South Street Landing project moving forward

THIS IS A RENDERING OF the proposed parking garage at 342 Eddy St. for South Street Landing. The design is by architect Spagnolo, Gisness & Associates of Boston. The garage will hold 740 spaces to support the South Street Landing tenants.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF the proposed parking garage at 342 Eddy St. for South Street Landing. The design is by architect Spagnolo, Gisness & Associates of Boston. The garage will hold 740 spaces to support the South Street Landing tenants.

PROVIDENCE – The $220 million South Street Landing project moved forward Wednesday, with one city board authorizing zoning waivers for its eight-story parking garage, while another agency agreed to close-out an outstanding loan on the property.
The Zoning Board of Review approved three waivers that will allow construction of the 740-space garage to move forward. The parking structure, to be located at 342 Eddy St., is constrained by a site that will be leased from National Grid. It is one of three elements in the South Street Landing project, according to attorneys. The project will include a building for the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center and Brown University administrative offices, as well as another seven-story structure for graduate student housing, a restaurant and retail space.
The garage design includes a slightly lower first-floor ceiling and a wider entrance off Eddy than zoning allows. The building will not have a business use at ground level, also a zoning requirement. Instead, its design will include architectural elements to make the appearance of the building more visually appealing at street-level. It will anchor the northern edge of the site, according to the architect, Al Spagnolo, founding partner of Spagnolo, Gisness & Associates of Boston.
The zoning board approved the three zoning waiver requests unanimously.
Earlier in the day, the Providence Economic Development Partnership agreed to accept a $100,000 payment to satisfy a $313,000 loan made to the Heritage Harbor Corp. which had tried unsuccessfully to develop a museum, hotel and office complex on the site. The partial payment will be made by the Providence Redevelopment Agency, according to Brett Smiley, the city’s chief operating officer. It will allow the South Street Landing project to move forward with the historic tax credits originally assigned to the renovation of the former power generating plant, South Street Station.
A ceremonial groundbreaking for the South Street Landing project was held in late December.

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