Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship Plans for Dedicated New Home on Thayer Street
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University, which launched in 2016 with a mission to make entrepreneurship an essential part of the...
Up They Go Hotels and Residency Rates are Steadily Climbing in Providence
Like competitors at a Monopoly board, developers are planning new hotels in Providence at a breakneck pace that could increase the number of rooms for rent in the city by...
1292 Westminster Project Design OK’d by Providence Historic District Commission
PROVIDENCE — In a 5-2 vote, the city’s Historic District Commission gave final design approval Thursday night to a new five-story, mixed-use building at 1292 Westminster St. View full...
Capital Commons Owner Developing Boutique Hotel
Visitors to the Capital City will soon have a chance to stay the night in the heart of downtown. Michael Simchik, owner of the Capital Commons building on South Main...
New Construction August 2017
Rumford Center, Building No. 11 20 Newman Ave., East Providence New England Construction and Peregrine Group LLC are teaming to create 80 residential apartments in East Providence at Rumford Center,...
Out With the New, in With …
A new apartment building planned for Westminster Street outside of downtown, well beyond Route 95, is going through the design process. The Journal’s story, “5-story building gets go-ahead in Providence”...
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...
