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Joseph Mulligan / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Joseph Mulligan

5Q 04/28/2023

Joseph Mulligan | Director of planning and development, city of Providence 1. What are your priorities for Providence as the city’s new director of...

A FORMER MANUFACTURING FACILITY at 50 Sims Ave. in Providence is set for redevelopment into an economic hub, after the Providence Redevelopment Authority reached a master developer agreement with a Philadelphia-based firm called Scout. / COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

Providence reaches deal with Scout to revitalize former manufacturing site

Economic Activity 12/30/2021

PROVIDENCE – A Philadelphia firm is planning to revitalize a former manufacturing facility built in 1900 at 50 Sims Ave., in the Woonasquatucket River...

K&S Development proposes five-story building for Federal Hill

Real Estate 11/01/2019

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission is reviewing a proposal for a new five-story building, to be built over three lots in Federal...

THE CITY is launching the $6 million Woonasquatucket River Greenway Project Monday night with a public hearing. / COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

Providence holding meeting Monday about Woonasquatucket River Greenway

Government 06/17/2019

PROVIDENCE – A public meeting will be held Monday evening to start the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Project, a series of proposed improvements to a...

DENSELY POPULATED: The Fox Point neighborhood on the East Side of Providence is filled with 18th- and 19th-century structures, and a mix of other buildings. In recent months, three new apartment buildings have started construction, two of them replacing much older buildings, including one at 298 Wickenden St.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Fox Point residents concerned about infill construction displacing long-term renters

Focus 09/28/2018

After years of inactivity, new residential construction has made inroads into city neighborhoods in Providence. Lot by lot, older houses or vacant parcels are...

Downtown Transit Connector to begin construction

Real Estate 08/16/2018

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority has begun pre-construction work in downtown Providence, preparing for the Downtown Transit Connector. The high-frequency bus transit corridor...

THE ROCHAMBEAU FIRE STATION, at 270 Rochambeau Ave. in Providence, was one of two East Side fire houses deactivated earlier this year by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza's administration. The city Planning Department is actively seeking opinions as to the building's next purpose. / PBN PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD

Providence Planning Department seeks ideas for Rochambeau Fire Station reuse

Government 01/04/2018

PROVIDENCE – With the Rochambeau Fire Station no longer in use, the city Planning Department is actively seeking opinions as to its next purpose. An open house in...