Permit in hand, Chick-fil-A breaks ground on 1st Tri-Cities restaurant
Chick-fil-A has started construction on its much-anticipated first Tri-Cities location.
The city of Kennewick issued a building permit for the project on Nov. 7 and within a week the site, 7009 W. Canal Drive, was fenced off. Workers could be seen breaking up the existing parking.
Atlanta, Georgia-Chick-fil-A is building a 5,000-square-foot restaurant with a kitchen, with inside seating for 70, patio seating for 24, a two-lane drive-thru and 96 parking spots.
The restaurant is being built west of the Wendy’s restaurant, near Hobby Lobby and Wok King Buffet.
Chick-fil-A confirmed in February plans to expand into the Tri-Cities when it filed documents with Washington state.
The project has a construction value of $1.1 million according to building permits.
Engineered Structures Inc. is the building contractor. Big D’s Construction of Tri-Cities is the excavation/underground contractor.
About this story
The Tri-City Herald writes about developments with Chick-fil-A because of the high interest to readers.
It is one of the businesses Tri-Citians most want to see open in the Mid-Columbia, coming in third to Trader Joe’s and a second Costco Wholesale store in a 2023 reader survey.
Readers devour stories about its plans to expand to the Tri-Cities.
Just last week, more than 14,000 readers viewed our story when Kennewick issued Chick-fil-A’s building permit.
It was close behind the 18,000 views on our scoop that Costco has officially reached a deal with the state Department of Natural Resources for some former orchard land in Richland and is starting work on it’s second store in Tri-Cities.
This story was originally published November 15, 2024 at 10:19 AM.