Metacomet Center | Veterans Memorial Parkway | East Providence

[New England Born & Raised]

The Marshall Company has come out with another development plan for the former Metacomet Golf Club property in East Providence that would have 890 new residences and 153,000 sf of retail space which would include a supermarket and bank. The future use of the site has been a controversial topic for the last several years in the town. The property for some 100 years was an 18 hole golf course designed by the legendary Donald Ross. The club fell into debt and was purchased in 2019 by a group that included RI native and former PGA pro Brad Faxon who announced that they would invest millions into improvements and continue to operate it as a golf course. They however abandoned those plans just a year later and sold the property to the local Marshall Company which does construction development. Ever since that time, many residents of EP have banded together to oppose its development. Marshall has in turn made many changes to its original plans which at one time also included a hotel.

Renderings for redevelopment of Metacomet Golf Course released

EAST PROVIDENCE – More than 800 residential units and a supermarket-anchored shopping center are part of the recently released renderings of a planned development of the Metacomet Golf Course. The project’s developer, Marshall Properties Inc., purchased the 140-acre property off of Veterans...

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GoLocalProv | News | East Providence Group Blasts Development Plan for Historic Metacomet Golf Course

Legendary Donald Ross designed the Metacomet Golf Club 100 years ago. Now, real estate developers Marshall Properties, who purchased the course from Rhode Island golf legend Brad Faxon and a group of investors, are planning to turn the property into a supermarket-anchored suburban shopping...

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[New England Born & Raised]

The valuable property on the Parkway across from the East Bay Bike path and the river just a mile from Providence is visible in the bottom right corner of this map:

 

[nicanbot]

Basically a parking lot unfortunately. I don't get (don't understand) the way proposals like this use the land... like, I love a four story apartment complex but what's the point in terms of density if it's surrounded by a sea of asphalt. You might get as many units of cottage-styled apartments with parking.

Huge opportunity here - I hope it's reworked significantly.

 

[New England Born & Raised]

It should be noted that the proposed Metacomet Center would be just a short distance north on the Parkway from the Kettle Point Development by Churchill Banks that was built in the last decade. Kettle Point is a 49 acre mixed use development on a former petroleum tank farm site. It has 290 housing units distributed in both apartments and townhouse condos along with a five story medical office building that contains University Orthopedics.

Kettle Point in the forefront with the Metacomet site in the top right background (the green space former golf course).