Editorial: Downtown is a Hive of Activity
With multiple construction projects underway in Providence, it is hard not to feel that the capital city has finally regained the momentum of its renaissance two decades ago. It is...
Project Update: The Hotel Concord
Simchik Planning & Development is providing project management services for The Hotel Concord, a 38-room boutique hotel offering a new level of classic elegance and comfortable sophistication to visitors of the...
Historic Providence Buildings Could get a Microloft-Hotel Makeover
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new microloft-style hotel is being planned in downtown Providence, at the site of two historical buildings on Westminster Street that were purchased Friday for $4.3 million. CEO...
Providence Design Panel Delays Waivers for Fox Point Project
PROVIDENCE — Although members said they were happy with the overall design, the Downtown Design Review Committee ended up delaying action Monday on a proposed new five-story mixed-use building at...
Architect Seeks Design Change for Cherry & Webb Building
PROVIDENCE – While office space in the Cherry & Webb building, at 275 Westminster St., is largely leased, the retail tenants at street level are empty and the spaces historically...
Five-Story Building Proposed for Fox Point Neighborhood Near I-195
PROVIDENCE – A building of 44 condominium units and retail space is being proposed for a surface parking lot near Interstate 195 and South Water Street in the Fox Point...
Proposed Building Scaled Down Near Providence’s N. Main Street
PROVIDENCE — The plan for the second phase of the Edge College Hill development on Canal Street has been changed to reduce the height in the section of the building...
Revised Design for Thayer Street Building to Come Before Providence City Plan Commission
PROVIDENCE – The developer of a building that will become the home of the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University will return to the city on Wednesday...
Providence Has Several Tax-Stabilization Policies to Woo Developers
New residents already have started moving into one of downtown Providence’s oldest commercial buildings, occupying efficient, modern apartments that have taken spaces once afforded to a jeweler, a barber and...
Future Farm Provides Rhode Island Update and Announces Speaking Engagement at Thought Leadership in the Dominican Republic
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Future Farm Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “Future Farm”) (CSE: FFT) (OTCQX: FFRMF) is pleased to announce that it has completed the preliminary...
Developers Behind Two Large Projects in Providence Reach Lofty Goals
PROVIDENCE — The first days of spring are marking important milestones for two new apartment developments in downtown Providence. On Wednesday morning, ironworkers braved the whipping winds for a topping-off...
Case-Mead Lofts Building Renovation Nearly Complete, Strong Demand for Micro-Units
PROVIDENCE – Demand for downtown micro-lofts at the nearly completed Case-Mead Lofts building has been stronger than expected, according to Joseph R. Paolino Jr. Monday. The building will include a...
Westminister St. Residential/Retail Project Gets Go-Ahead
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As disapproving residents looked on, the City Plan Commission voted 4 to 1 Tuesday night to approve the preliminary plan for a five-story mixed-use building at 1292...
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...
