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EVOLVING DISTRICT: The $20 million Providence River Pedestrian Bridge completed in 2019 is part of the changing landscape in the I-195 Redevelopment District. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Sky has been limit for R.I. developers

PBN 35th Anniversary 11/26/2021

REAL ESTATE Real estate has taken center stage in Rhode Island as a form of economic development. After a slow start, the long-vacant I-195 Redevelopment District...

3 sites in I-195 Redevelopment District under active construction

Real Estate 01/21/2021

PROVIDENCE – Three parcels in the I-195 Redevelopment District are under active construction in January, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission was told last week. The...

STANDING READY: Outside Hammetts Hotel in Newport are, from left, General Manager Randi Milewski, Colin Kane and Sam Bradner, two of the hotel owners, and Sarah Eustis, CEO of the Main Street Hospitality Group, the company handling the hotel’s management. The hotel opened in June amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Hotel industry has been desolated, but some are betting on big...

Coronavirus 11/20/2020

In a normal year, early November is a shoulder season in Newport. Christopher Bicho, who owns six leisure-market hotels in the coastal area, would...

LOOKING AHEAD: Hammetts Hotel opened in Newport in June. Owners don’t expect to lay anyone off this winter. From left: General Manager Randi Milewski; Colin Kane and Sam Bradner, two owners; and Sarah Eustis, CEO of the Main Street Hospitality Group, which is managing the hotel. / PBN ARCHIVE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Winter looks bleak for hotels, but many are taking long view

Coronavirus 11/20/2020

Winter is coming, and while White Walkers from the long-running HBO television series “Game of Thrones” are not on the local horizon, it is...

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: Two developers have proposed creating mixed-income housing on the I-195 Redevelopment District’s Parcel 9 in Fox Point. One of the plans, by ONE Neighborhood Builders, above, would include 58 apartments and a dedicated tenant, nonprofit Children’s Friend, that would run a child care center in the building. / COURTESY I-195 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION

I-195 district plans altered by pandemic

Coronavirus 10/02/2020

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial development has reached the I-195 Redevelopment District, where several projects are under construction, approaching groundbreakings or...

Aloft Hotel reaches ‘topping off’ point in construction

Hospitality & Tourism 09/17/2020

PROVIDENCE – The Aloft Hotel, a $60 million project under construction in the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District, held a virtual celebration of its topping...

SITE WORK: Shawmut Design and Construction Senior Superintendent Jessica Spivey oversees the ongoing wellness center and residence hall project at Brown University. / COURTESY SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Shawmut Design and Construction is a major player in expanding Rhode...

Business Services 09/16/2020

PBN FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES 2020 $75M AND ABOVE 1. Shawmut Design and Construction CEO (or equivalent): Les Hiscoe 2019 Revenue: $149 million 2017 Revenue: $99.3 million Revenue growth: 50.1% WHILE...

I-195 district development continues through coronavirus pandemic

Real Estate 05/29/2020

PROVIDENCE – Several key projects overseen by the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission are progressing despite the coronavirus pandemic, the commission’s executive director said recently. They...

New design approved for Aloft Hotel

Real Estate 07/10/2019

PROVIDENCE – The Aloft Hotel under design and pre-construction for the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District has a new design. The revised plan presented to and...