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Rascionato to lead Citizens Financial Group Commercial Real Estate team

Financial Services 03/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. has named Jessica Rascionato to lead its Commercial Real Estate team, the company announced on March 6. Rascionato, who joined Citizens...

Partners purchase Hayes & Sherry commercial real estate firm

Economic Activity 09/13/2022

PROVIDENCE – One of the region’s leading full-service commercial real estate brokerage firms is changing owners. Hayes & Sherry founding owners, Pete Hayes and Karl...

Plans for Microfibres site please some, worry others

Focus 07/08/2022

FOR THE FIRST TIME since Microfibres Inc. went out of business in 2016, the former fabrics factory at 1 Moshassuck St. in Pawtucket appears...

Hinckley Allen Elevates Thomas W. Madonna, Jr. to Partner

People on the Move 02/01/2022

Tom Madonna, Jr. was recently elevated to partner at the law firm of Hinckley Allen, in the Real Estate Group. His practice focuses on...

SNAPPED UP: Warehouse space is hard to come by lately, and that was illustrated by this recently completed flex building at the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown. The space has already been leased by two businesses that will use the building for warehousing and other purposes. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Companies on desperate search for warehouses

Focus 11/26/2021

Businesses looking for a warehouse in Rhode Island might be searching for a long time because the exploding growth of online retail has spurred...

SPECIAL FLAVOR: Leo Lin, foreground, is the manager of Good Fortune Supermarket, a Providence grocery store that offers a wide variety of Asian foods. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Specialty markets filling need and vacant properties

Focus 07/09/2021

Andre and Angeline Dumas pushed a small metal carriage past the voluminous seafood displays at Good Fortune Supermarket recently. Twice a month, the couple...

FINDING A HOME: Thomas O. Sweeney, principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal, said there is a lot of satisfaction in helping businesses, whether local or national, find their place within Rhode Island.  PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Thomas O. Sweeney, principal, Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal

Economic Activity 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Thomas O. Sweeney | Principal, Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal YOU COULD SAY that real estate has always been...

COMMITTED TO SERVE: MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. President Michael Giuttari currently serves as board president of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors New England chapter and as chairperson of the Highland Charter School board.  COURTESY MG COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.

Michael Giuttari, president, MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.

Business Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Michael Giuttari | President, MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. FOR MICHAEL GIUTTARI, president of Providence-based MG Commercial Real...

RESHORING INCENTIVE: Steven J. King, managing director of the Quonset Business Corp., says the coronavirus pandemic may incentivize more manufacturers to “reshore” activities domestically after experiencing the supply-chain breakdowns created by the pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Pandemic slows interest in Quonset Business Park

Coronavirus 07/17/2020

On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Quonset Business Park hummed with activity: trucks barreling down the winding roads, construction crews chatting on a break, cranes...