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]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8412 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/wa-high-court-tosses-natural-gas-measure-approved-by-voters Natural-gas-measure Drivers rejoice! Construction at Steptoe, Tapteal is complete Drivers rejoice! The construction at Steptoe Street and Tapteal Drive in Richland is finally completed. Drivers rejoice! The construction at Steptoe Street and Tapteal Drive in Richland is finally completed. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8396 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/drivers-rejoice-construction-at-steptoe-tapteal-is-complete Steptoe-intersection DOE launches new program to support builders A new program from the U.S. Department of Energy aims to help builders cut expenses and build more quickly at a time when the costs for construction labor and materials are skyrocketing. A new program from the U.S. Department of Energy aims to help builders cut expenses and build more quickly at a time when the costs for construction labor and materials are skyrocketing. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8394 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/doe-launches-new-program-to-support-builders Builders between rock and hard place with labor force, materials costs Demand for construction workers is at an all-time high across the country, driving up wages at the same time builders are wrestling with escalating construction materials costs. Demand for construction workers is at an all-time high across the country, driving up wages at the same time builders are wrestling with escalating construction materials costs. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8390 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/builders-between-rock-and-hard-place-with-labor-force-materials-costs Population House build near new school Dave’s Hot Chicken chain opening outlet in Pasco rachel@tcjournal.biz A new national fast-food chain is making plans to come to Pasco. Dave’s Hot Chicken is setting up shop in the former Subway restaurant at 7235 Burden Blvd. in Pasco. A new national fast-food chain is making plans to come to Pasco. Dave’s Hot Chicken is setting up shop in the former Subway restaurant at 7235 Burden Blvd. in Pasco.  

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8387 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:42:15 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8387-daves-hot-chicken-pasco NewsUpdate.jpg Real Estate & Construction Briefs – September 2026 Real Estate & Construction Briefs for September 2026 Real Estate & Construction Briefs for September 2026

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8375 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8375-real-estate-and-construction-briefs-september-2026 Briefs.jpg Kennewick’s Cynergy Center sells for $5M A prominent commercial property in Kennewick’s Southridge area has come under new ownership.

A prominent commercial property in Kennewick’s Southridge area has come under new ownership. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8362 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/kennewicks-cynergy-center-sells-for-5m Cynergy-Centre Development company acquires 1,000 acres in West Richland rachel@tcjournal.biz About 1,000 acres of 7,600 acres of agricultural land northeast of Ruppert Road that make up the Lewis and Clark Ranch area in West Richland were sold – twice and for more than triple the price. And city officials said the sale was to a development company whose work includes data centers. About 1,000 acres of 7,600 acres of agricultural land northeast of Ruppert Road that make up the Lewis and Clark Ranch area in West Richland were sold – twice and for more than triple the price. And city officials said the sale was to a development company whose work includes data centers.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8351 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/lewis-and-clar-land Lewis-and-Clark-Ranch Amazon works to stem data center fears at Burbank open house ty@tcjournal.biz Amazon hosted an open house in Burbank about its proposed data center in the Wallula Gap. Attendees questioned Amazon staff about reported issues connected to the company’s other data center facilities and shared their reservations about the project.

 

Amazon hosted an open house in Burbank about its proposed data center in the Wallula Gap. Attendees questioned Amazon staff about reported issues connected to the company’s other data center facilities and shared their reservations about the project. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8340 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8340-amazon-works-to-stem-data-center-fears-at-burbank-open-house AmazonOpenHouse Iconic grain elevator headed to auction ty@tcjournal.biz A Tri-Cities landmark that has guided travelers, served as an inspiration to artists, and, more recently, played a role in the region’s communications network is up for grabs. A Tri-Cities landmark that has guided travelers, served as an inspiration to artists, and, more recently, played a role in the region’s communications network is up for grabs.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8334 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/grain-elevator-auction General-Mills-1 Book lover finds her storybook ending in West Richland Amber Puzey is the first to tell you her shop, A Lettered Home, is not merely a bookstore – it’s a love letter to the city of West Richland, written with her own hand. Amber Puzey is the first to tell you her shop, A Lettered Home, is not merely a bookstore – it’s a love letter to the city of West Richland, written with her own hand.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8333 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8333-book-lover-finds-her-storybook-ending-in-west-richland A-Lettered-Home-main Settlement reached in Horn Rapids lawsuit ty@tcjournal.biz A settlement has been reached in a years-long legal dispute over a townhome project at the Horn Rapids community northwest of Richland has reached a settlement that will reportedly not saddle any of the community’s residents with legal fees. A settlement has been reached in a years-long legal dispute over a townhome project at the Horn Rapids community northwest of Richland has reached a settlement that will reportedly not saddle any of the community’s residents with legal fees.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8328 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8328-settlement-reached-in-horn-rapids-lawsuit Horn-Rapids-1 Golf course on former farmland targets summer 2027 opening ty@tcjournal.biz Progress on an 18-hole golf course designed by an internationally-renowned course architect on former agricultural land above the Snake River in Franklin County continues to move forward, with tentative plans for preview play in the summer of 2027. Progress on an 18-hole golf course designed by an internationally-renowned course architect on former agricultural land above the Snake River in Franklin County continues to move forward, with tentative plans for preview play in the summer of 2027.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8327 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8327-golf-course-on-former-farmland-targets-summer-2027-opening Snake-River-Resort Richland PFD eyes $5M revamp of Reach Museum amphitheater ty@tcjournal.biz The authors of a study commissioned to look at how the amphitheater at the Reach Museum could be better used is recommending as much as $5 million in improvements. The authors of a study commissioned to look at how the amphitheater at the Reach Museum could be better used is recommending as much as $5 million in improvements. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8321 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/richland-pfd-reach Reach1 Renovations underway at 121-year-old downtown Kennewick building ty@tcjournal.biz A cosmetology school that has been based in downtown Kennewick for years is preparing to move a few blocks away. A cosmetology school that has been based in downtown Kennewick for years is preparing to move a few blocks away.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8320 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/victorias-washington-hardware Victorias Work underway on subdivisions, railroad extension, infrastructure rachel@tcjournal.biz Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia. The State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini-storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various planning departments of Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties. Here’s a look at projects that appeared in the SEPA register in the past month. Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia. 
The State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini-storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various planning departments of Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties. 
Here’s a look at projects that appeared in the SEPA register in the past month.  

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8318 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8318-work-underway-on-subdivisions-railroad-extension-infrastructure SEPA_Roundup.jpg Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting rsequeira@stateline.org Cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money aim to help them. Cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money aim to help them.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8317 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8317-cities-turn-to-ai-to-speed-housing-permitting Forget the Band-Aid: this concrete from PNNL heals itself The days of having to worry about a crack in a concrete wall or driveway may soon become a thing of a past, thanks to a new self-healing material developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The days of having to worry about a crack in a concrete wall or driveway may soon become a thing of a past, thanks to a new self-healing material developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8356 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/forget-the-band-aid-this-concrete-from-pnnl-heals-itself Molecular-Velcro Commerce awards $1.35 million to Mid-Columbia schools, other project for energy efficiency Five Mid-Columbia school districts and the private company renovating a shopping center in the Columbia Center retail district have received hundreds of thousands of state dollars aimed at identifying and implementing energy efficiencies in their buildings. Five Mid-Columbia school districts and the private company renovating a shopping center in the Columbia Center retail district have received hundreds of thousands of state dollars aimed at identifying and implementing energy efficiencies in their buildings. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8330 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/commerce-awards-135-million-to-mid-columbia-schools-other-project-for-energy-efficiency Electric meters Millennial-favorite toy retailer returns to Kennewick Eight years after closing its doors, the Tri-Cities will soon once again have a place where a kid can be a kid. Eight years after closing its doors, the Tri-Cities will soon once again have a place where a kid can be a kid. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8315 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/millennial-favorite-toy-retailer-coming-back-to-kennewick Toys R Us WA governor met with state worker protest at hospital construction ceremony Washington marked a milestone Aug. 28 with the final structural beam placed on a new psychiatric facility on the Western State Hospital campus in Pierce County. A few yards away, on the other side of a 6-foot chain-link fence, a different group of workers was not there to celebrate. The handful of state employees loudly chanted their displeasure with the progress of talks on a collective bargaining agreement with negotiators from Ferguson’s budget office.

Washington marked a milestone Aug. 28 with the final structural beam placed on a new psychiatric facility on the Western State Hospital campus in Pierce County.  A few yards away, on the other side of a 6-foot chain-link fence, a different group of workers was not there to celebrate. The handful of state employees loudly chanted their displeasure with the progress of talks on a collective bargaining agreement with negotiators from Ferguson’s budget office. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8314 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/wa-governor-met-with-state-worker-protest-at-hospital-construction-ceremony Hospital protest.jpg Report: Cost of construction materials rises more than 7% over past year If the cost of lumber, metal and fuel are any indication, the affordability of homes isn’t going to get better any time soon, according to one analysis of building materials. If the cost of lumber, metal and fuel are any indication, the affordability of homes isn’t going to get better any time soon, according to one analysis of building materials. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8283 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/report-cost-of-construction-materials-rises-more-than-7-over-past-year Pasco-Construction-Class With PNW electricity demand surging, planners map out major grid upgrades The Pacific Northwest will need a massive buildout of new energy infrastructure over the next six years to meet rising electricity demand, according to a draft regional power plan. Implementing the plan will cost the Pacific Northwest approximately $2.3 billion. And the rate of building will need to quicken to make it happen by 2032. The Pacific Northwest will need a massive buildout of new energy infrastructure over the next six years to meet rising electricity demand, according to a draft regional power plan. Implementing the plan will cost the Pacific Northwest approximately $2.3 billion. And the rate of building will need to quicken to make it happen by 2032. 

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8278 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/with-pnw-electricity-demand-surging-planners-map-out-major-grid-upgrades Power Pole Franklin County pitches HAPO Center property for Yakama Nation casino ty@tcjournal.biz Franklin County’s administrator recently spoke with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation about transforming the Pasco’s HAPO Center into a tribal casino, saying if there’s any tribe the county should be talking to, it’s the Yakamas. Franklin County’s administrator recently spoke with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation about transforming the Pasco’s HAPO Center into a tribal casino, saying if there’s any tribe the county should be talking to, it’s the Yakamas.


]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8274 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/hapo-center-casino-yakama-nation HAPOcasino Real Estate & Construction Briefs – August 2026 Real Estate & Construction Briefs for August 2026 Real Estate & Construction Briefs for August 2026

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8262 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8262-real-estate-and-construction-briefs-august-2026 Briefs.jpg World Relief moves to new office to assist refugees rachel@tcjournal.biz World Relief Tri-Cities is moving to a new office Sept. 1. World Relief Tri-Cities is moving to a new office Sept. 1.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8235 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/world-relief-moves World Relief HOA lawsuit leaves Horn Rapids homeowners in limbo ty@tcjournal.biz The hundreds of homeowners living in the Horn Rapids community in Richland could be liable for thousands of dollars each in legal fees over a lawsuit filed in 2025. The hundreds of homeowners living in the Horn Rapids community in Richland could be liable for thousands of dollars each in legal fees over a lawsuit filed in 2025.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8233 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/horn-rapids-lawsuit Horn-Rapids-1 Local engineering firm sees growth ahead rachel@tcjournal.biz In just a few years, a local engineering firm has seen a burst of growth, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. In just a few years, a local engineering firm has seen a burst of growth, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8231 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/g6-engineering G6 New $30M plant taps growing pipe market rachel@tcjournal.biz Five years ago, longtime plastics salesman René Collin was approached to start a business making high-density polyethylene pipes. Today, the concept is more than just a pipe dream: Texas-based Century Pipe LLC’s first manufacturing facility has opened its doors near Burbank. Five years ago, longtime plastics salesman René Collin was approached to start a business making high-density polyethylene pipes. Today, the concept is more than just a pipe dream: Texas-based Century Pipe LLC’s first manufacturing facility has opened its doors near Burbank.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8230 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/century-pipe Century Pipe Rene Collin Architecture firm for many prominent Tri-City projects to close ty@tcjournal.biz A Spokane-based architecture firm that designed several prominent projects in the Tri-Cities is closing. A Spokane-based architecture firm that designed several prominent projects in the Tri-Cities is closing.

]]> http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8229 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/mmec-to-close Sageview DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0002.JPG