IN PROGRESS: The Residences at The Westin

[downcityprov]

The Residences at The Westin evening pictures:

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[provid]

A cigar shop will be opening at the retail spot facing the intersection

[basachs]

A cigar shop will be opening at the retail spot facing the intersection

Yes I believe it ia an outpost of Cigar Masters from Boston...

[n00nan]

Yes I believe it ia an outpost of Cigar Masters from Boston...

You are correct, it is

[Frankie811]

Living the good life high above Providence. Projo let's uo know who some of the people are who bought condo uniuts and what they paid for them. But only 22 units have been sold so far.

[mimesis]

Living the good life high above Providence. Projo let's uo know who some of the people are who bought condo uniuts and what they paid for them. But only 22 units have been sold so far.

Ah, the lives of the good and great of Rhode Island.

"Kenneth F. Guarino, a Rhode Island native who runs an international pornography business, bought a condo on the 29th floor for $1,610,900 in April with his wife, Elvira H. Famiglietti."

Rather more swish than his previous residence, the federal penitentiary in Fort Dix, New Jersey.

[Frankie811]

Developer of Providence luxury condos lowers prices

The developer of a luxury downtown condo tower, The Residences at the Westin, has turned to “aggressive” price cuts. The change makes The Residences the first of the new downtown condominium complexes to employ significant price cuts to jump-start sales.

http://www.projo.com/projohomes/content/Residences_Westin_2010_01-23-10_LEH75L9_v26.285b8fe.html

[Frankie811]

Luxury Westin condo owners irked by cut in prices

Three owners at The Residences Providence, the luxury condos connected to The Westin Providence hotel downtown, say that the developer, The Procaccianti Group, has broken promises by leasing and then cutting prices on the condos.

http://www.projo.com/news/content/Residences_Owners_02-08-10_UOHAGIG_v39.3a61942.html

[mental757]

Houskeeping: please change the title to "COMPLETE" thanks!

PROJO 8/26/10: http://www.projo.com/business/content/COMMERCE_DIGEST_26_08-26-10_M0JM0VK_v13.245b94e.html

"RESTAURANTS

Il Centro to open in Westin at Agora’s

The Westin Providence is getting a new restaurant as the owner of a South Kingstown eatery will take over the hotel’s Agora restaurant.

Dino Passaretta, owner of Liliana’s on Tower Hill Road, will open Il Centro this fall in the second-floor space once occupied by Agora.

The opening will be a return to the Providence restaurant scene for Passaretta, a city native.

He last owned a restaurant in the city — Moda — which closed about four years ago. He opened Liliana’s in the spring of 2007.

Ralph Izzi, spokesman for The Procaccianti Group, which owns the Westin, said the company decided to lease the space to an independent operator, as it does with Fleming’s on the first floor.

“It’s a successful model,” he said.

Paul Grimaldi"