Construction + Real Estate

Market Overview: 2021: The year the Tri-Cities hit 300,000 – and its stride
History will remember the early 2020s for the devastating coronavirus pandemic, the shutdowns, the economic chaos. It would be easy...

Residential Growth: Tight home supply drives up prices
Homebuilders face familiar headwinds in 2021 – finding enough places to build new homes, hiring enough workers to build them...

Commercial Real Estate: Private investment dominates commercial picture, for now
Private investors are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Tri-City commercial construction in a shift from recent years, when...

Port of Benton: Port embraces Hanford history, tourism and infrastructure during pandemic
Despite a global pandemic leading to rising construction costs and difficulty obtaining materials throughout the U.S., the Port of Benton...

Port of Kennewick: Vista Field, Columbia Gardens ready for sale
Almost a decade after closing Vista Field, the Port of Kennewick is poised to start selling land and to welcome...

Port of Pasco: Industrial expansion targets open land
The Port of Pasco is set to become the home base for the largest milk protein facility in North America...

Tri-Cities Airport: Pandemic has air travel in a holding pattern
Covid-19 has taken a bite out of air travel at the Port of Pasco-operated Tri-Cities Airport, which hasn’t rebounded as...

Education: Build, rebuild, remodel – repeat?
Despite the pandemic, the Mid-Columbia’s school districts and schools – grades Kindergarten through 12, as well as higher education –...