THE PROJECT by Schiavo Enterprises Real Estate Development will include construction of three four-story apartment buildings and two commercial buildings. / COURTESY EAST PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL
EAST PROVIDENCE – An 8-acre property with frontage on Newport Avenue but which backs up to a single-family neighborhood has been rezoned to allow new construction of three apartment buildings and two smaller commercial buildings. The apartment buildings will be four stories each, a height which angered several residents of the area, who spoke at…