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The Providence Journal: Why are mixed-use commercial spaces hard to fill in Providence? The Avenue is looking for tenants.

By Featured - News Releases, News Coverage

One Neighborhood Builders is trying to fill two to three commercial spaces on the ground floor of its new mixed-use five-story building going up at the corner of Knight Street at 434 Atwells Ave.

Since the building is under construction, One Neighborhood Builders wants to get its commercial tenants signed up so they can use the crew that’s already on the site to reduce the total costs for a build-out.

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Building Community Through Flavor: One Neighborhood Builders and Central Providence Unidos at The Taste of 02908

By Our Stories & Voices
This fall, the 02908 Merchants Collective hosted its inaugural public event, the Taste of 02908, celebrating the vibrant local community and its small businesses. Held at Davis Park, the event brought together dozens of food vendors, nonprofit organizations, and community partners, creating a lively, family-friendly atmosphere that showcased the neighborhood’s diversity and strong sense of pride. Families enjoyed delicious offerings from local restaurants, while children took part in fun games, activities, and character visits. The Taste of 02908 reflected the collective spirit of the neighborhood and the growing connections among its residents, businesses, and organizations.  The Taste of the 02908...
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East Bay RI: Taunton Avenue project provides blueprint for better affordable housing

By News Coverage

By the early spring of 2027, if all goes to plan, a formerly blighted stretch of one of East Providence’s most central, downtown corridors will open its doors as an example of the possibilities that exist when creative minds and altruistic organizations work together to combat the state’s significant affordable housing problem.

But the road to get to this point, and indeed the road left to be traveled, also underscores a troubling reality facing nonprofit developers; who make it their mission to build truly affordable housing at a rate that will make an actual difference in the lives of the thousands of people who need it, and without steamrolling residents in the process.

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PBN: One Neighborhood Builders gets $3M loan from Rhode Island Foundation for apartment development

By News Coverage

Published by PBN Staff, 10/1/25   EAST PROVIDENCE – One Neighborhood Builders has secured a $3 million loan from the Rhode Island Foundation for the first phase of its Center City Apartments development in the city. The loan announced Wednesday allows the nonprofit to secure financing for the first 95 apartments of the 144-unit development spanning three buildings along Taunton Avenue. Groundbreaking and construction are expected to begin this fall. “We’re grateful to the Rhode Island Foundation for their continued partnership and trust in our organization,” said Peter Chapman, One Neighborhood Builders CEO and president. “Access to this capital speeds up our ability to commence construction and…

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Fresh Fridays: Increasing Economic Mobility Through Workforce Development

By Fresh Fridays

This month’s Fresh Fridays analyzed the topic of workforce development as a pathway for economic mobility. The conversation focused on workforce development programs available to Rhode Islanders, how organizations offering these programs fit within the broader ecosystem, and anticipated economic pressures resulting from changes to SNAP and Medicaid work requirements by the federal government.

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Nonprofit Developer Announces Commercial Lease Opportunity on Atwells Ave

By Featured - News Releases, News Releases

One Neighborhood Builders’ The Avenue is under construction and features 3,200 sq.ft.  of commercial space  For Immediate Release: September 22, 2025  Providence, RI—One Neighborhood Builders (ONB), one of Rhode Island’s leading nonprofit affordable housing and real estate developers, is seeking tenants to lease 3,200 square feet of new construction commercial space on Atwells Avenue in Providence. Located at 434 Atwells Ave in the heart of Federal Hill, this is a rare built-to-suit opportunity to lease new construction store frontage in this historic and vibrant neighborhood.  The commercial space is currently under construction and is part of ONB’s The Avenue development…

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