Bridget Botelho
Artsy OOP! crafts faithful following
OOP! Contemporary Gift Gallery
Owners: David Riordan and Jennifer Neuguth
Location: Providence Place mall and 297 Thayer St.
Type of Business: Retail
Employees: 20, up...
$522 million mall deal
The Rouse Co. of Maryland agreed to purchase Providence Place mall on Feb.
3 for $522 million, adding another high-end retail development...
FedEx Freight expands in RI
Move comes despite state’s high fuel tax
FedEx Freight is opening a Providence area service center to gain better access
to the growing...
DRIVING CHANGES
Maguire Group heads much of I-195 relocation
Thomas P. Donald
Position: Vice president and manager of the transportation unit for
the Maguire Group.
...
Seacoast CEO defends deal
Seacoast Financial Services Corp. President and CEO Kevin G. Champagne traded his compass for a lantern last week.
In the latest consolidation of...
Seekonk strip drives commerce
Business developments aid residential tax rate
Sandy Conaty reviews all the development plans for an 18.32-square-mile town
of about 13,425 people. Given the...
Training budgets loosened as economy shows progress
John Ebersol and his staff design employee-training programs for businesses.
When the economy is booming, companies invest in training their employees, but...
Shipping plan could produce jobs in Fall River
Construction on the Fall River State Pier could begin as early as this year
as maritime officials study sea shipping routes to...
Biltmore workers’ boycott effort enters third month
Amidst the blue-and-white bullhorns, the freedom posters and hundreds of pamphlets
adorning the union Local 217 office in Providence, a blaze-orange sign...
Critical Junction
Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld said in 1991 that if there
wasn’t a commuter rail from Boston to New Bedford and...
















