Kevin Shalvey, Author at Providence Business News

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ATTORNEY Jacqueline Grasso says medical costs and unaffordable mortgages are pushing many older Rhode Islanders into bankruptcy. /

Bankruptcy casts cloud on seniors

Business Services 11/17/2007

Now, on the eve of their retirement, many baby boomers may face a tougher financial future than they imagined. Rising health care costs, the subprime...

KEVIN FERREIRA, senior superintendent for the Dynamo House project, and Bob Lake, a project manager, walk through the building. The steel beams are being demolished. /

Dynamo House plans aim to meet all visitors’ needs

Economic Activity 11/17/2007

With a 142-room hotel and the scaled-down Heritage Harbor Museum, the Dynamo House, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse Inc.’s power plant redevelopment on Eddy...

RIMES program focuses on new-product creation

Business Services 11/10/2007

A consulting program set to kick off this month at Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Services aims to increase companies’ ability to develop new products...

TALK OF THE TOWN was packed on one of its final nights, Oct. 28. The bar, at 143 Washington St., shut down to make room for a new hotel and is moving to Olneyville. /

Sierra Suites plan finally expected to go forward

Economic Activity 11/10/2007

If the final plans for a new Sierra Suites hotel are filed this month – as city planners expect – the demolition of 143...

MANNY GOMES – who lived on the streets for two years before joining the Housing First pilot project – is grateful to have his apartment, so he keeps it spotless. /

Study: Supportive housing for homeless is effective

Economic Activity 11/10/2007

Last year, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 6,866 Rhode Islanders were homeless at some point – about 1 in 150 state...

‘Responsible’ investing can pose big challenges

Financial Services 11/10/2007

For about a year, Peri Ann Aptaker, director of tax services with Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., researched socially responsible investment funds for a...

THE BOSTON-BASED Mount Vernon Co. is expanding its Rhode Island presence with two East Providence apartment complexes: East Gate, above, and East Shore, below. /

Boston firm pays $14.5M for apartment complexes

Economic Activity 11/10/2007

The Mount Vernon Co., a Boston-based apartment owner and manager that recently opened a Providence office, continued its expansion into Rhode Island late last...

ACROSS THE OCEAN STATE, 3Q sale of single-family homes fell 8.56% year-over-year while their mean price fell 2.30% to $279,000, the RIAR said, but wide variations were seen from one town to the next. Above, a house in Smithfield. /

3Q house, condo sales drop in R.I.

Economic Activity 11/06/2007

WARWICK – Sales of single-family homes and condomiums throughout Rhode Island dropped in the third quarter compared with the same period a year ago,...