Urban Greens Food Co-op | 93 Cranston St., Providence
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Steel frames are now being erected on the site of the old Louttit Laundry building for the new Urban Greens Food Co-op grocery store, with work expected to be completed by December, or January 2019. The former laundry building was demolished a decade ago and the Urban Greens Food Co-op will be part of a mixed-use development to include 39 residential units – 31 of them for “workforce” housing and the remaining eight as housing for residents with low incomes – in two separate buildings. Ground broke on the $10 million project in October 2017. Truth Box Inc. is the architect, the co-developer with D+P Real Estate and the co-designer with Libby Slader Interior Design, all Providence firms. The co-op building will have the retail store, which will help expand access to locally sourced foods throughout the city’s metro area, on the ground floor with two additional floors of housing. The 44,000-square-foot residential building, currently using the same address as Urban Greens but will have its own address down the line, will include a parking garage on the ground floor; secure parcel area; elevator access; laundry on each level; low-VOC, or volatile organic compound, finishes; energy-efficient heating and cooling systems; and public transportation access.
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Neighborhood Health Station | 1000 Broad St., Central Falls
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The nation’s first Neighborhood Health Station is beginning to take shape. Construction on the Blackstone Valley Community Health Care’s new $14.1 million, 47,000-square-foot building – being built as a replacement for the old Notre Dame Hospital – began in August 2017 and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31. Ahlborg Construction Corp. of Warwick is the general contractor and Edward Rowse Architects of East Providence is the architect. The health station is an expanded health center where 90 percent of the population can have the majority of their health care needs met in a single location. Services being planned include urgent care, primary care (family medicine, pediatrics and internal medicine), OB-GYN, dental, behavioral health and enabling services all provided by BVCHC, on-site physical therapy, occupational therapy and pharmacy needs. The project was financed by the Healthy Futures Fund, a consortium composed of Local Initiatives Support Corp., which has an office in Providence, Morgan Stanley and The Kresge Foundation, and will make use of new markets tax credits. Health Resources and Services Administration, the Champlain Foundation, Delta Dental of Rhode Island and contributions from BVCHC also provided funding for the project. BVCHC is currently conducting a capital campaign to raise $2 million to help complete the third-floor buildout during the initial construction phase.
R.I. Office of the Attorney General Customer Service Center | 4 Howard Ave., Cranston
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Approximately $3 million worth of work is left on the new state attorney general’s office located in the John O. Pastore Center, which will help limit consumer crowding at the Providence offices at 150 and 180 South Main St. The $12.3 million project to construct the 26,600-square-foot building broke ground in April 2017, with construction expected to wrap up by May. The project is being funded with money the state received in a settled lawsuit with Google several years ago. The single-story structure will include administrative and open office spaces, a large reception area, employee offices, conference rooms, computer and service spaces, and public service areas. The building will contain offices for the Bureau of Criminal Identification, the Consumer Protection Unit and the Adult Diversion Unit. The building’s basement is unfinished, but it will be available for expansion if needed. Bacon Construction Co. of East Providence is the project’s general contractor and Vision 3 Architects of Providence is the architect.
