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FORM AND FUNCTION: Jennifer and Gary Mello, owners of Seekonk-based The Mello Group, are seen in front of a home that Gary Mello designed. The 4,000-square-foot home has a large, open living area, a 12-foot island in the kitchen and a two-sided, two-story chimney with a fireplace both inside and out. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Niche in new construction

In developing a specialty in new construction, The Mello Group has found a base for growth. The boutique real estate group, based in Seekonk, sells...
148 Main St.Property  owner: United Real Estate Management LLC; Ming Ling Yau Tenant:  Raku Sakura

Who Owns The Block?

Research: Providence Business News/Nicole Dotzenrod PBN Photos: Nicole Dotzenrod Map: Providence Business News/Lisa Lagreca
Jean Lamb is executive director of the Smith Hill Community Development Corp. / PHOTO BY DAVID FISCHBACH/CCRI DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Five Questions With: Jean Lamb

Jean Lamb, executive director of the Smith Hill Community Development Corp., has helped serve the neighborhood by providing quality, affordable housing options to Rhode...
Heidi Farmer Piccerelli is a sales associate with Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty. / COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Five Questions With: Heidi Farmer Piccerelli

Heidi Farmer Piccerelli, a sales associate with Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, recently completed the sale of a $2 million home in Warwick....
The former summer farmhouse of Joseph Wharton, who established the school of business at the University of Pennsylvania, is on the market for $3.95 million. / COURTESY LILA DELMAN REAL ESTATE INTERNATIONAL

Wharton summer home listed for $3.95M

JAMESTOWN – The former summer farmhouse of Joseph Wharton, who established the school of business at the University of Pennsylvania, is on the market...

CBRE offering space on Jefferson Boulevard

WARWICK – CB Richard Ellis, New England is marketing a 93,000-square-foot office and warehouse space at 555 Jefferson Blvd., most recently occupied by Wildtree...
CAPITAL PROPERTIES INC. reported increases in revenue and profit in the first quarter, of 3.8 percent and 33.8 percent, respectively. / PILLSBURY ASSOCIATES AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY/DON PILLSBURY

Capital Properties reports profit, revenue increases in 1Q

EAST PROVIDENCE – Capital Properties Inc. reported a 33.8 percent increase in profit in the first quarter to $535,000, or 8 cents per diluted...
RHODE ISLAND'S real estate market improved in March as foreclosure inventory improved, along with completed foreclosures and seriously delinquent loans. / COURTESY CORELOGIC

CoreLogic: Foreclosure activity in R.I. continues to decline

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island housing market continued to heal in March, according to housing data firm CoreLogic. Irvine, Calif.-based CoreLogic said that for...
A.T. CROSS is being offered $1.9 million in economic incentives to move its Rhode Island operations from Lincoln to Providence and to keep from moving to Connecticut.

Commerce RI set to offer $1.9M to keep A.T. Cross from...

(Updated 10:22 a.m.) PROVIDENCE — A.T. Cross Co. could qualify for up to $1.9 million in state incentives through a move to The Foundry complex...
MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE packed the inside of the so-called Superman building on Westminster Street on Thursday. Labor and community leaders held a press conference to talk about the redevelopment of the building, which has been vacant for about three years. / PBN PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN

Business leaders rally in support of Superman building

(Updated, 8:37 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – It’s not the first time developers of the so-called Superman Building at 111 Westminster St. have sought city and state...
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