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Bobclobb t1_jbtsb96 wrote

Reply to comment by Silentjosh37 in Fane Tower project in Providence is dead by The_Dream_of_Shadows

I agree there’s so many empty buildings in the jewelry district and downtown areas with decent infrastructure to handle increased traffic.The Superman building being a glaring example of an empty building which could be used for housing. Hopefully the parcel 9 plan dies too!

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Silentjosh37 t1_jbu1c9n wrote

The huge problem with Supes has been that the cost of plumbing upgrades needed to make it all apartments. The new development plan and subsides seems to address that without a ton of variances and code exemptions. As far as I know they have started some of the internal work or will be starting shortly.

I agree with the parcel 9 plan needs to change, there needs to be some changes made there but that just ain't it.

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Bobclobb t1_jbu2fh2 wrote

That’s good news! For parcel 9, I think a more modest design that would fit in the neighborhood would be great. However, the current design has way too many units which will create a ton of traffic and is ugly.

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