A Bellevue-based developer is converting a north Richland building into a coffee shop to serve residents and workers near the PNNL campus.IC University Square LLC plans to apply for permits to reconfigure the building in January, with a tentative opening date in mid-2022.The LLC is associated with Shotgun Creek Investments,...
Graze – a Place to Eat is making its biggest bet ever on the Tri-Cities with a new location planned in the former China Café spot in Kennewick.Graze owners Rebecca and John Lastoskie bought the restaurant at 131 N. Ely St. in July and expect to open it in mid-2022...
Popular Kennewick restaurant damaged by fireDouble Dragon, a popular Kennewick restaurant, was damaged by an early morning fire on Dec. 7.The Kennewick Fire Department said passersby called in the blaze after spotting fire coming from a roof vent at about 3:30 a.m. The fire department noted the 1979-built building, 3107...
Fran Rish Stadium at Richland High School will get a $10 million update beginning in February.The Richland School District expects the eight-month project to wrap up by September, according to an environmental checklist filed under Washington’s Environmental Protection Act in October.The voter-approved project includes new artificial turf, track surface, grandstand...
KSL Capital Partners LLC, a Denver-based private equity firm, has reached a deal to purchase a collection of Spokane area hotels that includes The Historic Davenport, an iconic landmark built in 1914. Terms of the deal, expected to close in January, were not disclosed. Davenport Hotels is a privately-held company owned by...
Ryan Companies US Inc. of Bellevue and Minneapolis is proceeding on development of two distribution centers for Amazon Inc. Both are more than 1 million square feet and will collectively employ about 1,500. Project Pearl, above, is at 1351 S. Road 40 East and has a construction value of $61...
The Port of Benton Commission selected Christy Rasmussen, a former Christ the King School principal and current Hanford employee, to fill the board seat vacated when Robert Larson retired in October with two years left of his term.Rasmussen was one of four candidates interviewed in a special commission session on Nov. 29. She...
The city of West Richland has completed its $12.3 million police station on a five-acre site at the former Tri-City Raceway, 7920 W. Van Giesen St.The new station includes a 20,500-square-foot main building and a 2,750-square-foot outbuilding,The main building features space for police administration, patrol, records, investigations, animal and code...
Speck Buick GMC of Tri-Cities has built a new automobile dealership at 9610 Sandifur Parkway in Pasco. The new facility is next to Camping World.J.P. and Katy Moore of the Speck Family Dealerships had the project built after Speck Buick GMC outgrew its location on West Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick.The...
