Mixed Use Meets Resistance in City’s West End
Historical districts are among the trickiest areas to build in the capital city, due to layers of requirements designed to protect the unique physical character of the neighborhoods. Michael H....
Former ‘Endangered Structure’ in Wayland Square Undergoing Redevelopment
PROVIDENCE – A prominent building in Wayland Square is undergoing a final phase of redevelopment. The 1940s-era office building, at 229 Waterman St., is being converted to five levels of...
5 new Providence Hotels could open in 2018 + map
In a city of just over 20 square miles, there will be 19 hotels come 2019, contractors say. Five new downtown hotel projects hope to add 633 hotel rooms to...
Giant dirt pile will stabilize site slated for Providence hotel
Before developers can build an 8-story Homewood Suites hotel, the heavy load of dirt will compress the triangular lot near Kennedy Plaza, which sits atop a geological meatloaf of construction...
Four hotels are planned for Providence
If you think downtown has too many hotels, brace yourself, because next year you’re likely to see three or four more going up. One area where the city is lacking...
40 Under Forty
Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 12th 40 Under Forty program, to be honored Thursday, July 21, at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. The women and men to...
15 Best Architects in Providence
From the College Hill neighborhood to a newly re-energized downtown, the architecture of Providence showcases exemplary residential, industrial, commercial, and educational buildings. One of the oldest cities in the United...
Tocci Building breaks ground on $21m Hilton Homewood Suites
Tocci Building Companies participated in the official groundbreaking of the new Hilton Homewood Suites Hotel at 1 Washington Sq., on February 29. Tocci will provide construction management services on behalf...
Micro-Lofts, Retail Space Proposed for Dorrance Street Building
PROVIDENCE – A largely vacant, five-story office building in downtown Providence could be converted beginning this summer to 44 micro-loft apartments with ground-level retail, under a proposal advanced by property...
Panel backs plan for 8-story hotel in Providence
PROVIDENCE — After decades of rejected or abandoned plans, a hotel may finally be built on the grassy triangular lot at Memorial Boulevard and Steeple Street, the site of many...
Extended-stay hotel approved for long-vacant downtown parcel
PROVIDENCE – First Bristol Corp. of Fall River has received final approval for construction of an eight-story, all-suites hotel on the triangular lot in the Capital Center District. The property,...
