MICHAEL A. Lee, executive vice president of commercial real estate at Santander U.S., addresses a crowd of approximately 400 members of the business community at the bank's annual economic outlook breakfast at the Omni Providence Hotel on Tuesday. / PBN NEWS PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN
(Updated 4:38 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island business community is brimming with optimism as it relates to the future of the state’s economy, according to a real-time survey conducted at the Santander Bank and Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce annual economic outlook breakfast on Tuesday. The business event, held each year for 16 years…