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NEW DIGS: The 30,000-square-foot Ocean Sate Labs is located on the fourth floor of 150 Richmond St., Providence. The new building in the 195 District also houses the R.I. Department of Health laboratory.  PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Lab space could be a big draw

PBN 40th Anniversary 08/14/2026

Rhode Island has gone all in on life sciences, but it still remains to be seen whether the millions of dollars of investment will...

NEW WORKSPACE: Peter Gillespie, senior vice president and branch manager for Cross Insurance Inc., stands at the entrance of the company’s new offices at The Foundry in Providence.  PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’

Business Services 06/19/2026

On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...

Could the state’s life science effort stall at the finish line?

Editorial and Op-Ed 04/10/2026

Gov. Daniel J. McKee recently celebrated the $81.7 million opening of the new Ocean State Labs in Providence’s Jewelry District. The labs are a...

ALBERT DAHLBERG, assistant vice president of the office of government and community relations at Brown University, addresses members of the community at the Jewelry District Association January Meeting at the CIC building. PBN PHOTO/ VEER MUDAMBI

Jewelry District community seeks answers on Brown shooting during neighborhood meeting

Education 01/14/2026

PROVIDENCE – Questions about the immediate response to the deadly campus shooting at Brown University in December and future security precautions dominated a public...

Three years, $98M later state-of-the-art public health lab nears completion

Government 06/25/2025

The governor of Rhode Island, a handful of state scientists, and a flock of reporters walked into an unfinished building in Providence Tuesday. Donning hard...

Providence announces pair of free parking programs

Economic Activity 11/26/2024

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced a pair of free parking programs to help residents have easier access to City Hall...

Paxson says state could do more to link business community with...

Economy 11/25/2024

PROVIDENCE – Brown University President Christina H. Paxson thinks state officials can do more to foster connections between the business sector and the graduates...

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Print Edition 08/16/2024

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BROWN UNIVERSITY has demolished two buildings between Richmond and Elbow street in Providence's Jewelry District to clear the way for the construction of a 300,000-square-foot laboratory building. / PBN PHOTO

Jewelry District buildings demolished ahead of Brown ‘integrated life sciences’ project

Editor's Choice 07/05/2024

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is continuing its expansion in the Jewelry District, demolishing two buildings next to the university's Warren Alpert Medical School to...