Development

Q&A
May 25

Home Healthsmith’s Bohmbach receives specialist designation

Bill Bohmbach, founder and president of Portsmouth-based Home Healthsmith, recently earned the National Association of Home Builders’ certified aging-in-place specialist designation. Bohmbach has more than 30 years of experience in adaptive-mobility equipment and previously served in the Navy as an electrician. He founded Accurate Elevator and Lift in 1994, which he sold in 2010 to a major international elevator company. Bohmbach is currently pursuing his certification for home modifications through the University of Southern California.
Real Estate
May 25

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

Downtown vision tied to ‘Superman’?

Central to the argument for saving Providence’s Superman Building with public investment is a vision of the downtown economy driven by residents as much as office workers.
Economic Development
May 24

Historical preservation programs land $54K in grants

The R.I. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission has awarded eight grants totaling roughly $54,500 to eight local historic preservation programs, the commission announced Friday.
Innovation
May 21

Building Futures wins Workforce Board’s innovation award

Building Futures, a program of The Providence Plan, was named the 2013 winner of the Governor’s Workforce Board’s Innovation Award.
Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
May 18
Guest Column:
Valerie Talmage and Scott Wolf

Historic tax credits: economic opportunity for R.I.

As the 2013 legislative session heads toward its closing date, Rhode Island has a great economic opportunity within its grasp. Passage of a carefully constructed historic-tax-credit program would kick-start jobs, revitalize neighborhood economies and help get us back in business.
Development
May 18

Carpionato proposes 62-acre, mixed-use Tiverton project

TIVERTON – Carpionato Group has made an introductory pitch to the Tiverton Town Council and Planning Board for a large-scale, mixed-use development that could be as large as 62 acres, The Herald News of Fall River reported.
Real Estate
May 18

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

Incubators see an emerging market

To fill empty space in a sluggish office market, some Rhode Island property owners have decided to help grow the new corporate tenants of the future.
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