Five Questions With: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement, the executive director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, is one of the people involved in Homes RI, a new coalition...
RE/MAX INTEGRA outlook for 2019 predicts buyer’s market in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A market outlook for 2019 prepared by RE/MAX INTEGRA predicts that Rhode Island’s residential real estate market will switch from a seller’s...
Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Kennedy Plaza gets $50K grant
PROVIDENCE – Restoration of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a tribute to the Rhode Islanders who died in the Civil War, has received $50,000...
GrowSmartRI seeks nominations for Smart Growth Awards
PROVIDENCE – Grow Smart Rhode Island has opened nominations for its annual Smart Growth Awards, and is seeking nominations of leaders, projects and policies...
Providence metro construction employment up 5% in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – Nonseasonally adjusted construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 5 percent year over year, or 1,200 workers to 25,000 jobs,...
Commerce RI approves incentives for Aloft Hotel, Custom & Miller Box
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors approved incentives for CV Properties LLC and Custom & Miller Box, as well as Innovation...
PBN on WJAR-TV, Jan. 28, 2019
Some Providence residents want stricter regulation of student housing. A city commission agrees but is it discrimination?
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears...
Mainstay Hotel & Conference Center in Newport sold for $14.3M
NEWPORT – The Mainstay Hotel & Conference Center has been sold for $14.3 million to a New York-based hotel development company, Dovetail + Co,...
R.I. home prices increase in Dec. while sales decline
PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single-family home in Rhode Island increased 3.9 percent year over year to $265,000 in December, according to...
2019 Most Endangered Properties named by Providence Preservation Society
PROVIDENCE – The Industrial Trust Building once again leads the list of threatened properties in Providence, as compiled by the Providence Preservation Society.
Its 2019...