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Driving Forces: Arnold B. Chace Jr.

Digital Special Editions 08/14/2026

Arnold B. Chace Jr. Cornish Associates LP founder and managing partner ARNOLD B. “BUFF” CHACE JR. has always been bullish on the future of Providence’s evolving...

Construction to begin on 12-story, 214-unit residential building in I-195 district

Housing 04/16/2025

PROVIDENCE – After unveiling three different design plans, developers of a proposed 12-story residential building in the I-195 Redevelopment District say they are ready...

Plans for 32-unit residential building in College Hill neighborhood get preliminary...

Housing 03/19/2025

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission granted preliminary plan approval for a five-story residential building in the College Hill neighborhood Tuesday night. The proposal...

Once again, I-195 panel approves updated designs for parcels 14, 15

Housing 02/20/2025

PROVIDENCE – The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission granted concept approval for updated plans of Parcels 14 and 15 Wednesday. The developer, CV Properties LLC, unveiled...

I-195 Commission to consider another set of design plans for Parcels...

Housing 02/17/2025

PROVIDENCE – CV Properties LLC is hoping that third time's the charm for its design plans of Parcels 14 and 15 in the I-195...

Feds to raise ceiling for home-sale appraisals

Financial Services 10/04/2019

PROVIDENCE – For the first time in a quarter century, federal banking regulators are raising the minimal price for requiring appraisals on home sales. Beginning...

Home sales fell in September, although the median sale price rose somewhat./COURTESY RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

R.I. home sales drop 13% in Sept.

Real Estate 10/26/2018

WARWICK – The number of single-family houses sold in Rhode Island dropped by 13 percent in September, but prices increased under steady demand, according...

THE RHODE ISLAND Association of Realtors reports that the median home price of a single-family house in Rhode Island rose 10 percent in May./COURTESY RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

Prices for R.I. single-family houses rise 10% in May

Real Estate 06/20/2018

WARWICK – Home values in Rhode Island jumped another 10 percentage points in May, over 2017, to a median price of $275,000, according to...

THE NATIONAL Low Income Housing Coalition has found a stubborn gap between what renters earn, and how much apartments cost. / COURTESY NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION

Report finds lack of affordability in rental apartments in R.I.

Economic Activity 06/13/2018

PROVIDENCE – A newly released report on the affordability of rental housing finds a persistent gap, nationally and in Rhode Island, between what people...