Real Estate & Construction
Catholic Charities asks Pasco to salvage homeless project, says $2M grant is in jeopardy
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington stands to lose a $2 million grant after the Pasco City Council voted 4-3 against selling the site it wanted for a 52-unit apartment-style complex to serve chronically homeless Tri-Citians. The Spokane-based nonprofit has asked the city to help it salvage its plan to build the $13.2 million project on Heritage Boulevard…
Burgers, pizza and coffee. Here’s who’s moving into that new building at Columbia Center
Starbucks Co. and Habit Burger expect to join MOD Pizza in a new strip mall taking shape in front of JCPenney at Columbia Center in Kennewick. The 7,363-square-foot building is being built on land recently sold to a Yakima developer known for building strip malls and hotels. Hogback Development Co., led by Chris Waddle, bought…
Porter’s Real Barbecue to move from Parkway to GWay
The Tri-Cities’ favorite homegrown barbecue joint is moving out of the Richland spot where it all started. Porter’s Real Barbecue announced on Facebook it will move the Richland restaurant to a new strip mall at 1080 George Washington Way, near Homewood Suites by Hilton. The original Porter’s at The Parkway will close by the end of May. The move doesn’t affect Porter’s Kennewick or Pasco locations. Porter’s said…
UPDATE: MOD Pizza coming to Kennewick this summer
MOD Pizza confirms it will open its second Tri-City location this summer. MOD, specializing in made-to-order pizza and salads, will be one of three businesses housed in a new strip mall taking shape in the parking lot of Columbia Center mall, the region’s largest retail center. Charlotte Wayte, spokeswoman for Seattle-based MOD Pizza, said the chain will lease 2,500-square-feet and…
Somali immigrant opens small retail market in Kennewick
A new store catering to east African immigrants with halal meat, handmade furniture and clothing from Turkey has opened in Kennewick. Elias Reda and his family opened Elias Halal and Designer Imports at 4603 W. Clearwater Ave., a storefront tucked next to Leisure Pool & Spa and across from Winco Foods, in a space once…
Richland denied $29M grant for new Aaron Drive bridge
Richland will continue to seek new funding sources after it was denied a federal grant to build a bridge at Aaron Drive to relieve bottlenecks created at the intersection of the bypass highway and Interstate 182. The city had hoped to secure a $29 million grant for a flyover, or overpass, at the site that…
Chipotle adding Queensgate location
Chipotle Mexican Grill is taking over the former Qdoba Mexican Eats spot at Vintner Plaza in Richland’s Queensgate neighborhood. Alegis Construction Inc. is remodeling the space for the new tenant. The project is valued at $561,000, according to the permit issued by the city of Richland. The restaurant will be at 2673 Queensgate Drive. It will join the chain’s original Tri-City spot at 1102…
New Kennewick memory care home to open this spring
Kennewick’s newest residential memory care facility had plans to open this month but the state agency in charge of licensing assisting living facilities likely won’t issue one until March. It typically takes the state Department of Social and Health Services four to six months to process assisted living facility license applications, according to state officials.…
Astria Health closing Yakima hospital in bankruptcy deal
Sunnyside, Toppenish hospitals to remain open Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima is closing this month. Its parent, Astria Health, announced that it failed to secure new financing for the 214-bed hospital this month as part of a larger bankruptcy deal that keeps hospitals open elsewhere in the Lower Yakima Valley. The closure affects 463 employees, according to…
Kennewick developers plan up to 600 homes on Pasco waterfront
A pair of Kennewick homebuilders will construct 500 to 600 townhomes and condominiums on the Pasco waterfront after buying the former Harris Farm. Ruslan Gorbatyuk and Peter Strizhak, who own Infinity Homes, Pro Made Construction and several other businesses in Kennewick, formed SG Land Management LLC to buy most of the farm at a November auction. The duo, backed by investors, paid $4.5 million for 39 acres…
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