What’s being built there? Hundreds of new Tri-Cities apartments, Panda Express

Wendy Culverwell
·3 min read

Welcome to another edition of “What’s being built there?” — an ongoing feature where we explain construction projects taking shape around Tri-Cities.

We add a new feature this week to help readers find the projects we’ve covered. Click “Expand all” in the “What’s being built there? A reader’s guide” box above.

We’ll continue to identify a few new projects in each city and give construction updates on the projects we’re tracking too.

As always, if a project sparks your interest, shoot an email to news@tricityherald.com.

Thank you for all the great suggestions.

Pasco

Big Sky Developers is building two apartment complexes with more than 400 units along Burns Road.
Big Sky Developers is building two apartment complexes with more than 400 units along Burns Road.

Hydro and Affinity at Broadmoor

10602 Burns Road/6105 Road 108

Two prominent apartment projects with more than 400 units are taking shape along Burns Road between Roads 104 and 108. Both are visible from a wide area of west Pasco, including Interstate 182 and Columbia Point Marina in Richland.

Hydro at Broadmoor is a 240-unit, $42 million garden-style apartment featuring five buildings with 24 units each and four with 30 each, according to Pasco building permits.

Hydro will have garages and a maintenance building and amenities such as a common barbecue area, dog park, garden, volleyball and sport courts. It will be a market-rate apartment complex serving the general public.

Affinity at Broadmoor is a 170-unit, $28 million complex catering to seniors. It echoes its sister property, Affinity at Southridge, as well as a separate Affinity project planned at Richland’s Badger South area. (See Richland listing below).

Construction workers prepare to lift a steel support beam into place for a new Panda Express restaurant in Pasco.
Construction workers prepare to lift a steel support beam into place for a new Panda Express restaurant in Pasco.

Panda Express

1525 W. Court St.

CFT NV Developments of Las Vegas is constructing a 2,600-square-foot building for a new Panda Express. City permits value the project at $750,000.

It will have a drive-thru.

Kennewick

Ford Group LLC/Brashear Electric

420 S. Steptoe St.

Ford Group LLC, parent to Brashear Electric Inc., is building a pre-engineered 25,100-square-foot metal building with office near the intersection of Steptoe and West Clearwater Avenue.

Hummel Construction and Development is the contractor for the project, valued at $2.5 million.

Concrete slabs have been poured at 4621 Southridge Blvd for the new Southridge Mini-Storage facility being constructed in Kennewick. It will have 10 buildings and 328 units.
Concrete slabs have been poured at 4621 Southridge Blvd for the new Southridge Mini-Storage facility being constructed in Kennewick. It will have 10 buildings and 328 units.

Southridge Mini Storage

4621 Southridge Blvd.

Builder Teton West of WA LLC has begun pouring concrete foundations for the new South Kennewick Mini Storage, which is visible on the northeast side of the Interstate 82/Highway 395 interchange.

It will have 10 buildings with 328 units.

Richland

New Richland fire station

4307 Trowbridge Blvd.

The $5.2 million fire station will serve the growing community of Badger South. The 10,800-square-foot fire house is being built for the city by DGRGrant Construction Inc.

Affinity at Badger Mountain

2201 Storehouse Ave.

Affinity, an apartment developer focused on seniors, is constructing a 170 unit complex with a swimming pool at Badger South.

The site work for the $30 million development is visible from Dallas Road near the I-82 interchange.

The 182,000-square-foot project will be wood-framed and will be four floors tall. A one-story clubhouse is part of the project.

Inland Construction LLC of Spokane is the builder.

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