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PROVIDENCE PLACE has instituted a ban on unsupervised youths in the mall after 5 p.m. every day and during school hours, but it remains to be seen if that policy pays off. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Do you support Providence Place mall’s new policy requiring teens to...

Hospitality & Tourism 04/11/2025

Providence Place mall on March 24 began requiring teens to be accompanied by adults after 5 p.m. The policy bars youths under 18 during school...

‘A safer mall, but … an emptier mall’ after ban on...

Economy 04/04/2025

The operators of Providence Place mall are requiring teens to be accompanied by adults after 5 p.m., but some observers are divided over whether...

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

Economy 03/28/2025

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

LIVING THE HIGH LIFE: Waterplace Towers in downtown Providence contains luxury apartments, but don’t expect to rent them at a bargain rate right now.  PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Few signs of cooling in luxury rental market

Economy 03/14/2025

These days, most of the prospective homebuyers who call real estate agent Kira Greene aren’t from Rhode Island, and in a strange way, that...

GATHERING PLACE: Scott McCullough loved books growing up and thought he would go into publishing after graduating college, but while working at a bookstore he became passionate about its role in the community and decided to open Symposium Books Inc. in Providence in 2004 with his wife, Anne Marie Keohane.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bookstore plays vital role in downtown Providence community

Entrepreneurship 02/14/2025

When thinking of a name for his bookstore, Scott McCullough recalled his days learning about Plato’s Symposium as a philosophy student in college. Plato’s Symposium...

UNIQUE FLAVORS: The Track 15 food hall on the first floor of the former Union Station in downtown Providence will feature seven Rhode Island-based restaurants, each offering their own unique flavor, when it opens on Feb. 27.  RENDERING COURTESY MARSELLA DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Track 15 food hall brings many flavors to Providence

Focus 01/17/2025

Since moving to the United States in 2018, Alp Gumuscu has gotten a taste of American food, but he longed for a way to...

Most-read stories on PBN.com, Dec. 2024

Print Edition 01/17/2025

1. Music, dancing: Restaurant owners say they need a change in Providence POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 13. Providence City Council President Rachel M. Miller has...

MACY'S INC. will not be shuttering its stores in Warwick, Providence or North Attleborough in 2025. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Macy’s stores in Warwick, Providence, North Attleborough avoid closure list

Hospitality & Tourism 01/10/2025

PROVIDENCE – Macy’s Inc. has no plans to shutter its three stores in the region. At least for now. The department store chain has left...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2024

Business Services 12/31/2024

From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...