What’s being built there? Goodbye food truck plaza + Queensgate townhomes

Hello and welcome to What’s being built there?

This regular Tri-City Herald feature gives brief descriptions of the construction projects shaping the Tri-Cities.

Want to know more about a project or need an update? Drop a line at news@tricityherald.com.

Kennewick

Edison Food Truck Plaza building

5222 W. Okanogan Place

TTB Investments, the Tim Bush-led real estate developer, is replacing its food truck plaza near Kamiakin High School with a retail building with space for multiple tenants and a drive-thru. No tenants have been identified.

TTB established a small food truck plaza at West Okanogan Place and Edison Street, but several food trucks have moved in, then out, since it opened.

The city of Kennewick authorized construction of a 2,732-square-foot shell building valued at about $350,000.

Hummel Construction & Development LLC is the contractor. LPR Architecture is the designer.

The city is reviewing a proposal for a flex space building on a TTB-owned parcel in the same cul de sac. The plans for that project include a 6,250-square-foot building

East Kennewick Circle K

22 S. Gum St. Circle K Stores Inc. is adding a new high speed diesel station with two pumps at its existing station at First and Gum in East Kennewick.

The project includes diesel pumps, a trash enclosure and underground storage tanks.

Cornerstone Construction and Development Inc. is the contractor.

Orchard removed for housing

4501 S. Olympia

A former orchard on 38 acres at South Olympia and 45th has been removed and the property is being rezoned to allow residential development.

The city is considering a proposal to subdivide the former orchard of 244 lots, including 182 for duplexes and 62 for single family homes. Big Sky North LLC, a Pasco developer active in the Broadmoor area, purchased the property from John Pringle, Trustee, in January for $7.2 million. The developer is Peter Harpster of Harpster Land Development.

Richland

Terraces at Queensgate

Queensgate and Keene

The last undeveloped stretch of Queensgate Drive is developing fast in south Richland.

Terraces at Queensgate is a mixed-use development on about 48 acres on the south side of Keene Road. Last year saw the debut of a new and final stretch of Queensgate, enabling a seamless drive from Kennewick to the Queensgate shopping district.

The Terraces at Queensgate includes up to 19 single family homes along its shared boundary with the Country Ridge neighborhood along with about 100 townhomes.

The project is being developed by Columbia Valley Property Holdings LLC and Cedar and Sage Homes.

Wendy Culverwell

Tri-City Herald

Reporter Wendy Culverwell writes about growth, development and business for the Tri-City Herald. She has worked for daily and weekly publications in Washington and Oregon. She earned a degree in English and economics from the University of Puget Sound. Support my work with a digital subscription