What’s being built there? $2M retail plazas in 2 cities + New gymnastics center
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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?”
This regular Tri-City Herald feature gives brief descriptions of projects shaping the future of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, West Richland and surrounding communities.
Drop a line about projects you’ve spotted or want to see updated at news@tricityherald.com.
Kennewick
Southridge Plaza
2403 S. Quillan Place
An eight-space retail plaza is taking shape on the west side of Highway 395 opposite Home Depot in south Kennewick
Goodman and Mehlenbacher Enterprises (GAME) is constructing the 12,000-square-foot building on behalf of Jennifer and Sean Simper, who own a neighboring business, Southrdge Dental.
Draftco Designs LLC is the designer. WHL Architecture is the architect.
The project has a construction value of $2.1 million, according to permits issued in August 2024.
The construction site is part of the same neighborhood as The Falls, a new apartment and commercial project at 4112 W. 24th Ave., and Quillan Place Senior Villas, a five-building, 30-bed care facility.
Seeing double at Zintel Dam
3720 and 3730 S. Zintel Way
Two distinct buildings are being built next to one another near Z Place Salon & Spa in south Kennewick.
Alisheva Law and the future home of Idaho Central Credit Union are building offices near the Canyon Lakes area.
Idaho Central is building a 4,900-square-foot branch on a 1.5-acre site it bought on year ago. It will be the first of three branches planned in the Tri-Cities.
Alisheva is building a $1.7 million, 12,000-square-foot office building to serve as a future law office.
Chick-fil-A (update)
7009 W. Canal Drive
The Tri-Cities first-ever Chick-fil-A restaurant is one of the higher-profile construction projects in the area around Columbia Center mall.
In this weekly update, workers have placed underground utilities, with pipework extending above ground.
The $1.1 million, 5,000-square-foot restaurant began in November and will have indoor and outdoor seating, as well as a two-lane drive-thru.
Engineered Structures Inc. is building the restaurant for Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A.
Pasco
Mid-Columbia Gymnastics Academy
5102 Convention Drive
L&K Softich LLC of Richland is building a new gym for Mid-Columbia Gymnastics Academy on property north of Fairchild Cinema in west Pasco.
Hummel Construction & Development LLC is the contractor.
The project includes a 17,500-square-foot prefabricated metal building. The project has a construction value of $1.5 million, according to building records. The city approved building permits in November 2024.
Richland
Badger Heights Plaza
5069 Ava Way
The first of three phases of a commercial development in the Badger Mountain South area is under construction near Country Mercantile..
The two-story building has a construction value of about $2 million and is being built by Hummel Construction & Development LLC for Revive Land LLC. The project will offer three to six suites, with a drive-thru on the end.
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