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THE EQUITABLE BUILDING on Weybosset Street, shown below in its original incarnation, is being renovated to include a restaurant and office spaces, shown above. /

Equitable Building getting $2M facelift, new tenant

In a section of downtown Providence where there is no lack of scaffolding-clad buildings, a $2 million renovation to breathe new life into the...

PPS fights to save best of past<br> as the city moves...

George W. Born took over as the newest executive director at the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) on June 1. He spoke recently with Providence...
GENERATION Y and Generation X have made up a majority of home sales in the past 12 months, said Len Iannuccilli /

Five Questions With: Len Iannucculli

RE/MAX franchise broker/owner Len Iannuccilli isn’t letting a slumping housing market slow down his sales. He estimates that he and his team of six...

North Smithfield approves Branch Village concept

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Town councilors in North Smithfield this week approved a conceptual buildout scenario for Branch Village – a section of the town...
OFFICE SPACE is planned for the building, which formerly housed the restaurant, The Custom House Tavern. /

Custom House building gets facelift

PROVIDENCE – A $2 million renovation is now underway at the Equitable Building, a landmark in the city’s Financial District. The building is being...

Conn. pizzeria to open at Mohegan

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Mohegan Sun last week announced that a new branch of New Haven’s Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana will be the first tenant...
THE 48-ACRE RITZ-CARLTON resort in Egypt was the beginning of a more than decade-long presence in the country for Gates, Leighton & Associates. /

E.P. firm a presence in Egypt

During the mid-1990s, landscape architect Wilfrid L. Gates Jr. was invited by Rhode Island-based hotel designer Robert DiLeonardo to take a trip to Egypt...
SELLING FAST: Twenty-two of the 24 condos in the first phase of the Saw Mill Square mixed-use development have been purchased. /

N.K. condo development witnessing early success

Since the first building at Saw Mill Square received its certificate of occupancy in early June, 22 of the 24 available condominiums at the...
BRAIN TRUST: Elizabeth B. Eckel says that face-to-face marketing is essential given the current economic uncertainty surrounding the banking industry. /

Eckel the brains behind WashTrust&rsquo;s public face

About a decade ago, Elizabeth B. Eckel was sitting in a marketing meeting at The Washington Trust Co. She and her co-workers were brainstorming,...
DUG DEEP: Pink boxes on this image represent the area where contaminated material from a dredging project is confined in deep holes in the riverbed. /

Providence River dredging clearing the way for ships

Since the completion of a three-year dredging project along the inner harbor of the Providence River in 2005 – mostly in the area north...
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