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Interest rate hikes meant to fight inflation are raising the cost of financing big buildings everywhere, from apartment towers to high schools and professional soccer stadiums

Nearly a year after plans to fill the long-vacant Industrial National Bank building in Providence were unveiled, required agreements with state entities still have not been signed.

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Providence City Council's finance committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend tax breaks to High Rock Development, which is working to breath new life into...

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The treaty would freeze the tax bill for the 26-story Industrial Trust tower starting this winter while owner High Rock converts it into apartments.

The tax deal released Thursday and referred to a Council committee for hearings, would freeze the towers tax bill for the first 10 years.

Around 90 people gathered in Burnside Park in Providence, Rhode Island on Sept. 1 to protest a development plan for so-called "affordable" housing. Th

Long before we met on the wild steppes of the Internet, we gathered on the cobblestones of the agora or the grassy village green to conduct our business, Providence's revica includes projects which aim to reshape the Superman Building, Kennedy Plaza, Waterplace Park and Union Station.

Downtown Providence and retail across the state remain a priority as politicians look to spend $2 billion on infrastructure projects around R.I.