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Mary MacDonald joined the Providence Business News as a staff writer covering Government, Development, Real Estate and Manufacturing in December 2014. She previously was a correspondent for The Boston Globe and Telegram & Gazette, an editor at Patch/AOL, and a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in secondary English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
PICTURED IS CONSTRUCTION in progress of a production-line expansion for Toray Plastics (America) Inc., in North Kingstown, which has since been completed by A. Autiello Construction Co. /COURTESY A. AUTIELLO CONSTRUCTION CO.

Autiello Construction completes Toray Plastics production-line expansion

CRANSTON – A. Autiello Construction Co. recently completed a production-line expansion for Toray Plastics (America) Inc. The 30,000-square-foot addition will accommodate new food-packing lines...
PAPER NAUTILUS BOOKS is relocating to a new storefront in Wayland Square at 19 S. Angell St., just a few doors down from its previous location. /PBN PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD

Paper Nautilus Books relocating to new Wayland Square storefront

PROVIDENCE – Good news for bibliophiles. Paper Nautilus Books is relocating to a new storefront in Wayland Square. The bookstore, specializing in rare and used...
The contemporary style house at 51 Prospect St. sold in July for $2.1 million./Courtesy Residential Properties Ltd.

College Hill contemporary sold for $2.1M

PROVIDENCE – A home in College Hill that won a prestigious architectural award has sold for $2.1 million, the largest sale in the East...
ELON MUSK, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SUSANA GONZALEZ

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tells governors to prepare for robots, artificial...

PROVIDENCE — Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, shared his vision Saturday for what future years could bring in technological advancements, a picture...

Brothers design and build

E. Turgeon Construction Corp. had an 80-year history in Rhode Island before it was purchased in 1976 by Frank Ducharme. In the decades since, the...
CONTEMPORARY COLONIAL: Jon Seibold of Old Port Homes in Portsmouth and Rebecca Asher, a principal of Envelo, a new residential development company in Newport, review details of a new home in Middletown. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Architect designed and built homes

Envelo, a residential-development company, launched this year with the mission of creating architect-designed homes for time-pressed clients in coastal communities. The Newport-based business is now...
UNDER A PLAN developed by R.I. Department of Transportation, the sites in royal blue would be the preferred sites for the development of a bus hub./ COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Statehouse lawn identified as potential site for bus hub

PROVIDENCE – State officials are eyeing the Statehouse lawn as a development site. It is one of two public spaces newly identified as the state’s...
THE CONVERSION OF a pair of former office buildings to luxury residential apartments is now completed at 225 Weybosset St. Above, a living room view in one of the apartments, which are now being leased. /COURTESY ASH NYC

Luxury residential apartments completed, leasing units at 225 Weybosset

PROVIDENCE – The conversion of a pair of former office buildings to luxury residential apartments is now completed at 225 Weybosset St., and the...
REP. JOSEPH J. SOLOMON JR., D-Warwick, late in the General Assembly session this year introduced legislation that would preserve the open space of the Statehouse grounds. /COURTESY R.I. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Five Questions With: Joseph J. Solomon Jr.

Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr., D-Warwick, late in the General Assembly session this year introduced legislation that would preserve the open space of the...
THIS HOUSE ON the waterfront of Ninigret Pond at 22 Kennedy Lane in the Meadow neighborhood of Charlestown sold recently for $1.3 million. It was the second-highest sale on the street in five years, according to Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty. /COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Ninigret Pond waterfront home sells for $1.3M in Charlestown

CHARLESTOWN – A house on the waterfront of Ninigret Pond sold recently for $1.3 million. The house at 22 Kennedy Lane, in the Meadow neighborhood...
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