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NAR expects downturn to continue through New Year

WASHINGTON – The National Association of Realtors last week predicted that the current economic downturn will slow commercial real estate markets until at least...

Local firms honored by contractors’ association

EAST PROVIDENCE – Local companies Reilly Electrical Inc., Interstate Electrical Services Corporation and Advanced Building Concepts have been honored with Excellence in Construction...
THE FOUR-FLOOR Capitol Cove complex will have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 750 square feet to 1,500 square feet. /

Capitol Cove opens sales office

PROVIDENCE – With occupancy planned for January 2009, Capitol Cove LLC has opened the sales office for its first 96 condominiums and is expecting...
FRESH CATCH: Emily Hall, manager of Blount Seafood Market, says the price of lobster is drastically down. /

Cheap lobster not grabbing retailers

November’s by-the-pound lobster prices are the lowest in at least 20 years in the Ocean State and are causing a slowdown throughout the region...
JWU GRAD SCHOOL Dean 
Frank A. Pontarelli says he wants 
to do more on-site MBA programs with local businesses. /

MBA candidates must improve communications skills

When the economy dips, MBA program applications increase, Johnson & Wales University Graduate School Dean Frank A. Pontarelli says. He spoke recently with Providence...
MANAGING OVERHEAD: Chaffee Industrial Roofing President Steve Chaffee says the cost of re-roofing a commercial building depends on a number of factors, including size and whether there are obstacles that will make the job more difficult. /

Roofing skills run in this family

This year, Chaffee Industrial Roofing hit two milestones: a century in business and more than 20 million square feet of roofing put down. One...
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Attleboro Redevelopment Agency Director of Project Management Ron Dubuc, left, and ARA Executive Director Michael Milanoski tour a Pearl Street building that will be used for jewelry manufacturing. /

ARA revitalizing downtown Attleboro

A seven-year remediation and redevelopment of the former Swank building in Attleboro is expected to be completed early next year, one of three major...
CODED LANGUAGE: Beira Alta owner Alfred Sarmento thinks fire-safety rules in Fall River unfairly target some establishments. /

Sprinkler ruling weighs on business

When Massachusetts passed stricter sprinkler regulations in 2004 in the wake of the deadly nightclub fire at The Station, there were about a dozen...

Five Questions With: Paul Leys

Paul A. Leys, co-owner and broker with Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty, this month took over as the Rhode Island Association of Realtors...

R.I. Mall pays PCB fine

WARWICK – The Rhode Island Mall has paid a $36,100 fine for PCB use and discharge in several freight elevators, the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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