Mary MacDonald
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.
Construction begins on electrical substation for I-195 redevelopment district
PROVIDENCE – Construction has begun on a new electrical substation that will provide power to the I-195 redevelopment district as well as downtown Providence.
The...
LeanBox to provide food service for Gilbane
PROVIDENCE – LeanBox, a startup based in Boston that packages healthy and fresh foods for workplaces, recently entered the Providence market with a contract...
Five Questions With: Gregory Arakelian
Gregory Arakelian is a commercial sales associate at Lila Delman Real Estate International. He recently was named a CoStar Power Broker by CoStar Group...
Councilman seeks to expand tax agreement for I-195 redevelopment district
PROVIDENCE – An ordinance that would expand the minimum, standardized tax reduction available to developers in the I-195 redevelopment district to all locations within...
Foreclosures, late mortgages fall in R.I., but homeowners still stressed
PROVIDENCE – Foreclosures have dropped in Rhode Island, but a large portion of the state’s mortgage holders owe more than their properties are worth.
Data...
Measuring impact of support is challenging
Collectively, Rhode Island's largest corporations in the past year awarded several million dollars to nonprofits, for programs that address issues that include community hunger,...
Does the Cambridge Innovation Center provide a glimpse into...
In one room at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Massachusetts, a large table is shared by a half-dozen people, plugged into laptops and oblivious...
Home Show coming to Convention Center
PROVIDENCE – The 66th annual Rhode Island Home Show will return to the Rhode Island Convention Center next week, running through April 3. It...
Newport cottage sells for $1.8M
NEWPORT – An oceanfront cottage built in 1870, with a view of First Beach, sold recently for $1,842,500.
The property, at 3 Cliff Terrace, is...
‘Ocean Lawn’ listed for $18.5M
NEWPORT – Lila Delman Real Estate International has listed “Ocean Lawn,” an estate overlooking the Cliff Walk once owned by Harvey S. Firestone, the...
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