Katy and J.P. Moore are building a new home for their newly acquired Tri-Cities Buick and GMC dealership, which has outgrown its Kennewick quarters.“We’re bursting at the seams,” said Katie Forney, operations manager for Speck Dealerships, the family of car and truck dealers owned by the Moores.Speck GMC and Buick...
Construction is underway in front of the Richland Walmart for the Tri-Cities’ newest burger restaurant.The Habit Burger Grill, a California-based chain, is expected to open at 2831 Duportail St. in summer 2021, according to Yakima-based developer Hogback Development.General contractor Stephens & Sons Construction of Yakima is building the 2,928-square-foot restaurant...
The all-volunteer group that developed the popular hiking trails on Badger and Candy mountains is $600,000 away from repeating its magic on Little Badger Mountain. Friends of Badger Mountain is turning to Tri-City businesses and other supporters to help it close a $1.5 million agreement to buy nearly 20 acres below the summit of Little Badger Mountain. It has raised about $900,000 to...
The city of Richland has completed a 2,032-square-foot single-story office with office space, a customer service area, conference room, full kitchen and bathrooms.The $1.07 million building serves residential and commercial visitors to the Horn Rapids Landfill. Construction was completed in November 2020. An average of 150 customers visit the scale...
A partnership between Prospere Ventures, Booth and Sons Construction and Reed Kinney of Porter’s Real Barbecue has completed construction of a 5,400-square-foot, three-suite building at 702 The Parkway, Richland. Wine SocialThe partners focus on improving properties in downtown Richland and The Parkway into recreation destinations.Tenants include Moniker Bar, Ethos Bakery...
Some of Pasco’s most prominent business owners could delay investing in hangars and other facilities at the Tri-Cities Airport over a proposed lease policy driven by the Federal Aviation Administration.The Port of Pasco is formalizing some aspects of its existing lease policy, which governs how port-owned land on the airport...
Booth and Sons wins $5.8M Peanuts Park projectThe city of Pasco awarded a $5.8 million contract to update Peanuts Park to Booth and Sons Inc. on Feb. 1 after years of planning.The ambitious project is linked to the city’s planned Lewis Street Overpass project and will include updates to the...
With Washington now in another lockdown to reduce Covid-19 cases, I’m hearing questions from landlords and commercial building owners who want to take this time to make the indoor air safe for when they bring employees and customers back inside.Meanwhile health care, biotech, production and manufacturing businesses have remained open...
By Virginia ThomasSpokane Journal of BusinessThe luxury-home market is especially hot in the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene market due to what some agents say is a convergence of factors.They include a relatively low cost of living in the Inland Northwest, perceived safety from Covid-19 in more rural areas, an increase in remote...
Terence L. ThornhillWith nearly 27 years designing homes and other buildings in the Tri-Cities under his belt, Pasco architect Terence “Tere” Thornhill is too diplomatic to call out a favorite.They’re all his babies, said Thornhill, who believes buildings should tell the story of what is happening inside.“I’m a believer in...
