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Here are some additional images including construction diagrams and a dusk rendering that hasn't been posted yet. The third image shows the site encompassing the parking lot at Richmond and Ship St that @nicanbot pointed out. As for progress, the project site says that this week the contractor...

The plans and renderings are here if anyone is looking for them.

Here are the materials from the December 11th Downtown Design Review Committee meeting (and the staff report). Renderings attached below.

This morning, Brown released some images of the proposed design for their new Integrated Life Sciences Building. As planned, the building is seven-stories and 130 ft tall. This height is comparable to the new state health lab and the CIC building at 225 Dyer St.

As this rendering shows, this building (and those in later phases) would certainly alter the view from the bridge. Unfortunately it seems as though the only reason the uninterrupted view of the skyline is visible the first place is because of the massive parking crater along Dyer Street. It...

Brown University quietly dropped a teaser image for their planned Life Sciences Building in the Jewelry District. The building is planned for 233 Richmond Street (though the project may encompass adjacent lots). In the teaser image, the brick building at 60 Ship Street is visible to the left of...

The developer behind the proposed 126 unit project at 155 Chestnut has abandoned the project. It's a real shame. More housing outside the ugly 5-over-1 mold with no/limited off street parking is exactly what this part of Providence needs to regain the sort of life and streetscape it deserves.

The Churchill & Banks proposal sells a benefit of their project "an increase in parking to the area which is currently severely under parked," really hitting home their commitment to "neighborhood activation."

I find the Churchill & Banks proposal to be just awful from an aesthetic standpoint. The building has no character and the massing has been done in a way that looks contrived and inelegant. I like that it reaches 10 stories but just can't get behind such bad design. It's disappointing that ZDS...

An RFP has been released by the RI Commerce Corp for a new building housing private labs (min. 25,000 ft2) as well as the RIDOH state health laboratory (~80,000 ft2). Parcel 25 Lot 3 has been set aside for the project, though developers can propose constructing the lab on a parcel they own or...

Here is an analysis/critique of why Providence's life sciences sector has been slow to take off despite such concerted efforts to jumpstart it. While this proposal would move a number of existing jobs currently located in Smith Hill, a shared public-private wet lab would offer a currently...

As the state considers construction of a new RIDOH lab on Parcel 25, I decided to dig up some old (highly speculative) renderings and diagrams of what 225 Dyer would look like as part of a collection of other, similarly modern office and lab buildings.

A private developer has purchased 101 Richmond St (built circa 1927) and its adjacent parking lot from Johnson & Wales University with the intention of redeveloping the existing building as a mixed-use space. As planned, the redeveloped building would include twelve apartments priced between...

The Innovation District bus hub proposal checks a lot of "good urbanism" boxes for redeveloping a parking crater into a mixed-use transit facility and could be successful in breathing pedestrian life into an area that currently feels sort of empty. Despite this, a couple parts of the proposal...

Personally, I think its a shame that nothing came out of Marsella Development's proposal for an Intermodal Transportation Center at Providence Station. Creating an underground bus terminal at the station better responds to the increasingly likely prospect of a major high speed rail project and...

Here are some compiled figures: Floors (height) Residential sq. ft. (units) Retail sq. ft. (units) Parking spaces Bike parking Eden 6 (~70') 156,000 (163) 8,600 (2) 52 (ground floor) 89 spaces PPCR 6 (73') 134,953 (120) 25,000 (4) 140 (underground) 24 spaces Urbanica 6 (~68') 120,666...

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/04/developer-providences-fane-tower-alive-and-well-despite-delays/5717684001/

I'd be interested to hear anyone's opinion on what this sale might mean for the future of the 195 district. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/22/metro/brown-purchases-river-house-75m-use-grad-student-housing/

The installation of extruded aluminum cladding is underway on the Brown University Performing Arts Center project on College Hill. The first insulated glass panels were installed on the rear of the building's clearstory about two weeks ago.

Just announced: Organic grocery store moving into downtown Providence. This will significantly improve the livability of Downtown and hopefully boost its appeal as a residential area.