The new 11,200-sq.-ft. Center Vision Clinic at 8127 Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick will be complete in early June.Siefken & Sons Construction of Richland was the general contractor on the project, which was overseen by project manager Jeff Siefken.The new clinic was designed by Terence L. Thornhill Architect of Pasco.It has...
The new 4th Avenue Bistro cafeteria at Lourdes Medical Center opens this month at 520 N. Fourth Ave. in Pasco.The newly renovated cafeteria offers a warm, contemporary atmosphere.It will offer a wide variety of tempting, tasty and nutritious meals, and feature a salad bar, soups, pizza, grab & go sandwiches,...
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...
Construction was complete in April on Fieldstone Grandridge—Independent and Assisted Living at 7255 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick.The three-story, 77,000-sq.-ft. building has 90 apartments and features a full-service spa and salon, theater, yoga and fitness studio, billiards, library and computer lab, art studio, Wii bowling lanes, outdoor patio, putting green,...
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...
For a couple of hours each day, Christine Nichols stands outside of Lowe’s, telling anyone who will listen her story and asking them to sign the petition she is holding.Nichols, of Richland, is with GROW, or Grandparents’ Rights of Washington State, a group that trying to gather 250,000 signatures to...
If your kitchen and bathroom cabinets are looking shabby, don’t tear them out — give them a face-lift.As long as the cabinet box and any drawers are in good shape and kitchen layout allows for good workflow, those cabinets are good candidates for a coat of paint, some new doors,...
Some look at old wine barrels and simply see planters. Benton City woodworker Shawn Harmon sees plethora possibilities in the wine-stained slabs, including fire pits, coolers, tables and chairs, dog beds, smokers and benches.“If I can think of something I usually find a way to make it work,” he said.For...
