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 encouraging that another hotel developer has sensed the energy of the new Providence. View the full article in the Providence Journal
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 Granite State’s capital city, and we are excited to announce that the hotel is now taking reservations for August 24th and beyond. View the full […]
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 Jim Abdo, who plans to invest $30M in two adjacent buildings on Westminster Street, said his Hotel Hive idea is to have more “social” spaces […]
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 the intersection of Tockwotton and South Water streets, in Fox Point, near Route 195, Al Forno restaurant, Whiskey Republic and Milk Money. View the […]
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 have had trouble keeping businesses because of the size, according to architect Eric Zuena, of ZDS Architects. In an appearance before the Providence Downtown Design… […]
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 neighborhood. The project, discussed with the Providence Downtown Design Review Committee by Churchill & Banks developer Richard Baccari II and architect Eric Zuena, would involve… […]
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 near North Main Street from seven to five stories, and this scaled-back design won conceptual approval Monday night from the Downtown Design Review Committee. […]
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 with a revised design, following a court decision that vacated the city’s original approval. Construction of the new building at 249 Thayer St. began after… […]
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 other office workers over the past 150 years. The Case-Mead Building at 76 Dorrance St. was originally built in two phases, beginning in 1859, with… […]
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 demolition of the interior of its Providence, Rhode Island building, which allows for the build-out of a cultivation facility to commence in earnest. The building […]