Tag: Hotel Hive
PBN’s most-read stories of 2022
From developments with the potential to reshape the landscape of Providence and a steady stream of million-dollar home sales across Rhode Island, to ongoing...
City panel gives preliminary approval to contested ‘Superman’ building tax treaty
PROVIDENCE – Plans to revive the dormant “Superman” building are inching closer to reality, with a city panel giving preliminary approval to a 30-year...
Developer ditches proposal for downtown Providence hotel, wants apartments instead
PROVIDENCE – The hotel part of the “Hotel Hive” project planned for downtown Providence is off the table.
In its place, the developer wants to...
Hotel Hive developer: extension request ‘inevitable’ amid financing struggles
PROVIDENCE – The developer planning to turn the former Providence Journal building into a boutique hotel with retail and loft apartments will not meet...
Hotel Hive project on hold; developer may seek deadline extension
PROVIDENCE – A controversial tax deal inked between the city and a hotel developer may need to be revised due to the pandemic.
Jim Abdo,...
Wage requirements in Providence TSA proposal pit developers against unions
PROVIDENCE – A proposal to add wage and labor requirements for developers whose projects receive property tax breaks in the city has fanned flames...
Providence City Council looks to expand authority over tax breaks to...
PROVIDENCE – After failed attempts to remove politics from the city’s process for giving tax breaks to developers, the Providence City Council appears to...
City Council approves tax deal for Providence hotel
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday approved a $2.7 million tax break for a developer planning to turn two vacant downtown buildings into...
City must stop throwing roadblocks in front of worthy developers
Despite all the talk about making Providence more hospitable for developers, some city officials continue to throw roadblocks in front of worthy projects.
The latest...
WPRI: Hotel Hive developer puts project on hold without TSA
PROVIDENCE – The developer behind the proposed Hotel Hive Providence, Jim Abdo, has placed his plans to convert the historic downtown property into a...