Development is not predictable, to the point of being difficult. Companies that have built projects in the city, or who want to, describe a market beset by financial obstacles, administrative hurdles and, as a result, a...
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WPRI: Sources: New PawSox owners want to move to Providence
The new owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox want to move the team to a privately-financed stadium in Providence, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
PBN: Elizabeth Mill in Warwick to be razed, redeveloped
The plan would create a four-story, 300,000-square-foot building with modern efficiencies, suitable for retail, office and residential space, according to Mayor Scott Avedisian. The mill’s cast iron stairs, doors and...
The Commons at Providence Station – aka Capitol Cove Building B
Today the Capital Center Commission approved plans for a new building in Capital Center, the second phase of Capitol Cove, now dubbed, The Commons at Providence Station.
Capital Center Commission Meeting – December 10, 2014
Second phase of Capitol Cove and alterations to the GTECH Building on the December 10 Capital Center Commission Meeting.
Zoning for 210 West Exchange
Did you look at the new zoning map and see a little piece of downtown zoning floating by itself on the back side of Federal Hill? I'm told this piece of downtown zoning in the midst of an otherwise mixed-use...
UPDATED: ProJo: 195 Commission agrees to deal on $50-million, 500-bed student housing development
The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission voted behind closed doors Monday to sign a purchase and sale agreement with a Texas development firm that specializes in privatized student housing to build a $50-million, six...
ProJo: Symposium offers wish list of ideas to spur development of Route 195 land
Jan A. Brodie expects there’ll be a groundbreaking in 2015 on the vacant former highway land in the heart of the capital city, but she unveiled a holiday wish list Friday afternoon for what she thinks would push forward...
Sim City writ large on the Providence Waterfront
As we prepare to usher in a new adminstration in City Hall, we should commit ourselves to spending the next four-years on a cohesive plan to expand jobs and industries along our waterfront, and integrate that...
Better than nothing is not good enough
I've been hearing the same refrain lately when it comes to less than stellar development proposals in Providence, 'it may not be great, but it is better than what is there now.'
City Plan Commission Meeting – July 29, 2014
The City Plan Commission meets on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 4:45pm at 444 Westminster Street.
WJAR: New apartments coming soon behind Garden City
This won't be car-free urbanist living to be sure, the article describes the development as featuring underground parking with elevator access, but it will give people the option of dipping their toes into the...
GoLocal Providence: 195 Bidder Carpionato Failed to Redevelop Providence Fruit Market
The Carpionato Group, who recently submitted a proposal to the 195 Commission to develop the former highway land, has to date not developed a previous acquisition of prime Providence real estate -- the former historic...
ProJo: Secretive policies of Route 195 Redevelopment District Commission seen as ‘excessive’
The Route 195 Redevelopment District Commission’s policy not to identify developers who propose buying public land is more secretive than policies of other state agencies.
PBN: ‘Rapid bus’ lines part of new development districts
Providence is encouraging transit-oriented development in two neighborhoods most residents may not associate with transportation or potential growth.
City Plan Commission Meeting – February 25, 2014
City Plan Commission reviews Re: Zoning Providence, Manton development, and a West End lot rezoning at their February 25th meeting.
The suburbanization of Olneyville
A proposal for automobile-centric buildings in Olneyville Square sets back the efforts to rehabilitate it into a place that caters to the area's large population of car-free residents.
PBN: Legal tangle hinders power station redevelopment
Tangled ownership issues and liens make redevelopment of the South Street Power Station complicated. The City considers eminent domain as the developer continues to plan for a 2014 groundbreaking.