RIPTA gets $2M grant for new RIde facility
WASHINGTON – The R.I. Public Transit Authority has been awarded $1,943,557 in federal aid to help with the construction of a new headquarters for...
Two friends set out to save an R.I. original
This is the first in a series of 12 PBN articles focusing on the backgrounds, challenges and successes of some of the area’s most...
Old idea turns out to be working well even today
With Labor Day freshly celebrated and concerns over economic insecurity and inequality rising, there is an understandable demand for new ideas to bolster incomes...
Neighbors share their creativity
After six months on the market, the arts space at Conley’s Wharf at 200 Allens Ave. is at 80 percent capacity, leasing space to...
Hatfield sees cooperation, <br>progress ahead for the state
As the head of Bank of America in Rhode Island – the country’s largest bank and second in the state by deposit market share...
Boat show keeps growing, broadening its scope
Among 850 exhibitors with more than 700 boats to be docked and ashore along 15 acres of Newport’s waterfront this week for the 37th...
City seeks ‘brand’ to boost tourism market
Just last month, The Wall Street Journal listed Providence as one of the top 10 next hot travel spots worldwide – along with destinations...
U.S. pending home sales plunge in July
The number of contracts signed for existing homes in July fell 12.2 percent from their June level, after rising 5.0 percent a month earlier,...
Bellevue Avenue site makes condo project a hit
Paul Hogan, president of Hogan & Stone, calls it “the best surprise we’ve had in 2007.” Since mid-July, when the brokerage began accepting deposits...
U.S. commercial real estate prices expected to drop
U.S. commercial real estate prices may fall as much as 15 percent over the next year in the broadest decline since the 2001 recession...
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