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Rhode Island’s Newest ‘Mill to Lofts’ Conversion

Historic Pawtucket-based Mill Before Revitalization Hope Artiste Village, a large, modernized mill property located at 1005 Main Street in Pawtucket and comprised of office space, artist studios, light industrial work space, and retail, will soon also include 149 loft-style housing units at the rear of the property on Esten Avenue. Originally the preparing mill for the Hope Webbing Company in the early 1900’s and later the School House Candy Company, Hope Artiste Village has undergone…
Sheryl Guglielmo
September 24, 2018
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Honey Dew Coming to North Providence

A new Honey Dew Donuts will soon be popping up at 1113 Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence. The property, owned by Churchill & Banks, a leading real estate development and site acquisition firm, was formerly occupied by a 5,400-square foot building that in the past had been home to Spectrum Tanning and Stop & Save Insurance. Churchill & Banks has teamed up with DiPrete Engineering, BETA Group, and Kent Co. Development to build the…
Sheryl Guglielmo
July 10, 2018
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Foxborough’s Forbes Crossing Nears Completion

Development at Forbes Crossing, located on 19 acres on the Foxborough/Mansfield, Mass. line, is continuing at a steady pace and heading toward completion, as marked by the recent opening of the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Hotel. Saletin Real Estate Group, a commercial real estate developer throughout Southern New England, led the retail center’s redevelopment. Forbes Crossing, formerly known as Foxfield Plaza, received a total facelift with select demolition of buildings and the addition…
Sheryl Guglielmo
June 11, 2018
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A Unique and Modern Coastal Venue

Senior Project Engineer, Kevin DeMers and his team at DiPrete Engineering have finished the surveying and site design for modifications of the former Atlantic Beach Club on Purgatory Road in Middletown. Under the oversight of Longwood Events the former club has undergone a total transformation and is now known as the Newport Beach House, a luxury wedding venue. The renovated 13,000 sq. ft. venue lies on 4.25 acres of land and includes 158 off-street parking…
Sheryl Guglielmo
February 28, 2017
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Virks in the Works

Photo credit: NEMD Architects Molly Titus is set to make all that is old new again, at a site in Cranston. DiPrete Engineering has teamed up with NEMD Architects to renovate the Virks building — keeping some architectural elements that give the structure its unique character. Molly is overseeing renovations at the Pastore Center where 50,000 square feet of a former institutional hospital is being transformed into offices for the RI Department of Health &…
Sheryl Guglielmo
June 23, 2015