Category: Announcements

The New Village – It’s About More Than Shopping

By Paul Grimaldi, Journal Staff Writer Drivers along Route 2 are beginning to get a view of that trend in retail development as work progresses at Chapel View — the site of the former Rhode Island Training School for Boys. The juvenile detention facility, with its stuccoed 19th-century dormitories, is being transformed into an upscale […]

Hampton Inn Planned for Pawtucket

By Bridget Botelho After some delay, plans to build a hotel on Division Street in Pawtucket are moving forward – only now, the hotel will be a Hampton Inn instead of a proposed Holiday Inn Express, according to developers. Johnston developers Carpionato Properties, which built the Crowne Plaza at the Crossings and Holiday Inn Express […]

Crowne Plaza Provides Free High-speed Internet

A Johnston developer has proposed a 288-unit condo and apartment complex adjacent to its Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings in Warwick, a project aimed at capturing the attractive empty-nester and executives markets. Carpionato Properties is seeking city approval for the project, called Residences at the Crossings, to be located at the gravel pit adjacent […]

Crowne Plaza to Open New Ballroom in Warwick

WARWICK — After more than a year of construction and preparation, the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings has tentatively scheduled the last week in August for the ribbon cutting marking the opening of its new grand ballroom and rotunda. These additions will add 40,000 square feet to the existing 12,600 meeting and banquet space. […]

Crowne Plaza Expands to Meet Growing Demand

The newly renamed Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings offers 266 rooms, and many amenities. The Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings, the first in Rhode Island, is expanding operations to meet the growing demand for more hotel and meeting space in the state. Initiated by Carpionato Properties, Johnston, RI, this expansion project will provide […]