News & Updates

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

New Construction August 2017

Rumford Center, Building No. 11 20 Newman Ave., East Providence New England Construction and Peregrine Group LLC are teaming to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

40 Under Forty

Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 12th 40 Under Forty program, to be honored Thursday, July 21,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...