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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Michelle Wilcox, CEO and president of Crossroads Rhode Island, stands in front of the Summer Street Apartments project in Providence in 2024. It’s Crossroads’ five-story building featuring 176 single-bed residences for those who were previously homeless.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For homebuyers, landscape grows more discouraging

PBN 40th Anniversary 08/14/2026

One word has echoed around the residential real estate sector in Rhode Island for a while now and will continue to do so: affordability. It’s...

ADDITIONAL PAYMENT: The 11,579-square-foot home at 626 Bellevue Ave. in Newport, which sold for $30 million in 2021, is now assessed at $21.6 million. That will mean an additional $103,200 annual payment to the state under the “Taylor Swift tax” taking effect in July.  COURTESY GUSTAVE WHITE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

How will ‘Taylor Swift tax’ impact R.I.’s luxury real estate market?

Focus 03/13/2026

As the Ocean State’s so-called “Taylor Swift tax” is poised to go into effect this July, observers agree that for Rhode Island’s wealthiest homeowners,...

PLACE OF PRIDE: Joan and Tony Assante purchased a 1,400-square-foot condominium at Chapel View, one of the first of 14 condos in the development to be occupied 17 years ago. Every condo was eventually purchased.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SEEKING BALANCE: Developers see financial benefits of live-work-play projects

Cover Story 02/13/2026

No matter what Joan and Tony Assante want to do, they usually don’t have to go far to get it done. Grocery shopping? There’s a...

OCCUPANTS WANTED: Raymond Goff, Burrillville’s planning director and economic development coordinator, visits the entrance to the town’s commerce park, which has remained mostly unused for many years. Town officials are hoping to change that.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SETTING SITES HIGHER: Will $40M initiative aimed at creating more pad-ready...

Cover Story 06/07/2024

When Burrillville officials unveiled plans to create a second industrial park in the rural town in the early 2000s to bring in jobs and...

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