Tri-City retailers are optimistic about the upcoming holiday shopping season.“Our market usually outperforms the national trend due to our strong local economy,” said Barbara Johnson, general manager of Columbia Center mall in Kennewick. “It’s always kind of like looking into a crystal ball. I’m expecting consumer spending locally to be...
The owner of a 100-year-old retail mainstay in downtown Kennewick is winding down operations.“Age and time and generations running out; the business is healthy, happy and doing great, but it’s just time for us to change course,” said John Gravenslund, owner and general manager of True Value Washington Furniture and...
An expansion plan approved nearly 20 years ago is underway for the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.IBEW Local 112 is building a new $3.4 million union hall that includes an auditorium on vacant land at 114 N. Edison St. in Kennewick, just south of West Clearwater...
The Tri-Cities soon will be welcoming two new Mediterranean restaurants known for their chicken kabobs, gyro sandwiches and shawarma plates.The Kabob House will open in Richland’s Vintner Square at 2762 Duportail St. at the end of November and in Pasco’s Sandifur Crossing at 5802 Road 68 in early spring.The Richland...
More than 1,000 new homes have been built in the Tri-Cities since the start of 2018, but this is barely sustaining an appetite for housing in a market where supply can’t keep up with demand.“We are still in a very hot sellers’ market,” said Lola Franklin, chief executive officer of...
The opening of the Queensgate Drive roundabouts allowed Richland to wrap up one of its major capital projects in 2018, while shifting focus for the next six months on building its new City Hall.The central district is a part of town receiving more attention from the city after a surge...
At 15,320 citizens strong, West Richland is looking to its undeveloped western end of town as the focus for future growth.“The center of town is pretty much built out,” said Aaron Lambert, West Richland’s community development director.What feels like the center of town for West Richland tends to be the...
Contractors who once did business with Vandervert Construction Inc. are separating themselves into two groups: lucky or unlucky.“We are one of the lucky ones,” said Mary Rosen, controller for Richland-based Garrett Electric Company Inc.The lucky ones are those who got paid most or all of what they were owed for...
Pasco is ready to offload nearly seven acres of land on the western side of the city once intended for a regional aquatics center.Pasco’s Deputy City Manager Stan Strebel said the 6.7-acre property is under contract with Moore Holdings at $5 a square foot, for a total purchase price of...
Richland’s only Dutch Bros Coffee currently is closed for a complete interior remodel, with plans to re-open on Sept. 26.“We’re gutting it and starting over inside,” said Brad Barnes, who owns the Richland coffee stand and both Dutch Bros. in Pasco.“We are setting up the stand for something that makes...
