The Richland Dickey’s Barbecue Pit reopens this week but the future is uncertain for its still-closed sister restaurants in Kennewick and Pasco. Kenny Teasdale, a commercial real estate broker with NAI Tri-Cities and owner of a local moving company, reached a deal with the landlord and with Dickey’s Dallas, Texas-based parent company to take over the restaurant at 2530 Queensgate Drive. The arrangement doesn’t cover the closed Dickey’s locations...
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington stands to lose a $2 million grant after the Pasco City Council voted 4-3 against selling the site it wanted for a 52-unit apartment-style complex to serve chronically homeless Tri-Citians. The Spokane-based nonprofit has asked the city to help it salvage its plan to build the $13.2 million...
Starbucks Co. and Habit Burger expect to join MOD Pizza in a new strip mall taking shape in front of JCPenney at Columbia Center in Kennewick.The 7,363-square-foot building is being built on land recently sold to a Yakima developer known for building strip malls and hotels.Hogback Development Co., led by...
The Tri-Cities' favorite homegrown barbecue joint is moving out of the Richland spot where it all started. Porter’s Real Barbecue announced on Facebook it will move the Richland restaurant to a new strip mall at 1080 George Washington Way, near Homewood Suites by Hilton. The original Porter’s at The Parkway will close by the end of May. The move doesn’t affect Porter’s Kennewick or Pasco locations. Porter’s...
MOD Pizza confirms it will open its second Tri-City location this summer. MOD, specializing in made-to-order pizza and salads, will be one of three businesses housed in a new strip mall taking shape in the parking lot of Columbia Center mall, the region’s largest retail center. Charlotte Wayte, spokeswoman for Seattle-based MOD Pizza, said the chain will...
A new store catering toeast African immigrants with halal meat, handmade furniture and clothing fromTurkey has opened in Kennewick.Elias Reda and hisfamily opened Elias Halal and Designer Imports at 4603 W. Clearwater Ave., astorefront tucked next to Leisure Pool & Spa and across from Winco Foods,in a space once occupied...
Richland will continueto seek new funding sources after it was denied a federal grant to build abridge at Aaron Drive to relieve bottlenecks created at the intersection of thebypass highway and Interstate 182.The city had hoped tosecure a $29 million grant for a flyover, or overpass, at the site that...
Chipotle Mexican Grill is taking overthe former Qdoba Mexican Eats spot at Vintner Plaza inRichland’s Queensgate neighborhood. Alegis Construction Inc. is remodeling thespace for the new tenant. The project is valued at $561,000, according tothe permit issued by the city of Richland. The restaurant will be at 2673 Queensgate Drive. It will join the chain’s original Tri-City spot at 1102N. Columbia Center...
Kennewick’s newestresidential memory care facility had plans to open this month but the stateagency in charge of licensing assisting living facilities likely won’t issueone until March.It typically takes thestate Department of Social and Health Services four to six months to processassisted living facility license applications, according to state officials.Windsong at...
Sunnyside, Toppenish hospitals to remain openAstria Regional Medical Center in Yakima is closing this month. Its parent, Astria Health, announced that it failed to secure new financing for the 214-bed hospital this month as part of a larger bankruptcy deal that keeps hospitals open elsewhere in the Lower Yakima Valley. The closure affects 463 employees,...
