Kevin Shalvey
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...














