Desert Buick GMC has been renamed to include Speck brandThe owners of C. Speck Motors Inc.have bought another established car dealership in the region, bringing theirtotal number of dealerships to five. The sale of Desert Buick GMC at 2910W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick resulted in an immediate rebranding to SpeckBuick...
Three local investors team up for $2M indoor family fun centerA trio ofentrepreneurs is investing $2 million in a large indoor family fun center planned near Columbia Centermall in Kennewick. Developers hope to make an announcement soon about thelocation for Washington state’s first Launch Trampoline Park and hope to openit...
Ford Group to invest $3.6M on commercial building for up to 7 tenantsA small project grew to 10 times its original size whenthe Ford Group decided to put a 34,000-square-foot building on nearly two acresof open land in Richland. “We just wanted a place to store our boat,” said GregFord,...
No longer tasked with operating a large hospital, leaders of the Kennewick Public Hospital District are focusing their sights on how best to serve the community going forward.“We will try to make the most impact we can with the money we have,” said Marvin Kinney, commissioner and board president for...
Level Up to combine bar with arcade above Porter’s Real BarbecueIn a true blast from the past, original video game machines from the ’80s and ’90s will soon be available at an arcade-bar in Kennewick.“It hits over a lot of generations for playing these things. It’s a wide spectrum of...
A three-story playground will be one of the highlights at the new iPlay Experience, an indoor play center under construction in Kennewick intended for year-round use, but especially during cold winter months or sweltering summer days.Standing 19 feet high and filling a large part of a 10,000-square-foot space, the indoor...
A massive coffee bean roaster will need to be disassembled and moved to a new building in north Richland when Treasure Valley Coffee of the Columbia Basin opens its new headquarters, along with a retail store, in the Horn Rapids Business Park this summer.The $1.9 million investment includes land bought...
A Midwest paper processing giant is preparing to build a large manufacturing plant in the Horn Rapids area of Richland, bringing with it about 150 family-wage jobs.Packaging Corporation of America, based in Illinois, is set to close on 42 acres in the Horn Rapids Industrial Park.The sale of the city-owned...
A massive remodel totaling $19.8 million in improvements is underway at the Heatherstone Apartments in Kennewick, where work will continue through late spring 2020.All 38 residential buildings will receive interior and exterior renovations, including new roofs, siding, parking lots, garage space and landscaping. For the individual units, tenants will benefit...
Construction is underway on the Tri-Cities’ second Bath & Body Works store, planned for the Queensgate area of Richland.The company’s corporate office said the store is scheduled to open in early 2019 at 2471 Queensgate Drive, Suite A7.The developer of the Vintner Square property, Bowman Development Co., narrowed the store’s...
