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Johnson & Wales University has purchased a building in Providence’s former Jewelry District to become the future home of a new physician’s assistant program.
The two story brick building at 157 Clifford St. was sold last week for $2.8 million, said Mike Giuttari, president of MG Commercial Real Estate, which brokered the transaction.
With this purchase, Johnson & Wales’ campus has jumped across the vacant 195 parcel they plan to acquire.
Johnson & Wales University has purchased the former Club Karma at 101 Richmond St. for $1.6 million.
As reported in PBN and editorialized about in the ProJo, Johnson & Wales University has begun site work on their new academic building. This will be the first thing built on former Route 195 land.
Johnson & Wales University Monday unveiled plans for a new $40 million academic building on former Interstate 195 land in Providence’s Jewelry District.
Jef Nickerson
Greater City Providence
This quote from Providence Business News about JWU buying a building in the “former Jewelry District” may come as something of a surprise to residents and businesses of the district which considers itself very much live and kicking as the historic Jewelry District. They feel there’s nothing “former” about it.
Perhaps the PBN meant to say, “former Knowledge District”.
I call it the “So-Called Knowledge District.” Well, really, I call it the Jewelry District.