Real Estate

THE MEDIAN PRICE of a single-family home in Rhode Island in the second quarter of 2018 was $280,000, an 8.7 percent increase year over year. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DERICK E HINGLE

Q2 R.I. home prices highest in 11 years

Real Estate 07/25/2018

PROVIDENCE – The median Rhode Island single-family home sale price in the second quarter of 2018 was $280,000, 8.7 percent higher than in the...

THE BUILDING at 213 Westminster St., originally built for the Providence Journal, has been sold. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD

Westminster’s Providence Journal and Kresge buildings planned for hotel renovation

Real Estate 07/24/2018

PROVIDENCE – The energy of Westminster Street and the beauty of the 1902 Providence Journal building have attracted a Washington, D.C.-based hotel developer who...

Citizens to reshuffle Rhode Island workforce for new Johnston campus

Real Estate 07/20/2018

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is on schedule to open its new office complex in Johnston next month and to start moving between 3,000...

THE MEDIAN price of a single-family home in rhode Island in June was $290,000. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

Median R.I. single-family home price in June highest since July 2006

Real Estate 07/20/2018

PROVIDENCE – The median price of a Rhode Island single-family home increased 5.5 percent year over year in June to $290,000, according to Rhode...

The illustration for Hammett's Wharf Hotel is part of the application before the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council.

Hotel proposal in Newport seeks tax increment financing

Real Estate 07/20/2018

NEWPORT – A committee of the R.I. Commerce Corp. on Friday will consider a plan to create a tax increment financing program around a...

the prop: As a real estate professional for 10 years, Benjamin Scungio’s two passions are work and family. “If both are going really well, then I’m happy.” / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Benjamin Scungio, 32

Real Estate 07/20/2018

MANAGER – MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY Where do you see yourself professionally in 20 years? I see myself almost in the same position,...

the prop: “It’s the backpack I bought when I originally left for college,” Christina Rouse said, “and little did I know it was going to be with me on pretty much any adventure I took.” / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Christina Rouse, 29

Real Estate 07/20/2018

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND OPERATIONS – SWEENEY REAL ESTATE AND APPRAISAL What advice would you give your 22-year-old self? Don’t worry what everybody else is...

the prop: Andrew Galvin’s laptop and a CBRE sign say it all. “It’s an unbelievable company. … I’m really excited about the future.” / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Andrew Galvin, 37

Real Estate 07/20/2018

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT/PARTNER – CB RICHARD ELLIS – NEW ENGLAND PARTNERS LP Where do you see yourself professionally in 20 years? Hopefully, I’m relaxing at...

1090 WARWICK NECK Ave., Warwick, the house in the center of the photograph, sold for $1.6 million. / COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

6.5-acre property on Warwick Neck sells for $1.6M

Real Estate 07/19/2018

WARWICK – The waterfront property at 1090 Warwick Neck Ave. has sold for $1.6 million, according to Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty Thursday. The...