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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...

December 18, 2017
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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...

November 26, 2017
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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...

October 12, 2017
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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...

October 6, 2017
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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,...

August 25, 2017

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”...

August 22, 2017
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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....

July 14, 2017
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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...

March 9, 2017
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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...

February 5, 2017
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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...

February 4, 2017
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