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Federal commercial real estate cancellations surprise R.I. landlords

PROVIDENCE – Mary Sadlier was surprised when she opened an email from the General Services Administration last week. The agency informed Sadlier the federal government...

Centre of New England developer to present plans for another project...

COVENTRY – A developer is looking to expand its construction plans in town. While Starr Capital LLC’s plans for a sprawling 900-unit housing project at...
A DIFFERENT LOOK: A rendering of the second phase of development at the former Metacomet Country Club shows shops and an open-air courtyard running between the buildings. 
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With golf course open, plans for Phase 2 at Metacomet proceed

The newly configured nine-hole golf course that covers about half of the former Metacomet Country Club has proved popular among golfers since it opened...
RISING UP: A 200,000-square-foot life sciences complex under construction in the I-195 Redevelopment District will include dedicated space for the R.I. State Health Lab and Brown University. The rest will be for private lab activities. 
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R.I. presses forward in quest for lab space

While major metropolitan areas are facing a concerning glut of laboratory space, Rhode Island leaders are more optimistic about the Ocean State’s future in...

Citizens executive appointed senior vice chairman

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. says Donald H. McCree III, head of commercial banking at Citizens, has been appointed to senior vice chairman. “This...
WATCH THIS SPACE: Stacey Messier, general manager at Cambridge Innovation Center Providence, a 62,000-square-foot coworking office established at 225 Dyer St. in 2019, says she believes the business model “continues to rise in popularity.” 
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Despite failures, landlords still see future in coworking spaces

The recent bankruptcy filing by national coworking space operator WeWork Inc. – once valued at $47 billion before its estimated worth plummeted to $360.9...

Citizens Financial Group reports $487M profit in Q2

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. on Tuesday reported a 31% rise in quarterly earnings compared with a year ago, beating Wall Street estimates...
STILL STANDING: 
There is vacant office space in downtown Providence, but people in the local commercial real estate sector say landlords and banks haven’t reached a crisis level as others have nationwide. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

SHAKY GROUND: Distressed office real estate could undermine banks, wider economy

The former mayor of Providence is distressed. When Joseph R. Paolino Jr. walks through the city’s financial district, he’s anxious about what he sees. He...
ANXIOUS TIMES: Office vacancy rates in downtown Providence have been stable in recent months but are expected to rise this year amid ­national pressures created by rising borrowing costs and declining demand. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Pandemic fallout taking toll on commercial real estate

The COVID-19 pandemic has ended but the economic fallout is ongoing in some sectors of the economy, including commercial real estate. Owners and lenders invested...

Growth of self storage raising some alarms

Driving up Interstate 95 on a recent evening, Richard Godfrey, executive director of Roger Williams University’s real estate program, couldn’t help but notice a...
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