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Capital Properties Inc. reported a 33.5 percent drop in profit to $340,000, or 5 cents per share, during the first quarter of 2013 compared with earnings of $511,000, or 8 cents per share, during 2012.
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By PBN Staff
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Sales of new U.S. homes advanced in March as near record-low mortgage rates helped the industry complete the strongest quarter since 2008, putting the economy on firmer footing.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Single-family home sales in Bristol County, Mass. rose 5.1 percent in March compared with the same period in 2012, The Warren Group said Tuesday.
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By PBN Staff
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Sales of previously owned U.S. homes probably rose in March for a third month to reach the highest level since late 2009, further evidence of an improving real-estate market, economists said before a report today.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Carpionato Group wants to turn the former Providence Fruit & Produce Warehouse property on Harris Avenue into a surface parking lot, according to an application with city officials.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Thanks to approval of federal funding allocations, the state has released the details of $5.7 million in improvements to the Providence railroad station, which serves Amtrak and MBTA passengers every day.
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By PBN Staff
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Roger Williams University leaders have narrowed their search for a new downtown Providence branch to five locations and hope to recommend one to trustees next month, school officials said Thursday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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March foreclosure starts in the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area dropped 15.5 percent and completed foreclosures fell 6.9 percent compared with the same period last year, according to RealtyTrac’s latest report.
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By PBN Staff
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The Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission has chosen Jan Brodie, a former vice president of the Armory Revival Co. now working for a Boston nonprofit developer, to be its first executive director, Commission Chairman Colin Kane confirmed Thursday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Thanks to the results of extensive faculty, staff and student survey results, and studies of student enrollment patterns and faculty collaboration ties, Brown University on Wednesday announced its intention to expand its engineering school on land it already owns, while also announcing gifts of $44 million for that effort.
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By PBN Staff
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