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Piece of Newport’s past on block
Michael Parascandola, whose family owns the last private fishing pier in Newport Harbor, remembers when there were 20 small saloons on Thames Street and the fish business was booming on the waterfront. more
‘Spaghetti ramps’ out in F.R. waterfront plan
Almost every American city has had to live with at least one old highway overpass cutting through downtown that isolates neighborhoods and repels visitors. more
DOT lands $10M for Viaduct work
The R.I. Department of Transportation landed $10 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s transportation investment generating economic recovery grant program to accelerate the rehabilitation of the Providence Viaduct and begin work late this year. more
| 6/21/12
Military housing went from job to vocation after 9/11
John Picerne was raised on the real estate business in the third-generation Picerne Real Estate Group. But the further he went in the family business, the less comfortable he became with the boom-and-bust cycles of residential housing. Craving a more stable slice of the market, Picerne ventured into military housing, particularly building apartments on Army bases, and broke off the independent Picerne Military Housing in 2005. more
REITs gain 26% ditching failing shopping malls: mortgages
Mall owners including Simon Property Group Inc. and General Growth Properties Inc., the biggest in the United States, are signaling they’re moving on from struggling retail centers as the economic rebound drives them to focus on the best-performing markets. more
Design and build system catching on
When the great floods of 2010 washed out the Laurel Avenue bridge in Coventry, Rhode Island transportation officials were under pressure to rebuild it faster than the state’s traditional bidding rules for construction projects would allow. more
Regency stays current with upgrades
Many Providence apartment buildings have been built, bought, sold, condominium-converted, unconverted, or refashioned into dormitories since the first Regency Plaza tower was erected in 1968. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 11/12/12

Worsted prepares for new chapter
For The Plastics Group of America President Robert A. Lebeaux, the mill project he’s been absorbed in is more than an expansion of his company: It is a renovation, a restoration and the resurrection of a piece of history. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 10/8/12

RIRRC breaks ground on sewer project
The owner and operator of the state’s Central Landfill and recycling services, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation broke ground Wednesday on a $4 million sewer infrastructure project. more
Fall River area named on top neighborhoods list
Fall River’s Lower Highlands and historic downtown has been named as one of the 10 Great Neighborhoods for 2012 by the American Planning Association. more
| 10/3/12
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