Monday, March 18, 2024

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SHORT SUPPLY: Luxury homes 
have become 
more scarce on the market in recent years. Middletown’s Sea View Villa, pictured above, sold for $15 million in 2023, the top sale for the year. 
COURTESY GUSTAVE WHITE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Demand outstripping supply of high-end R.I. homes

The once-white-hot market for high-end homes in the Ocean State has cooled ever so slightly. But Realtors say that’s mostly because fewer owners are...

Smiley finds right balance on PVDFest

Even Mother Nature seemingly didn’t like Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s decision to tinker with PVDFest last year. But at least the mayor has...

‘All That’ must connect locally

The low-key rollout of a new statewide tourism campaign on Feb. 21 was met with a similarly muted public response. From R.I. Commerce Corp.’s perspective,...
MOMENTUM PLAY: Rhode Island FC head coach Khano Smith, left, oversees a preseason training session in January. The team is looking to build fan support in its inaugural season ahead of a new Pawtucket stadium opening next year.
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Full buildout of Tidewater is needed to justify cost

It’s hard enough competing as a newcomer in an established league, as the state’s first professional soccer team, Rhode Island FC, will do beginning...

Rising rents add to R.I.’s housing crisis

Think Rhode Island’s housing crisis is overstated? When you have the lowest housing production rates and largest year-over-year rental prices in the nation, that’s a...
GROWTH ­BARRIER: Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at Strategas Research Partners, tells attendees of Providence Business News’ recent Economic Trends Summit that limited small-business creation is a weak spot in the state’s economy. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Glass half empty or full, economy needs biz investment to soar

Whatever your opinion is about the health of Rhode Island’s economy, there’s data to support it. If you think there’s cause for celebration, avoiding to...
WELL STOCKED: Papis Refrescos LLC owner Victor Regino remains hopeful despite challenges he sees for his business and the broader state economy. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Business owners not rushing to expand post-pandemic

Rhode Island business owners know they have been through worse but they’re not quite ready to say that’s all behind them. That’s the biggest takeaway...

Work to be done on biz climate

No one likes to be last. So, it is not surprising that some state leaders dismissed a recent WalletHub report that ranked Rhode Island...

R.I. school ratings don’t add up

National Education Association Rhode Island Executive Director Mary K. Barden says rating a public school based on its weakest performance area doesn’t make sense. She’s...
JOB ­TRAINING: Student Jenn Brown pours a solution into a jacketed reactor at the Westerly Education Center. The work is part of a course on process technology offered by the Community College of Rhode Island. 
COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

State, businesses investing in workforce training

Complaints about too many students coming out of school ill-equipped for today’s workforce are still common here and in other states. But Rhode Island’s...
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