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LASTING MARK: ­Providence Place has changed significantly, but the urban mall has continued to play an important role in Providence over the 25 years since it opened with the promise of propelling the city's renaissance. 
PBN PHOTO/­WILLIAM HAMILTON

Casting a MALL PALL: Despite uncertain future, Providence Place remains key...

Decades ago, city and state leaders eagerly jumped on a cross-country flight to secure Seattle-based retailer Nordstrom Inc. as an anchor tenant for Providence...
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: At the Community College of Rhode Island’s Lincoln campus, instructor Tom Bradley, hanging, demonstrates a rappelling technique during a safety course focused on offshore wind. Above him, closest to the railing, is another instructor, Cory White, and a student, Joseph Fitman.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Offshore wind training is picking up speed

If the global offshore wind industry is hitting some headwinds, it’s not so obvious at the Community College of Rhode Island. Although situated inland in...

$175M acquisition is worth it for Lifespan

Despite facing financial challenges in the recent fiscal year, Lifespan Corp. is confident its $175 million purchase of two cash-strapped hospitals in Massachusetts will...

Lists: MBA Programs

Total 2023-2024 enrollment: 10,632 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call...

Lists: Rhode Island Law Firms

Most partners: Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP | Local partners: 39 Most associates: Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Ltd. | Local associates: 32 Most counsel: Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP...

PBN SURVEY: Economy, election putting business on edge

Rhode Islanders aren’t throwing parties like they used to just a year ago. At least, that’s the way Ines Gentile sees it. Gentile is a...

Entrepreneurial desert in R.I.? Study suggests it, but leaders say no

A recent study indicates that the rate of businesses being created in Rhode Island is lagging behind most of the country, but those involved...
THE REVEAL: John R. Fernandez, CEO and president of Lifespan Corp., uncovers the new branding for the health system – Brown University Health – in June. 
COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP./BILL MURPHY

Pact between Lifespan, Brown may change R.I. health care landscape

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its effect on...

Lists: Bristol County, Mass., Commercial Real Estate Sales – Office

Top sales ranked by square footage: 1. 235 Hanover St., Fall River | Square footage: 43,404 2. 1062 Taunton Ave., Seekonk | Square footage: 29,664 3. 170 Forbes Blvd., Mansfield...
PREP WORK: Randall ­Bonilla sterilizes instruments for patient use at The Providence Community Health Centers Inc.
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

DENTAL PAIN: Workers in demand amid efforts to boost pay, reimbursements

Dentists and state labor specialists say there’s a shortage of dental professionals – doctors, hygienists and assistants – in Rhode Island, and it could...
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