Several million dollars’ worth of self-storage projects will be under construction this year in the Tri-Cities as demand for places to stash stuff soars.“This industry is just going crazy. The secret’s out,” said Ryan Daley, president of ABC Mini Storage.He’s building a new mini-storage facility on Richland’s Wellsian Way, on...
Old Trapper Smoked Products Inc., a key player in the $4 billon meat snack industry, plans to build a large food processing plant in Richland.The company, based in the Portland suburb of Forest Grove, intends to build a 50,000-square-foot facility employing 100 to start at Horn Rapids Industrial Park. The...
By Wendy Culverwell and Kristina LordAn urgent care-anchored strip mall is coming to West Richland alongside a pizza shop, a dog grooming salon and more.Three Rivers Family Medicine, a Richland primary care office, will open a walk-in urgent care center serving patients in West Richland and points west in early...
The Richland and Pasco school districts each are preparing to make the case for a third high school.It will be the first new full-service high school for the Richland district since Hanford High opened in 1972 and for the Pasco district since Chiawana High School opened in 2009.Both plan to...
Fierce wind raked the Beverly Bridge but the challenging weather didn’t deter crowds who turned out to dedicate the Beverly Bridge, the newest link in the Washington State Park system’s Palouse to Cascades State Trail.Gov. Jay Inslee joined a crowd of more than 300 to officially open the former railroad...
A unique food park is coming to a spot near Lawrence Scott Park in Kennewick’s Columbia Center area.1derful Food Park – pronounced “wonderful” – is the brainchild of Joo Seok Baek of Richland. It will have seven kitchens and dining space at 6494 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick.The 30,000-square-foot complex will...
Panda Express will open a Chinese-American fast-food restaurant next to the Columbia River in the heart of Richland.It is the latest in a series of big moves in Richland’s central business district, where the city is fostering business and residential development along the Columbia River.The Panda Express site, 924 George...
Developers, start your engines.The Port of Kennewick will begin accepting proposals from developers who want to build homes, offices, restaurants and other structures at its Vista Field urban development starting on June 16.The port will announce it is ready for ideas at the former municipal airport during grand opening festivities...
A much-anticipated public market in the heart of Kennewick is putting off its opening date, citing construction delays.“We’re not ready,” said Kelsey Bitton, project manager for The Public Market @ Columbia River Warehouse, the market that is taking over the former Welch’s juice plant and later, J. Lieb, 20 E....
An infill apartment project will bring a complex of all three-bedroom units to western Kennewick.Ely Apartments is a venture of Suebug Enterprises LLC’s Will McKay and Kyle Beauchamp.McKay purchased the four-acre site, 2652 W. 15th Ave., Kennewick, from his father, Bill McKay in 2020.The elder McKay purchased it in 2017...
