Washington State University Tri-Cities had an official groundbreaking on its new student union building in early May.The Washington State University Board of Regents unanimously approved the schematic design for the $5.7 million, 6,250-sq.-ft. building in March. The new building will be adjacent to the Consolidated Information Center at WSU Tri-Cities.Construction...
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has awarded Fowler General Construction Inc. of Richland and TVA Architects Inc. of Portland a $9.8 million contract to design, build and furnish its new 24,000-sq.-ft. Collaboration Center in north Richland.The new facility will be at the intersection of Horn Rapids Road and Innovation Boulevard on...
Lamb Weston is investing $30 million to expand its Boardman, Ore. facility to add additional processing capacity for making its formed potato products, like hash brown patties and potato puffs.The addition of the new line will add about 50 jobs to the company’s existing facility.The company is seeing an increase...
Steady growth in the Tri-Cities real estate market is allowing Windermere Group One to open a Kennewick office in the Southridge area.The new office at 3617 Plaza Way Ste. A in Kennewick is taking the space that was formerly occupied by Smasne Cellars.Dee Boyle, Windermere Group One’s marketing director, said...
It’s not every day one company comes into town and brings with it two other national chains. But that is what’s happening on a 15-acre parcel of property on the west side of Prosser.It’s been nearly a year since Love’s Travel Stops first looked to Prosser as a possible location...
Flying in and out of the Tri-Cities Airport is a bit more complicated than it was two years ago, but already passengers can see and experience the upgrades.[blockquote quote="The remodeling is on schedule, on budget and moving along very well." source="David Robison, Strategic Construction Management" align="right" max_width="300px"]There’s a bright, new...
Spring in the Tri-Cities is when commercial construction really starts rolling, and this year is no exception — especially at the Queensgate commercial area in Richland.In March, the City of Richland issued building permits building permits on three new commercial projects at the popular, fast-growing commercial center in south Richland.A...
As part of its, 2016-2030 Capital Improvement Plan, the City of Richland is embarking on an ambitious redevelopment plan that combine and replace City Hall and two other aging city buildings, the city’s George Washington Way fire station, and create new waterfront, retail and commercial development opportunities in the heart...
Thrivent Community Sageland worked with a dozen local churches to start construction on a new Habitat for Humanity home through the Thrivent Builds program.Through the partnership, called ‘Apostles Build,” hundreds of volunteers from the churches and Thrivent Community Sageland had a wall-raising celebration in March on the new home, which...
Construction is expected to begin in April on a new Sterling’s that will replace the George Washington Way restaurant. The new restaurant will be built at the east end of the current parking lot to take advantage of the view of the park and river.The trees that bordered the parking...
