What’s being built there? Bakery/cafe + Gas station + Townhome neighborhood
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What’s being built there? A reader’s guide
What’s being built there? is an occasional Tri-City Herald feature that offers quick explanations of the building projects taking shape in the community. Suggest projects via email: news@tricityherald.com.
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Welcome to “What’s being built there?” — an occasional feature where the Tri-City Herald answers questions from readers about the construction you see around town.
Send your “What’s that? questions to news@tricityherald.com.
Pasco
Sandeep Fueling Station/Convenience Store
3210 Road 44 at Argent
LCR Construction LLC has begun site work for a fueling station and convenience store on the northwest corner of Road 44 and Argent Street, west of Columbia Basin College and the Tri-Cities Airport.
A checklist submitted under the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) indicates the project will have a 3,750-square-foot store with four gasoline pumps served by a 30,000-gallon underground tank and a drive-thru coffee window.
The city of Pasco issued a modified determination of environmental nonsignificance in July and approved grading permits in October.
Future additions could add buildings in the future with “currently undetermined” uses.
The fueling station will be allowed a single right-in/right-out driveway on West Argent and will be designed to accommodate future road improvements.
Thanks to reader Mike Berriochoa for the suggestion.
New subdivision
West Argent and 66th Place
SG Land Management is developing a 63-townhome neighborhood east of the intersection of Road 68 and West Argent St. Pro Made Homes is the builder.
Public documents also indicate the city issued a permit to demolish a home on property bordering the site to the west for future development.
Townhomes in the subdivision are listed on realtor.com for about $340,000.
Thanks to reader Dana Izaguirre for the suggestion.
Richland
Ethos Bakery & Cafe
2290 Keene Road
Hummel Construction & Development is building a new home base for Ethos, just 600 feet west of its former quarters.
The new building is near the Kozy Cup Coffee and Taco Time, at the intersection of Keene Road and Queensgate Drive.
Owners Angela Kora and Scot Newell closed the neighboring Ethos and are operating from its location at 702 The Parkway, in Richland, while it awaits its new home.
The building is valued at $800,000 and will house the bakery’s operations, including baking, milling, and coffee. It will indoor and outdoor seating and a drive-thru.
Washington Securities & Investment Corp. owns the property and is developing the building for Ethos.
Thanks to reader Matt Shirley for the suggestion
Kennewick
B5 Community Learning Center
715 S. Jean Place
A new home for B5 Community Learning Center is being built by Elite Construction & Development near the Boys & Girls Clubs in central Kennewick.
B5 raised almost $2 million and secured $750,000 from Washington state for the community center.
The new facility will support B5’s mission to work with resettled refugee families in the Tri-Cities.
It offers English classes, citizenship classes, after-school enrichment programs for non-English speaking students enrolled in Kennewick schools and tutoring. It also helps families navigate the school system and American life.
Go to thriveatb5.org/our-story/
Thanks to reader Charles Henager Jr. for the suggestion.
Calvary Chapel expansion
10611 W. Clearwater Ave.
Calvary Chapel of Tri-Cities is constructing a 45,616-square-foot addition to accommodate a fellowship hall, sanctuary and classroom addition to its existing school building.
Hummel Construction and Development LLC is the contractor. The project has a construction value of $6 million, according to Kennewick building permits.
The building permit was issued one year ago and work is 73% complete, according to city records.
Thanks to reader Cassandra Cruzen for the suggestion.
This story was originally published November 14, 2023 at 11:29 AM.
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