Tag: Superman building
Flock cameras, Kennedy Plaza emerge as key divide in Providence mayoral...
PROVIDENCE – Flock license plate readers and the future of Kennedy Plaza emerged as major dividing lines Wednesday in the city's mayoral race, as...
‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’
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...
Connect with Commerce: ‘Superman’ building owners seeking federal loan
(Editor’s note: This is the third in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan...
Pryor: Targeted investments can help companies ‘expand and land’ in R.I.
R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor has once again taken a prominent role in the state's economic development.
The first to hold the commerce...
The Providence Foundation to present past accomplishments, future priorities at 50th...
PROVIDENCE – When David Salvatore recalls the downtown of his childhood, he sees a drab picture: Swaths of concrete, a federal highway traveling through...
High Rock vows to finish ‘Superman’ building project, announces new manager
PROVIDENCE – A month after the death of its managing director, David C. Sweetser, High Rock Development says it remains committed to the redevelopment of...
Was it a good move by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Aug. 7 announced that Stefan Pryor will return for another stint as state secretary of commerce.
Pryor was the state’s...
McKee scores with return of Pryor
With a sputtering local economy and high voter disapproval, Gov. Daniel J. McKee needed some good news ahead of a looming reelection campaign.
He got...
David Sweetser, managing partner of ‘Superman’ owner High Rock Development, dies...
PROVIDENCE – David C. Sweetser, the managing partner of High Rock Development, which owns the “Superman” building at 111 Westminster St., has died at...
Old ProJo Building revival getting closer to reality
For more than a century, 203 Westminster St. has stood like a baroque sentinel in downtown Providence – a grand Beaux-Arts building that once...


















