Travelers can hop a nonstop flight from Pasco to Chicago starting in June.United Airlines has announced it will begin offering red-eye flights to Chicago O’Hare International Airport beginning June 4, 2020.This is the first time that Tri-Cities Airport will have nonstop connection to Chicago, and it is also the airport’s...
Harvest Foods will open in 2020 after renovation of vacant Shopko buildingA Lep-Re-Kon Harvest Foods store plans to renovate and move into the vacant Shopko Hometown building on Wine Country Road in Prosser next year.The 28,000-square-foot building will undergo an extensive renovation before it opens in 2020.The store will include...
Lurene Harris Fleshman sat at a table in her garage recently at Harris Farm, looking out at the land as she pondered what it would look like filled with houses and streets.“I’m not ever gonna look again!” she said with a chuckle, before admitting that yes, she’d want to see...
Four finalists have been selected and interviewed for the Port of Benton executive director position.Port of Benton commissioners and John Hodgson from the Prothman search firm interviewed the candidates Oct. 22, but did not make a final decision. The commissioners asked the search firm to conduct additional background on the...
The Tri-City construction market continues to add millions of dollars in new projects as home and commercial lease prices skyrocket.The average Tri-City home sale price did not dip below $300,000 for the first eight months of 2019.But area real estate experts say prices could begin to level off in 2020.“I...
As Tri-City home prices climb, so does their value.In the last three years, Vicki Monteagudo, broker-owner at Century 21 Tri-Cities and NAI Tri-Cities, said she’s observed a 10.4 percent home appreciation rate.“Some areas have hit double-digit appreciation in the last 12 months alone, especially in those more lower-end prices,” she said.The Tri-Cities...
Commercial real estate agents cite years of ongoing growth for the Tri-Cities’ especially tight market today.“There’s a lot of leasing, a lot of sales, a lot of new construction going on,” said Rob Ellsworth, senior advisor at SVN | Retter & Co. in Kennewick. “Our market might even be too...
Transformational projects in central Richland will add new housing options, transportation routes and businesses to the city’s core.The long-anticipated Duportail Street bridge is expected to open in fall 2020. The route will connect drivers from the Stevens Drive corridor to the Queensgate Drive retail hub, and provide easier access to...
The city of Kennewick continues to grow at a steady clip, ushering in new commercial and residential growth anchored by recent developments along Columbia Center Boulevard and in the Southridge, Vista Field and downtown areas.There’s plenty of commercial development along Columbia Center Boulevard, including the opening of three popular new...
By Andrew KirkPasco’s residential subdivisions continue to gobble up farmland and large buildings are sprouting up all over industrial zones.Franklin County is offering to let the city annex 4,800 acres of land to the north so it has room to grow, said Rick White, community and economic development director for...
