The Richland School District recently completed the multiyear renovation of the 1982 wing of the old Jefferson Elementary into an Early Learning Center.The project transformed the space to serve the district’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, or ECEAP, and developmental preschool.The center offers morning and afternoon sessions during the...

Padilla Masonry Inc. recently completed construction on a new commercial office and shop.The building at 550 E. Bruneau Ave. in Kennewick is just south of the East Columbia Drive and North Gum Street intersection near the cable bridge.The project included 6,392 square feet of office and shop space on the...

Three Rivers Elementary School is the Pasco SchoolDistrict’s 16th elementary school.The two-story school features 72,842 square feet of space at3901 Road 84 Pasco, north of Chiawana High School.It also is home to a new inclusive playground that willensure all students can engage in playground activities. It will be the firstinclusive...

The Richland School District’s newest elementary schooldoesn’t have a name yet, though it opens for students on Aug. 28.The school off Belmont Boulevard at 2100 Sunshine Ave. inWest Richland will temporarily house students and staff from Tapteal ElementarySchool this school year, and potentially Badger Mountain Elementary thefollowing school year, before...

Queensgate Storage and RV’s new addition gives the Richlandbusiness room to grow.It bought two adjacent acres from the Church of Nazarene anddoubled its footprint from two acres to four acres.Located at 2373 Jericho Road in Richland, Queensgate Storageand RV added sixteen 14-by-40-foot heated commercial buildings that also can berented as...

The Tri-City chapter of the International Brotherhood ofElectrical Workers has moved into a new building that nearly triples its space.IBEW Local 112 began moving at the end of July into the new$3.4 million union hall at 114 N. Edison St. in Kennewick, just south ofClearwater Avenue and east of Marineland...

The new 34,000-square-foot metal building, known as the FGBuilding, at the east end of Fowler Street wasn’t the original plan Greg andAmy Ford had in mind.  The couple had been looking for a small piece of land tobuild a small metal warehouse for a shop and storage space. They wanted...

Kennewick School District’s first phase of the new AmistadElementary expansion project is a 43,500-square-foot building. The new addition features 22 classrooms, plus a gym andoffices, at 930 W. Fourth Ave., near the district’s Administration Center. Students in grades 3 to 5 will occupy the building whenschool starts Aug. 27. The...

Walla Walla’s Eritage Resort recently completed construction on 10 new lakeside bungalows.Thedog-friendly bungalows feature a private entrance and deck extending over LakeSienna, and complement the 10 existing suites in the resort’s main building, a13,000-square-foot timber-framed two-story facility in Walla Walla winecountry.Therooms feature private deck or patio with expansive views; fireplace...

The owners of a pediatric dental and orthodontic clinic have built a new office in the growing Queensgate area in Richland.The building owner, InSlide Out LLC, is owned by the owners of Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry andTri-City Orthodontics. These clinics occupy the two upper floor suites of the19,280-square-foot building at 3200...