Tag: Superman building
City commercial real estate on the rebound
It has been a long time coming, but the Downtown Providence office market vacancy rate has dropped below 10 percent (with one very large...
Five Questions With: Peter Green
Peter Green, a photographer and graphic artist, documents life atop the Superman Building in downtown Providence through his website, www.providenceraptors.com. He spoke to the...
One Financial Plaza sells for $51.8M
PROVIDENCE - One Financial Plaza, Providence, the city’s second-tallest building, was sold for $51.8 million to Brooklyn, N.Y.,-based JFR Global Investments, according to a...
Matt Brown wants R.I.’s governor to focus less on business interests...
Matt Brown, a longtime activist for social, educational and environmental causes, wants to bring that mission to the top level of state government next...
Hope Tower belongs downtown
In 2005 the tallest building in Providence was to be constructed in the heart of downtown. It was to be built between the historic...
Can too much transparency hinder economic development?
There’s a running debate between the state and some outside parties about how much information related to luring business here should be shared with...
‘Vault’ filming uses Superman Building, downtown
PROVIDENCE – For two weeks that ended over the weekend, the state’s tallest building was transformed into the set and production offices for the upcoming...
CBRE 2018 Outlook: Downtown, suburban office markets tighten, industrial space at...
PROVIDENCE – The commercial real estate market across Rhode Island is strengthening, with record occupancy rates in industrial properties and shrinking availability in the...
All options must be on the table with the ‘Superman’ building
A 2016 report put the cost of converting the Industrial Trust, or “Superman,” tower primarily to a residential property at nearly $120 million. In...
Richardson awarded $125K grant from National Science Foundation
JONATHAN RICHARDSON, an assistant professor of biology at Providence College, was recently awarded a $125,310 grant from the National Science Foundation to help support...
















