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ROOM TO ROAM: The 30,000-square-foot Ocean State Labs, on the fourth floor of 150 Richmond St., in Providence will feature lots of exterior and interior windows between labs and offices to give a sense of openness and inspire collaboration, the designers say. 
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Ocean State Labs puts open layout to the test

As Rhode Island’s life sciences industry continues to take shape, John Flavin wants the state’s first incubator wet lab space to feel different from...
OPPOSED: Randall Rose, a member of the Kennedy Plaza Resilience Coalition, is pictured in front of one of the parcels next to the train station recommended for a new R.I. Public Transit Authority hub.
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Stuck in transit: Is RIPTA’s long hunt for bus hub location...

In 2014, the R.I. Department of Transportation produced a video promising a state-of-the-art transit hub to replace the “overcrowded” Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence,...
NEW PLANS: After more than a decade marked by delays and false starts, state transit leaders are now considering two new locations near Providence’s train station for a new transit hub that would move most buses out of Kennedy Plaza. 
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Transparency key to public trust in transit hub choice

Why can’t state transit leaders stick with a single location for a new Providence transit hub? After 11 years and 10 potential locations, there...
DEVELOPING SITUATION: About 7 acres of land in the I-195 Redevelopment District remain available for build-out. The 195 District Park on the west side of the Providence River, seen above, will remain open space – except for a 3,500-square-foot food and beverage pavilion under construction near the center of the park. 
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CAUTION ZONE? As I-195 district projects proceed, economic factors have some...

Developer D+P Real Estate Inc. toiled for years on plans for a six-story, 240,000-square-foot, mixed-use building along Interstate 195 in Providence that would have...
EVOLVING MIX: Housing and open space, including the 195 District Park, seen above, are prominent in the I-195 Redevelopment District. But more commercial development is still possible on 7 acres of available land. 
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Fiscally healthier city will help spur private investment

Housing was never expected to be at the forefront of development in Providence’s I-195 Redevelopment District. Back in 2011, then-Mayor Angel Taveras called the newly...
AT THE HELM: David Salvatore has been executive director of The Providence Foundation for less than a year, but the nonprofit business association has been focused on economic development and urban revitalization in downtown Providence for half a century. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

For 50 years, an advocate for downtown success

Unless there was a sporting event or the circus was in town, David Salvatore was probably not venturing into downtown Providence when he was...

Plans for $70M project anchored by new BankRI HQ scrapped in...

PROVIDENCE – A $70 million development project on former Interstate 195 land that was to be anchored by a new headquarters of Bank Rhode...

I-195 Commission to pitch Parcel 42 to Hasbro

PROVIDENCE – The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission is asking the board of directors to approve the designation of a vacant parcel of district land...

RIPTA is considering putting bus hub near Providence train station, again

A final recommendation for the R.I. Public Transit Authority’s new state-of-the-art transit facility will be ready as early as late November, the agency’s interim...

Agreement for incubator labs in Providence is designed to fill need

As Massachusetts is facing a surplus of lab space, Rhode Island life science leaders are celebrating taking the first steps to develop incubator lab...
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