Kevin Shalvey
1 in 8 R.I. home loans are ‘underwater’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The 12.1 percent of Rhode Islanders who owe more on their mortgage than their homes are worth puts the state below...
Developer creates first ‘Net-Zero’ building in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A former jewelry factory has reopened as what the R.I. Economic Development Corporation (EDC) describes as the state’s “first and only Net-Zero”...
RISD installs adaptive lighting system
PROVIDENCE – In the 70-year-old Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Rhode Island School of Design this year upgraded to an “ultra–advanced” lighting system that...
Five Questions With: Tom Flanagan
PROVIDENCE – In the real estate industry, the use of Web sites to list and sell properties has become second nature. Residential Properties Ltd....
R.I. foreclosures more than double in September
IRVINE, Calif. – Compared with September 2007, the number of home foreclosures in Rhode Island last month jumped 122.38 percent, according to RealtyTrac Inc.,...
AVTECH to buy Cutler Mill, move to Warren
NEWPORT – AVTECH Software last week announced plans to buy and renovate a 140-year-old former mill in Warren, which will become the software developer’s...
Intermodal station update a chance to push for R.I. transportation bond...
WARWICK – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and R.I. Department of Transportation Director Michael P. Lewis today used a news conference touting Warwick’s Intermodal Train...
West Side redevelopment plan stalls
Caught between a legal battle over parking variances, the shrinking Rhode Island economy and the loss of the R.I. Historic Preservation Investment Tax Credit...
R.I. Housing plans program, staffing cuts of 10%
For the last 15 years, Richard H. Godfrey Jr. has served as the executive director of Rhode Island Housing, a quasi-public state agency...
SBANE poll shows support growing for Sen. McCain
While a Smaller Business Association of New England poll of New England business owners in September showed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama leading as their...

















