Providence Development (real estate, apartments, lofts)

[lookinforahome]

Hey all, just wondering if anyone knew the status of developments currently going on in Providence.
Thanks!

[Hollytree]

Which ones are you interested in? Condos???? Downtown??? suburbs???

[lookinforahome]

Anything major or fairly major really. I love hearing about development projects going on around a city.

[Ro-Dialin]

Originally Posted by lookinforahome

Anything major or fairly major really. I love hearing about development projects going on around a city.

As far as real estate development, Providence is probably more than a bit over-developed. We have at least 4 high rises in the downtown area, some still not even completed, that were built due to some over zealous construction companies. There was definetly some overly optimistic economic forecasting regarding the RI economy. We also have another condo development by Canal Street which are still under construction. They were going to build the tallest building in Providence by 1 Turks Head, but that is on hold.

[lookinforahome]

So as far as current developments go, not a whole lot goin' on right now?

[dgthree]

^sorry, didn't know if you could link... here they are without links

In Progress/Recently completed

• 195 Relocation/Washington Bridge Park
• 70 Kennedy Plaza
• AS220/Perishable Theatre
• Brown University | Life Sciences Building
• Capital Cove
• Charles Street Walmart
• Eastside Commons
• The Foundry
• Grant's Block
• GTECH
• Harkness Building
• Knight Street Condos | Federal Hill
• Masonic Temple | Renaissance Hotel
• Meeting Street School
• Miriam Hospital Expansion
• Pearl Street Lofts
• Peerless Building
• The Pell Chafee Theatre Performance Center
• Pratt Hill Condos
• Puente
• Rau Fastener | Westfield Lofts
• RISD 15West
• Save the Bay Headquarters
• WaterPlace | Intercontinental

Proposed/beginning

• 200 Dyer Street
• 333 Atwells Avenue (Rialto Site)
• 6/10 Interchange Project
• Artiste Lofts LLC at Eagle Square
• AS220 Dreyfuss Hotel Building
• Brown University | Sidney E. Frank Hall
• Charles Street hotel
• Conley Wharf
• Dunkin Donuts Center Renovations
• Emmett Square Improvements
• Fogarty Building Hotel
• Fox Point Bath House library proposal
• Greene St/Churchill Banks
• Heritage Harbor/Mixed Use
• Imperial Place
• Johnson & Wales Harborside Campus
• Katherine Gibbs School Condos
• LaSalle Square Improvements
• Olneyville Riverside
• One Ten Westminster
• Power Block 55 Broadway (Paolino Site)
• Power Block Atwells Parcel
• Power Block | Hilton Hotel & Residences
• Providence Community Health Center
• Providence Fruit & Produce Warehouse
• Richmond Square mixed-use
• RISD | Chase Center
• Saki's Apartments
• Waterford Residences (Westin 2nd Tower)
• WBNA 1577 Westminster St. housing
• Williams-Woods Place | South Providence

[nate14ri]

blue cross blue shield building is coming along nicely.

[lrfox]

BC/BS looks pretty nice. I had dinner in the G-Tech Building on Saturday and it looks very nice as well (A lot of glass in both BC/BS and G-Tech). I LOVE the new tower at the Westin... I have a friend who has a condo there and it's gorgeous. The Waterplace Condo Towers are cool too.

One Ten is dead I think. I believe something else (shorter) is going in on that site. There's still a lot of other work going on downtown, but I think it's mostly on a smaller scale. I also don't know some specific names. I'll be back in the area next weekend. I should bring my camera and snap some shots of a few of the sites.

On a related note, what's the status on the Westminster Arcade? I know they've closed it, but any idea of when it's going to reopen/ what is happening there?

[dgthree]

the W hotel website still has the 110 listed. The W website is also up-to-date so there is still promise for that.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by dgthree

the W hotel website still has the 110 listed. The W website is also up-to-date so there is still promise for that.

The W is set to go in at 110 Westminster. It's going to be all or a portion of a 22 storey tower. The project scheduled to go in before that (literally called, "One Ten Westminster") which would have included a W hotel and been 40 stories tall was cancelled in 2007.

I think there's more than hope for the W going in there, but unfortunately, the mega project, One Ten, is dead. Anyway, I hope the W includes some sort of residences as the city could use some street life after hours in that area and residences would help that.