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1. Cannabis company buys Warwick restaurant building for $2.25M POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 9 The vacant restaurant building that previously was the home of Agaves Mexican Grill in Warwick was sold recently for $2.25 million, according to public records. The property at 444 Quaker Lane, Unit 2, was bought by 444 Quaker Lane LLC, affiliated with Green Thumb Industries Inc., a national marijuana products company based in Chicago.
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2. Brazilian steakhouse to fill long-empty Providence Place storefront on Francis St. POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 21 Fogo de Chão, a Texas-based Brazilian steakhouse chain, is preparing to open its first Rhode Island location in a space at Providence Place mall that’s been empty since Joe’s American Bar & Grill closed seven years ago. Representatives for Fogo de Chão have submitted plans to the Capital Center Commission for two outdoor dining areas – one along Francis Street and the other an expansion of an existing patio along the “promenade.”
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3. Brewery, entertainment company coming to Providence Place mall POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 24 Level99, a Massachusetts-based food and entertainment company, will use the food, beer and entertainment business model from its site at the Natick Mall in Natick, Mass., inside the former JCPenney location at Providence Place mall in the fourth quarter of 2023.
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4. 180-unit apartment complex at new Pawtucket train station gets initial OK POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 22 The Pawtucket City Planning Commission has approved the master plan for a 180-unit apartment building next to the newly opened Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center. The six-story project, located at 258 Pine St., will also include two commercial units.
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5. Healey’s proposed estate tax threshold could have grave consequences in R.I. POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 15 As Mass. Gov. Maura Healey proposes giving more Commonwealth residents a break on estate taxes, the Ocean State may be forced to take a hard look at its own “death tax” to compete with its northern neighbor.
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6. Recovery Connections Centers CEO, employee arrested on federal health care fraud charges POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 2
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7. City rescinds $150K contract amid review of racial reparations, ARPA budgets POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 29. b
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8. Providence, RIPTA to ramp up downtown law enforcement POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 29
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9. Developer declares Fane tower project dead POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 10
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10. Cooley leaving PC to become head coach at Georgetown POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 20
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