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1. Garden City Center sells for $181M POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 3. Garden City Center in Cranston has sold for $181 million, according to property records. The seller was Gateway Woodside Inc. and the buyer was Garden City Owner LLC, a subsidiary of WS Development, of Boston. The company confirmed on Feb. 3 that it completed the purchase of the center. The sale closed on Jan. 24.
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2. Newport Restaurant Group to open new restaurant in East Greenwich POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 25. Newport Restaurant Group announced the opening of a new restaurant concept in the recently shuttered Outback Steakhouse location on Division Road in East Greenwich. CEO Paul O’Reilly said the concept creation is being finalized, with chefs testing recipes at the company’s test kitchen.
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3. 4 R.I. hotels ranked among nation’s best POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 4. Four Rhode Island hotels are among the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hotels in the USA” 2020 rankings. The 409 hotels honored are ranked based on awards and recognition received by a hotel, class rating and guest ratings provided by TripAdvisor. The Ocean House in Westerly was the highest ranked of all Rhode Island hotels at No. 25 in the country.
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4. CDC tells Americans to start readying for outbreak POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 25. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to prepare for a coronavirus outbreak at home that could lead to significant disruptions of daily life. Congress was told that there’s a shortage of masks needed for health workers if one occurs.
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5. Lifespan, Coastal Medical announce plan to join forces to expand health care in R.I. POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 6. Lifespan Corp., the state’s largest hospital system, is in the process of affiliating with Coastal Medical Inc., a large primary care practice with 20 offices in Rhode Island, the health systems announced. The two networks say they have signed a letter of intent and expect to finalize an agreement in the next six months.
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6. R.I. businesses respond to coronavirus outbreak POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 5.
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7. R.I. chefs nominated for James Beard Foundation Awards POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 26.
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8. East Providence commercial property sells for $1.9M POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 18.
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9. The 903 Residences now 50% sold POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 13.
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10. Local chiropractor pleads guilty to tax evasion, diverting $1.1M in business revenue for personal use POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 6.
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