A Woodinville-based winery has expanded its Red Mountain footprint with the acquisition of a 15-acre vineyard.Tinte Estates LLC bought E&E Shaw Vineyards, named after its original owners, Ed and Eve Shaw, longtime friends of Tinte Estates and Tinte Cellars co-owner, Teresa Spellman Gamble, who owns the winery with her husband...
Dr. Sean Simper, who purchased Southridge Dental in 2017, has built a new home for the growing dental practice.The 6,600-square-foot building at 2431 S. Quillan Place, Kennewick, has nine dental treatment rooms with capacity to expand by four in the future.The color scheme features soothing shades of gray. Southridge Dental...
FAA funds Richland Airport electrical and upgradesThe Port of Benton has secured a $3.1 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to replace the electrical system at the Richland Airport.The project includes replacing the runway and taxiway edge lighting system and fixtures, replacing guidance signs and replacing the precision approach...
The upside-down economics of the pandemic are driving the Tri-Cities into something of a quandary.Record job development coupled with a severely constrained supply of homes for sale means it will continue to be difficult to buy a home. But it isn’t impossible, and the situation isn’t a crisis, according to...
Tim ArntzenTim Arntzen, chief executive officer of the Port of Kennewick, is seeking $225,000 and to have performance reviews amended as a bitter dispute over a farmworkers clinic extends into its fourth year.Matthew Crotty, a Spokane attorney representing Arntzen, served the port with a notice of a tort claim on...
The new year brought good and bad for Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels and its parent, Senior Life Resources Northwest.It has a new office to handle growth at its Richland campus, but a lack of volunteers forced it to delay plans to resume daily meal deliveries to its homebound clients.Kristi Thien,...
A buying frenzy hit the Tri-City apartment market in the waning weeks of 2021.Driven by tax considerations and attracted by the strong economic recovery and low rental vacancy rates, investors closed deals for complexes large and small, new and old.Investors paid big prices and signaled their confidence that future rent...
Benton Rural Electric Association will move its administration offices to West Richland from Prosser after closing a deal for nearly 18 acres near the former Tri-City Raceway on Dec. 20, 2021.The electric co-op is the latest entity to embrace the raceway site, which was dormant before the Port of Kennewick...
The couple behind the $50 million Resort at Hansen Park project have closed a deal for a 9.2-acre site that will host a future phase.Hansen Park Development Phase 2 LLC, helmed by Vancouver developers Carmen Villarma and Dennis Pavlina, paid $2.2 million for the property at 814 S. Columbia Center...
Renovations are nearly complete on a $1 million makeover of the former Pier 1 Imports store across from Columbia Center mall to make way for an Ulta Beauty store.A soft opening of the new Kennewick store at the Columbia Square Shopping Center, 1232 N. Columbia Center Blvd., is set for...