Flower shop vacant for +2 years is getting a new medical mission in Tri-Cities
A former flower shop at one of the busiest intersections in Kennewick is being remodeled into the latest outpost for Health First Urgent Care Centers.
The former Shelby’s Floral building, 5211 W. Clearwater Ave., was purchased by the owners of Health First last year and is being remodeled. The shop is in a corner of Marineland Village at West Clearwater and North Edison Street.
It has been empty since mid-2024, when Shelby’s moved to newly built quarters a few blocks west on Clearwater.
Health First is led by Tri-Cities doctors Janmeet Sahota and Prabhjot Kahlon. Kahlon is an emergency medicine physician. Sahota is as orthopedic surgeon.
The couple opened the first clinic at Columbia Point in Richland in 2022 and later expanded to Pasco, where they converted the former Cousins’ Restaurant on Road 68 into an urgent care center.
Health First initially intended to build a clinic in Kennewick at South Ely Street and Highway 395, near McDonald’s.
That project was canceled in late 2024, according to Kennewick building records.
Instead, the couple bought the 7,500-square-foot former Shelby’s building for $1.5 million through a limited liability company, property records show.
Converting it into a clinic will cost about $900,000 and includes new utilities, plumbing and HVAC systems, according to a building permit issued in February. Health First offers urgent care, including diagnostic X-rays.
G2 Construction is the contractor.