New developments transform Richland, Kennewick and Pasco

The articles describe a surge in new projects across Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco. They highlight how energy, data, housing, and hospitality developments are advancing from planning to building stages.

Cities progress with major expansions and new builds. Kennewick's Three Rivers Convention Center expands with a $71.5 million project that upgrades space for large meetings. Richland considers a $500 million data center next to a planned fertilizer plant, both led by Atlas Agro. Energy Northwest selects contractors for small modular nuclear reactors near Richland, aiming to produce clean power for companies like Amazon. In Kennewick, developers finish live-work townhomes to add new housing and business space.

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Gina Zejdlik, Atlas Agro director of policy and government relations, and Dan Holmes, Atlas Agro North America executive director, stand in March 2023 at the 150 acres on the northern edge of Richland the Port of Benton commission voted to sell to the company earlier in the day. Atlas Agro plans to build the first-ever carbon-free fertilizer production plant at a cost of $1.1 billion on the land. By Bob Brawdy

NO. 1: ANOTHER DELAY FOR RICHLAND’S PRIZED $1.3B FERTILIZER PLANT PROJECT. WHY THE HOLDUP?

A key milestone for Atlas Agro, Richland’s prized economic development initiative, has been put off to 2027 amid questions about the viability of the $1.3 billion, carbon-free fertilizer plant. | Published October 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Wendy Culverwell

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Elm Street Townhouses features 22 live/work units at North Elm and East Bruneu in east Kennewick. PMI Inc. is the owner and developer.

NO. 2: WHAT’S BEING BUILT THERE? $8.2M LIVE-WORK TOWNHOMES + LUXURY GOLF RESORT AND MORE

Welcome to “What’s being built there?” This regular Tri-City Herald gives brief descriptions of the construction projects shaping Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, West Richland and beyond. | Published October 29, 2025 | Read Full Story by Wendy Culverwell

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Atlas Agro, the Swiss company known for its proposed $1.3 billion fertilizer plant proposal, has offered the city of Richland nearly $24 million for 275 acres in the Northwest Advanced Clean Energy Park. It plans to build a $500 million data center.

NO. 3: RICHLAND CONSIDERS SELLING LAND FOR $500M DATA CENTER NEAR HORN RAPIDS

The city of Richland is considering a pitch from Atlas Agro North America to build a $500 million data center on land next to its proposed $1.3 billion fertilizer plant. | Published October 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Wendy Culverwell

A drawing has been released of the planned Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, a small modular nuclear reactor planned about 10 miles northwest of Richland near Energy Northwest’s traditional nuclear power reactor. The Columbia River is in the distance.

NO. 4: WA 1ST SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS TEAM PICKED TO BUILD NEAR RICHLAND

Energy Northwest has picked a team to plan, design and build the first four of 12 X-energy small modular advanced nuclear reactors near its traditional nuclear power reactor, Columbia Generating Station, north of Richland in Eastern Washington. | Published October 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary

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While the final decision by Medicare to approve or deny coverage will come down to an employee, critics of the AI test pilot say that companies conducting the review process will be incentivized to deny coverage because they receive payments when they lower costs. By Sebastian Kahnert

NO. 5: TRI-CITIES HOSPITAL OPENS NEW ‘BRIDGE’ CLINIC TO HELP AT VULNERABLE TIME

Kadlec Regional Medical Center has started a new program to help make sure that once patients are discharged from the Richland hospital they get the care they need to recover without being readmitted. | Published October 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by Tri-City Herald staff

Construction crews work on Columbia Basin College’s $28 million “Polaris” building at the corner of Argent Road and 20th Avenue in Pasco. The three-story student housing facility will serve 162 residents when it opens in the fall 2026. By Bob Brawdy

NO. 6: WHAT’S BEING BUILT THERE? $71.5M CONVENTION CENTER + STUDENT HOUSING + TOWN HOMES

Welcome to “What’s being built there?” This periodic feature aims to answer questions from Tri-City Herald subscribers about the construction projects shaping our region. | Published November 24, 2025 | Read Full Story by Wendy Culverwell

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Crispy Cones has opened it’s first Washington shop in Pasco.

NO. 7: OPENINGS: TREATS FEATURED ON ‘SHARK TANK’ COME TO TRI-CITIES + 2ND SUMMER’S HUB

A new twist on ice cream treats is now open in Pasco. | Published November 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Tri-City Herald staff

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