Mayor Taveras has appointed 30+ people to committees that will work to streamline the zoning and permitting policies in the Downtown area, including the Jewelry District and the 195 Land. I am honored to be among the...
Category - Development
Building proposed at 50 Cedar Street
We look at a proposal for a 6-story office building at 50 Cedar Street on Federal Hill.
Brewed Awakening zoning submissions
Updated zoning documents for the Brewed Awakenings drive-thru coffee shop proposed for Hope Street.
City plan for streamlining development Downtown and in the “Knowledge District”
The Mayor's office today issues a press release outlining their plans for streamlining the redevelopment of the Route 195 land, Downtown, the Hospital District, and the Jewelry District.
Hope Street drive-thru ZBR hearing, March 16
The proposal to build a drive-thru coffee shop at the site of Clarke's Flower Shop on Hope Street is on the Zoning Board of Review agenda for March 16th.
City Plan Commission Meeting, Feb. 15
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011, – 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 OPENING SESSION Call to Order Roll Call...
What Cheer/What Jeer 2010
[alert type=”info”]What Cheer/What Jeer was originally supposed to be a monthly, or a quarterly thing, but you know what, it is a lot of work putting a list like this together, so it has become an annual...
PCIS to redevelop Eastern Butcher Block building
Image from Google StreetView Providence Business News reports that the Partnership for Creative Industrial Space is in the process of renovating the Eastern Butcher Block building in Eagle Square. Rachel Rafaelian...
What’s going on with the Dynamo House?
More than any other, that is the question I get most asked about. Anything happening with the Dynamo House? I tell people I know it is firmly planted on the Planning Department’s agenda, the Mayor seems to be...
East Providence, Village on the Waterfront
Rendering from Village on the Waterfront LLC ProJo reports that the East Providence Mayor and City Council are WICKED excited about the prospect of a $167 million condo, marina, commercial development on that...
Where the Ocean State Aquarium Should Be
Ted Nesi over at WPRI just posted some analysis on Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Moffitt’s proposed aquarium. An aquarium in Rhode Island rivaling the Georgia Aquarium, in Atlanta, in size has been a...
A closer look at the proposed Drive-Thru on Hope Street
Kath Connoly got the planning documents for the proposed drive-thru coffee shop on Hope Street and posted them to the Preserve Providence’s Hope Street Facebook Group. Ugh. Blergh. Sigh. Yay! The drive-thru can...
Progress Photos: Brown University Alpert Medical School
The Brown University Alpert Medical School is coming along nicely.
The New New Parkade
The Parkade. Photo by Jef Nickerson I hate it when bloggers say this, and I do it all the time, but seriously, I really did hear about this the other day. Whatever though, PBN is first to the interwebs with it. But PBN...
T.F. Green Intermodal Facility, May Update
This update was released earlier in the month, we are just getting around to posting it now though, oops! An aerial view of the Intermodal project. The Intermodal Facility is 78% complete and on schedule for opening in...
Cranston City Council Resolution passed in regards to the proposed CVS in Edgewood
Cranston City Council Resolution passed in regards to the proposed CVS in Edgewood: THE CITY OF CRANSTON RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HISTORIC WATERFRONT...
Providence Piers Proposal
A couple weeks ago we linked to an article in the ProJo about a proposal to build a medical facility at Pat Conley’s Providence Piers. Today, PBN has a more fleshed out account of that plan. Rhode Island Medical...
CVS in Edgewood, Update
CVS has responded to concerns about their proposed store in the Edgewood section of Cranston offering a “colonial” design alternative, which does not address many of the issues concerning the community, or...