Fowler General Construction of Richland received the ENR (Engineering News-Record) Regional Best Project award for the Northwest region in the K-12 education category for the construction of Desert Hills Middle School in Kennewick.The annual program is dedicating to honoring the best construction projects and the companies that designed and built them....
Lamb Weston’s expansion of its Richland potato processing plant adds two million more pounds of frozen french fries daily to the worldwide market.The new $200 million addition has nearly doubled the company’s output of frozen spuds in Richland.“We’ve incorporated 45 years of making french fries into this factory,” said Mark...
Owner-brothers building Temple of ’Cue with capacity to smoke 3,000 pounds of meat at a timeA second Porter’s Real Barbecue restaurant set to open this spring in Kennewick is only the tri-tip of the meaty master plan.Brothers Porter and Reed Kinney have plans to launch two more restaurants within the...
By Michelle DuplerTwo Tri-City commercial real estate firms have joined forces to become the newly formed NAI Group LLC. Todd SternfeldIn the wake of the departure of former principal Lance Bacon from NAI Tri-Cities in July, remaining principal Todd Sternfeld partnered with Vicki Monteagudo of Century 21 Tri-Cities to open...
City plans to parcel off 24 acres for residential development to pay for project’s first phaseBy 2020, football, baseball, softball and soccer players will have new fields to play on as the city of Prosser moves toward its goal to create a sports complex.“It’s been a long time coming,” said...
A new 75-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites hotel recently open for business in Prosser.The hotel, valued at $7 million, features an indoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, 24-hour guest laundry center and an outdoor grill and covered patio.In addition, the hotel provides a 24-hour business center with copy and...
CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company recently awarded a $11.3 million subcontract to Kennewick’s Apollo Mechanical Contractors Inc. to prepare Hanford’s 324 Building for installation of remote-operated equipment to clean up highly radioactive soil under the building.The building is about a mile north of Richland and about 300 yards west of...
New housing zoning amendments recently took effect in Hermiston to allow for smaller lot sizes, greater lot coverage and easier development standards in constrained lots.The city’s Planning Commission held several well attended public workshops with the real estate and development community to discuss issues affecting residential development in the city,...
West Richland celebrated the completion of its new $2.2 million Yakima River Gateway project this month. The work improves the entrance to the city of West Richland, with community access to paved trails, riverfront park and river access. It added vehicle parking and non-motorized water access to the river for those who...
A chain restaurant known for its fresh bakery items, soups and sandwiches soon will be open for business at the corner of Queensgate Drive and Duportail Street in Richland.Construction on the 5,000-square-foot Panera bakery-café, which will feature a drive-through window, began earlier this year in the Vintner Square development, which...
