Christopher Allen

6 days ago | pbn.com | Christopher Allen

In 2014, the R.I. Department of Transportation produced a video promising a state-of-the-art transit hub to replace the “overcrowded” Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence, part of a multistage vision to overhaul the state’s public transportation system. “It’s time for a new era of mobility,” the narrator said. “It’s all on the horizon.” A decade later, Already a Subscriber?

6 days ago | pbn.com | Christopher Allen

(Editor’s note: This is the 57th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views on minority-business conditions in the state and for ways to improve those businesses’ chances for success.) When Middletown locals heard that one of their most beloved restaurants, and the town’s only Already a Subscriber?

1 week ago | pbn.com | Christopher Allen

WARWICK – Dallas-based investment firm Encore Enterprises Inc. has finalized the acquisition of Cowesett Corners plaza in a recapitalization deal with the site’s current owner AmCap Management Holdings LLC. City real estate records list a purchase price of $27.75 million. Mike Nelson, president of Encore Commercial, said the grocery-anchored retail sector “has shown remarkable resilience over Already a Subscriber?

1 week ago | pbn.com | Christopher Allen

PROVIDENCE – During a two-day widow on May 29 and 30, voters in the R.I. Senate’s 4th District will begin to learn which candidates will be on the ballot for a special election to fill the vacant seat left by Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-North Providence, who died of cancer on April 21 at the Already a Subscriber? Log in To Continue Reading This Article Become a Providence Business News subscriber and get immediate access to all of our premier content and much more.

1 week ago | pbn.com | Christopher Allen

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate has approved a pair of bills targeting the use of “spread pricing” by pharmacy benefit managers, which often charge health plans and payers a higher price for a prescription drug than what they reimburse to the pharmacy and keep the difference. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Lori Urso, D-Pawtucket, would prohibit Already a Subscriber?