What’s being built there? Indoor pickleball club & $11M Holiday Inn Express
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- Holiday Inn Express $11M, 96 rooms; retaining walls 415 ft and up to 17 ft
- The Flying Pickle 52,000 sq ft club: 19 courts, cantina, locker rooms, pro shop
- Urban Trails 152 acres: ~1,300 apartments, 445 townhomes and 200 houses, 5–10 yrs
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Kennewick
Holiday Inn Express
7715 W Quinault
A massive retaining wall was recently finished at West Quinault Avenue and North Columbia Center Boulevard in support of a future Holiday Inn Express hotel in Kennewick.
The lower wall is about 415 feet long and 6 feet high. The upper wall is even longer up to 17 feet in height, according to building permit information.
The $11 million, 96-room Holiday Inn is being constructed next to the Red Lion Hotel by Ignite Hotels and Tri-City Hotel Corp., led by Gurbir Sandhu.
Baldwin General Contracting is the contractor.
The Flying Pickle
10865 E. Detrick PR SE
The Flying Pickle, a national chain of pickleball clubs, is building its second Washington location off Interstate 82 at the Badger Road exit.
The 52,000-square-foot building will feature 19 pickleball courts, a cantina, locker rooms and a pro shop, according to environmental review documents.
It is expected to open after a year of construction, which began in January.
Detrick Development is the developer.
Go to theflyingpickle.com.
Clyde Design
13321 Wiser Loop
Clyde Design is erecting a pre-engineered metal building to serve as a shop and office in unincorporated Kennewick.
The site is off Interstate 82 at the Badger exit, next to Cottonwood Elementary.
Urban Trails Planned Residential Community
1737 S. Clodfelter Road
A wedge shaped site near Kennewick’s Desert Hills Middle School is being graded as part of the ambitious Urban Trail development by Mitchel Creer LLC/Ranchland Homes LLC.
Urban Trails will eventually bring about 1,300 apartments, 445 townhomes and 200 single-family houses to a 152-acre site flanking the middle school.
The excavation work visible from Interstate 82 and is associated with development to the north of the school. Building permits indicate an extension of Ridgeline Drive will separate Urban Trails from the school.
The main entrance for Urban Trails is on Bob Olson Parkway at Wheat Road.
Rotschy Inc. is the contractor for the grading work.
Urban Trails will develop in phases over a five- to 10-year timeframe, according to environmental review documents.
Graduation announcement!
Surf Thru Express Kennewick
624 S. Ely St.
Surf Thru Express Car Wash is officially exiting the “What’s being built there?” watch list.
The second Tri-Cities Surf Thru opened Feb. 26, capping more than a year of highly visible construction at Highway 395 and Seventh Ave. The $3 million project included building a massive retaining wall and an automated car wash with vacuum stations.
Free car washes are on offer until March 1. Claim a free car wash at surfthruexpress.com and bring nonperishable food donation to benefit 2nd Harvest Food Banks.
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