KENT, Wash. – On the heels of celebrating 60 years of racing, Pacific Raceways broke ground Wednesday on extensive expansion plans, which begins with the $25 million buildout of the Pacific Innovation Center and Pacific Motorsports Park.
The Pacific Innovation Center is one of four projects of statewide significance designated by the Department of Commerce.Â
“We are going to continue to be a race track, and now this transition redefines the infrastructure to include a test bed for transportation industry innovation and that solidifies the sustainability of racing in our region,” said Pacific Raceways President Jason Fiorito.
Fiorito also acknowledged the previous generations of the Fiorito family for their unwavering commitment to the sport, the track and the racing community and expressed gratitude to the elected officials, many in attendance, for their support of the project and the years of work to get to this point.
Construction on the five initial buildings will total 200,000 square feet and will be used as garage/shop, business, innovation center and retail space. Racers, retail, enthusiasts and technology development companies can utilize prototype manufacturing, storage and workspace for their core purposes while being located steps away from the track. Miles Resources began the groundwork in 2019. Already 75 percent of the space in the first two buildings (60,000 square feet) has already been pre-leased by Milt Reimers of CBRE.Â
Poe Construction has been tapped to build both the Pacific Innovation Center and the Motorsports Park. Pacific Raceways has been owned and operated by the Fiorito family since 1959, and the track expansion project has been in the ideation phase for nearly 20 years.