Tag: tax stabilization agreement
Edge College Hill Two approved for $18.7M TSA by Providence City...
PROVIDENCE - The Providence City Council approved an $18.7 million, 20-year tax-stabilization agreement, or TSA, for Steeple Street RI LLC, for the Edge College...
Can a self-described ‘pro[business]-growth progressive’ mayor boost investment in Providence?
The son of Guatemalan immigrants who settled in the West End of Providence, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps story: The first in...
Five Questions With Joseph Solomon
Joseph Solomon | Mayor, Warwick
1 You are a former city councilman who has taken the place of a longstanding mayor. How are you...
The state needs a stronger affordable-housing law, says R.I. Housing. Executive...
R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year in a position of financial strength, says Executive Director Barbara Fields.
It...
Providence has several tax-stabilization policies to woo developers. Plans to have...
New residents already have started moving into one of downtown Providence’s oldest commercial buildings, occupying efficient, modern apartments that have taken spaces once afforded...
Providence TSA update needed to increase investment
For years Providence has had a justly earned reputation as one of the most difficult cities in which to develop real estate. Between costs,...
Providence council seeks independent financial review of TSAs
PROVIDENCE – The City Council plans to hire an independent financial consultant to help it put a value on the long-term impact of tax...
Providence considers uniform, citywide tax incentives for commercial development
PROVIDENCE – City officials are proposing to expand the breadth of a standardized tax incentive program that previously targeted the Interstate 195 Redevelopment and...
Cornish Associates, Nordblom seek 20-year TSA for 78 Fountain project
PROVIDENCE – The developer of a significant new building planned for downtown will come before the Providence City Council on Thursday with a request...
Town using funds received from Invenergy to fight Invenergy’s proposed power...
BURRILLVILLE – In what’s become a bitter and expensive fight over a proposed gas-fired power plant in Burrillville, the town is tapping into money...