Correction: Dan Thesman is with Elkhorn Media Group. He reports on Columbia Basin news. The Observer regrets the error.
Dan Thesman of Elkhorn Media Group reported Friday that the contractor had pulled out of Fortify Holdings’ Walla Walla hotel to apartment conversion projects a year ago because they hadn’t been paid. For details read Thesman’s story at elkhornmediagroup.com.
The Observer has written about Fortify several times in the past two years, most recently about one of Fortify’s Pasco projects, The Alegre, that began renting in June. That project features eye-catching murals on the outside walls.
Fortify has four other projects in the Tri-Cities including The Franklin at 1515 George Washington Way in Richland which has about 200 units and began renting earlier this year. The company is nearing completion on a project on Jadwin Ave. in downtown Richland as well as another project near Columbia Mall in Kennewick. Fortify also owns a hotel on Lewis Street in Pasco.