Real Estate

OCEAN HOUSE MANAGEMENT COLLECTION operates the Ocean House, Weekapaug Inn and Watch Hill Inn in Westerly, and has been hired to oversee a multimillion-dollar renovation and relaunch of the Blantyre resort in Lenox, Mass. / COURTESY OCEAN HOUSE MANAGEMENT COLLECTION

Ocean House Management Collection adds Blantyre resort to portfolio

Real Estate 03/22/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Ocean House Management Collection, which operates the Ocean House, Weekapaug Inn and Watch Hill Inn in Westerly, will manage a premier...

GrowSmartRI to kick off biennial Power of Place Summit March...

Real Estate 03/22/2018

PROVIDENCE – Grow Smart Rhode Island kicks off its biennial Power of Place Summit on Thursday, March 29, with a series of speakers at...

A BEACHFRONT HOME at 229 Seaside Drive in Jamestown sold recently for $1.48 million. / COURTESY LILA DELMAN REAL ESTATE INTERNATIONAL

Jamestown beachfront house sells for $1.5 million

Real Estate 03/22/2018

JAMESTOWN – A beachfront house in the town was sold for $1.48 million by Lila Delman Real Estate International, the real estate firm announced...

THE BEIGE BOOK report for February, released by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reported that economic activity in the region expanded at a moderate pace since the January Beige Book. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/BRENT LEWIN

Feb. Beige Book: N.E. region economy expanded at moderate pace

Real Estate 03/21/2018

PROVIDENCE - In the Federal Reserve’s February 2018 Beige Book, First District, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said that the region’s economic activity...

U.S. EXISTING HOME SALES rose 3 percent month to month in February and median sales price rose 5.9 percent year over year to $241,700. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SCOTT MCINTYRE

U.S. existing-home sales rebound even as inventory remains tight

Real Estate 03/21/2018

NEW YORK - Sales of previously-owned United States homes rose more than expected in the first gain in three months, indicating that job gains and...

R.I. Housing wins $4.7M federal grant

Real Estate 03/19/2018

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island Housing was awarded a $4.7 million grant from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Capital Magnet Fund to preserve 550 apartments and...

JOESEPH R. PAOLINO JR., owner of Paolino Properties, in front of the new Case-Mead Lofts building at 76 Dorrance St., Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Case-Mead Lofts building renovation nearly complete, strong demand for micro-units

Real Estate 03/19/2018

PROVIDENCE – Demand for downtown micro-lofts at the nearly completed Case-Mead Lofts building has been stronger than expected, according to Joseph R. Paolino Jr....

U.S. housing starts cooled in February after robust January

Real Estate 03/16/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. new-home construction cooled by more than expected in February on a reversal in the volatile multifamily category, while building remained on...

KNIGHT STEWARDS: Jeffrey Cannell, library director of the Providence Community Library network, and Sue Gibbs, chief operating officer, inside the Knight Memorial Library, which has received $544,800 from the Champlin Foundation to go toward much-needed renovations. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Champlin Foundation grant helps fund Knight Library renovations

Real Estate 03/16/2018

THE Knight Memorial Library is getting much-needed renovations this spring, as the historic community library looks to maintain its footing as an architectural jewel...