Frankie811
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Prominent Downtown Providence 28-Story Office Tower Scheduled for Auction.
To be fair... Part of the housing crisis is because it's so hard to get rid of anything that's already there. It's more pressing in Metro Boston, but we need to be ok with replacing buildings - most aren't really worth saving. There are of course exceptions to that, but While these were nice enough, they're also not particularly noteworthy in any way. Especially when they are explicitly outside of the historic district overlay, had relatively substantial surface parking, and the site is immediately proximate to buildings of a similar scale? It's a substantial increase in density, and I think it should probably happen to more similarly situated triplexes and duplexes across the region - looking at you, Cambridge.Little to no opposition to build a 32-unit condominium at the corner of Brook and Angell Sts, where once there were three homes. These were razed as speculation, therefore, of course there was no opposition. Who wants an empty lot to remain empty? This was not quite demolition by neglect, but construction by rapid demolition. We have since made it harder to demolish structures like this so quickly, but don't be surprised if no one opposes new development when the damage to the historical fabric has already happened.
The lead story here touches on another new apartment project in South Providence, getting approval to move from 2 stories to 6! Wow, the density is good to see, esp. since the lot has been empty since 2018.
This land has been slated for development for quite some time.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/metro/ri-providence-affordable-housing-peter-pan-diner/ (Paywall)
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Blueprints filed with the city showed plans to redevelop the former Peter Pan Diner at 327 Elmwood Ave., which was later acquired by Johnson & Wales University, into a five-story mixed-use building with commercial space on the first floor and 44 apartments in the rest of the building.
Representatives for the Women’s Development Corporation, the project’s developer, told the City Plan Commission the units will be affordable for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income, or AMI. A rental home is considered affordable when total housing costs are no more than 30 percent of their annual income.
I guess this fell through. https://www.cicdofboston.org/elmood-avenuehttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/metro/ri-providence-affordable-housing-peter-pan-diner/ (Paywall)
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Blueprints filed with the city showed plans to redevelop the former Peter Pan Diner at 327 Elmwood Ave., which was later acquired by Johnson & Wales University, into a five-story mixed-use building with commercial space on the first floor and 44 apartments in the rest of the building.
Representatives for the Women’s Development Corporation, the project’s developer, told the City Plan Commission the units will be affordable for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income, or AMI. A rental home is considered affordable when total housing costs are no more than 30 percent of their annual income.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/metro/ri-providence-affordable-housing-peter-pan-diner/ (Paywall)
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Blueprints filed with the city showed plans to redevelop the former Peter Pan Diner at 327 Elmwood Ave., which was later acquired by Johnson & Wales University, into a five-story mixed-use building with commercial space on the first floor and 44 apartments in the rest of the building.
Representatives for the Women’s Development Corporation, the project’s developer, told the City Plan Commission the units will be affordable for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income, or AMI. A rental home is considered affordable when total housing costs are no more than 30 percent of their annual income.
Seems like this was submitted in response to that 2024 RFP?REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:
FOR THE PURCHASE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF
327 ELMWOOD AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI 02907