A $7.7 million visitor center that celebrates the groundbreaking science of Hanford LIGO – for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory – has wrapped up at the Hanford site north of Richland.The LIGO Hanford Exploration Center, or LExC, at 127124 N. Route 10 will host visitors and up to 10,000 students per...
Richland Fire and Emergency Services completed its 10,350-square-foot Fire Station 73 in late October.The new station on Jadwin Avenue is a twin to Fire Station 75, which opened in September on Battelle Boulevard in north Richland.The station at 2120 Jadwin Ave. includes living quarters for up to four firefighters, administrative...
ST Properties of Kalama, Washington, completed construction of a 16,500-square-foot, single-story metal building to house Convoy Supply Ltd. at 1865 N. Commercial Ave. in Pasco.The project, which is east of the Tri-Cities Airport, wrapped up in October.CRF Metal Works was the general contractor.
Amazon Inc. confirmed Sept. 16 that it will open two distribution centers, each more than 1 million square feet, on South Road 40 East, north of Sacajawea State Park in Pasco.The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business first reported the news of the massive projects in its August edition. At the...
Chaplaincy Health Care is delaying construction of a 10-bed hospice house at the Richland Wye after construction estimates rose 30% past the $5 million price tag.The nonprofit intended to begin construction on a replacement for Chaplaincy Hospice House this fall at 1336 Spaulding Ave., near its Fowler Street administrative office.Instead,...
With the Tri-City housing market about as hot as it has ever been, why would an investor want to consider investing in the stock market?Let’s compare and contrast some of the common characteristics of investing, whether in real estate or the stock market, and see if the proposition of investing...
A long-empty restaurant at the heart of Richland will reopen as Flight Tap and Table in January.The husband-and-wife team of Amanda Thavone and Joey Casados leased the building that briefly housed Dupus Boomer’s Downtown at 530 Swift Blvd., at George Washington Way.Thavone is a nurse at Kadlec Regional Medical Center,...
After standing vacant for three years, the former P.F. Chang’s China Bistro building in Kennewick will reopen with a new name, menu and owners.Hooked Seafood Boil and Bar, a new-to-the-area concept from Bing Wang and Vicky Lin, is set to open in early November in the former restaurant near Columbia...
Pasco is sweeping away some rules downtown business owners say keep them from investing and thriving in a five-block area.A coalition of downtown business owners, frustrated by prohibitions that keep restaurants from putting sandwich boards on sidewalks, selling used bikes and computers, or opening fitness centers, successfully lobbied the city...
Ulta Beauty leases old Pier 1 building in KennewickUlta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. has leased the former Pier 1 building at 1232 N. Columbia Center Blvd., near Columbia Center mall in Kennewick.Argo Kennewick LLC, which owns the property, signed a lease with Ulta on July 26. Longtime tenant Pier...
