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New buildings, new headquarters under construction at Musser auction complex
By Laura Kostad for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
An estimated $3 million development signals growth at the Musser Bros. auction complex near the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco. But vehicles destined for the auction block won’t be found here.
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One of the two new buildings at 3074 Rickenbacker Drive will be home to Musser Bros.’ youngest company, Estate Details, which peeled off from the main company at the beginning of this year to form its own LLC.
The business runs online auctions for furniture, houseware, tools, collectibles, sport- ing goods and odds and ends. It helps families downsize, liquidate estates after a death or move into a retirement home, or sell collections like coins, clocks or die-cast toys. uESTATE DETAILS, Page A19
Between Musser Bros., Trucks and Auto Auctions, and Estate Details, the Musser operation can manage the sale of all estate assets: land, home, vehicles and house contents.
“When we present that to a lot of our clients, it’s a real relief to them,” said Scott Musser, president and chief executive officer for Musser Bros. Inc. & Trucks & Auto Auctions LLC.
Estate Details is a family affair.
Benton City ‘blank slate’ could one day be home to upscale mixed-use development
By Sara Schilling sara@tcjournal.biz
A roughly 235-acre “blank slate” of largely untouched land south of Interstate 82 in Benton City could one day be home to a mix of wineries, hotels, shops, homes and more.
The city recently took a significant step toward making that happen by adopting a subarea plan that lays out a long-range vision and development strategy for the property.
“We want something nice – a high-end, upscale development that’s going to be a place where people want to come,” said Mayor Linda Lehman. “It’s a good place to promote Red Mountain and support the wine industry that we’ve got out here. If we have light industrial and retail and hotels (in the subarea), that’s jobs for us, and then there’s housing that we desperately need.”
The city council finalized adoption of the subarea plan in unanimous vote earlier this month.
During the meeting, some nearby residents expressed concern about the impact of future development, saying the additional businesses and people would put pressure on city services.
Lehman later told the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business that any future development would go through the required review process to ensure it could be accommodated.
