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Thanks to an estimated $2 million in state historic-preservation tax credits, the Arcade is being repurposed for a retail-residential use. Frank Angevine of Built Inc. cuts plastic sheeting in the 19th-century landmark, but the lack of action by the General Assembly in renewing the tax-credit program makes it unlikely that more projects will be undertaken soon.
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7/2/12
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Rhode Island’s foreclosure rate fell 0.2 percentage points from May 2011 to May 2012, CoreLogic said Friday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Year over year in May, construction employment declined in 164 out of 337 metro areas, including the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metro, according to data released Tuesday by the Associated General Contractors of America.
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By PBN Staff
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Single-family sales in Bristol County, Mass., rose 17.43 percent compared with the same period in 2011, The Warren Group said Tuesday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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The foreclosure rate in the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area fell 0.31 percentage points in April compared with the same period last year, CoreLogic said Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The R.I. Economic Development Corporation Monday night approved issuing bonds to buy the former Interstate 195 land in Providence and dredge the channel leading to the Port of Davisville in North Kingstown.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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In the real estate brokerage field they’re known as “setups” or “pinball” homes, and this spring’s improving conditions in some markets could be stimulating more of them.
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6/25/12
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The cinder-block dormitories and cramped, scruffy, off-campus apartments familiar to generations of college students are under attack.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Resource Control Associates Inc. owner Robert C. Atwood, pictured above in his office, thinks of his firm as “a land-development company.” The 26-year-old Pawtucket business has groups of advisers focused on civil-engineering, environmental assessment and remediation and forensic engineering. Consulting services include insurance-claim investigations. Atwood often provides expert testimony. The firm has worked for more than 50 municipalities and public authorities throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as several hundred private clients.
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6/25/12
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Union Studio architects have redesigned Gilbane Development Co.’s proposed 102-unit luxury student apartment building on Thayer Street in response to neighborhood complaints that the original plan was “massive” and “monotonous.”
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