100 SOCKANOSETT Cross Road in Cranston, the former Citizens Bank building, will be converted into an alternate medical site for coronavirus patients. / COURTESY CARPIONATO GROUP
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Short-term leases have been authorized for two facilities in Rhode Island that are expected to be converted into field hospitals related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the State Properties Committee met in a teleconference and approved leases for a site at 100 Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston and at 1530…