Rock Wood Fired Pizza.Plans call for a 4,500-square-foot branch office with STCU Home Loans...
Copiers Northwest and BluZEBRA Technologies recently finished construction on their new two-story Kennewick building.The project, valued at $2.3 million, which includes the cost of the land, is at 7035 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick near the grain elevator, McCurley Mercedes-Benz and The Pub. It was completed April 1.The main floor...
Superior Glass of Kennewick has expanded its glass and storefront operations to accommodate growth and provide better service to the public.The company constructed a new single-story building at 6476 W. Brinkley Road in Kennewick featuring 8,960 square feet of space. It’s in the Southridge area of Kennewick, near Trios Southridge...
Popular eatery and bakery to double in size, offer new dessertsFrost Me Sweet, a popular Richland bakery and eatery, is poised to expand by doubling the size of its restaurant seating and offering more dessert choices.Owners Megan and Jason Savely recently bought the building next door to their restaurant that was...
