Justin Sayles Copy Editor
The art and profit of clip magnets
As a student at Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1980s, Gail Ahlers had a professor who stressed the importance of promotion...
New Quonset Gateway plan adds more office space
The Quonset Development Corporation and developer New Boston Development Partners LLC last week unveiled a revised plan for the proposed Gateway project in the...
Beacon report is damning, but response is muted
Nineteen months after a whistleblower’s allegations sparked a probe into The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., and more than a year after an independent team...
Newport unfazed by O2 demise
A $1.4 billion investment isn’t something to scoff at. But despite The Procaccianti Group’s announcement last month that it would pull out of sweeping...
Governor sees more state job reductions in future
In proposing the state’s budget in February, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri conceded it was going be a difficult fiscal year. But what he didn’t...
Shifting market bolsters rental unit development
Royal Mills was slated to be Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse’s only project in Rhode Island to include a condominium component. But in the...
Krispy Kreme to bow out of the R.I., Mass markets
When Krispy Kreme first came to Rhode Island in 2003, it was greeted by long lines of customers and a media frenzy. But after...
Route 195 relocation taking shape
The first completed portion of the Interstate 195 relocation project is on track to open to the public later this year, a R.I. Department...
Newport Grand plan dead after Assembly inaction
The plan redefined the “grand” in the name: The Procaccianti Group, already involved in such high-profile projects as The Residences at The Westin, was...
Partners help DOT diversify
A new R.I. Department of Transportation program is looking to take a full-circle approach to providing local minority-owned firms their chance to get work...















