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If you’ve ever considered opening or relocating your business to downtown Providence, now is a wonderful time to explore some options. Head Turning Retail Spaces Join the already bustling retail community in the neighborhood. 280 Westminster Street   This unit could not be better located for a new retail store, restaurant, fitness, or wellness business. […]

https://youtu.be/9G1lxzRENWM Buff Chace, Cornish Associates, and DPZ CoDesign are honored at the 2025 Congress for New Urbanism with the 2025 Charter Award for Generational Projects for the Downcity Providence Plan. The video, by Kelly L. Riley of High Proof Films, was originally made to be shown at the Charter Awards ceremony and was produced using footage

On December 12, 2024, Providence Business News published a piece in their ongoing series Five Questions With featuring our very own Buff Chace, allowing us to share our reflections on our work in 2024 and our goals for 2025 and beyond. We greatly appreciate PBN (and journalist Marc Larocque) for including our perspective. It’s always an

We’re excited to share that Gracie’s Restaurant, located at 200 Washington Street in Cornish’s Harkness Building, has been named in the Open Table top 100 restaurants of 2024. Not only is Gracie’s included in the prestigious list, but they are the only restaurant representing Rhode Island this year! The Open Table list is unique in that

Ellie’s Bakery now open in the Alice Building on Westminster Street The team at Cornish is always seeking creative ways to work collaboratively with our city’s deeply talented restauranteurs, retailers, artists, entertainers and entrepreneurs. After all, these are the wonderful people who make our community what it is and make us proud to call Providence

This holiday season, InDowncity, downtown’s go-to for what’s happening in the neighborhood, is collaborating with the Providence Tourism Council to bring you the inaugural PVD Downcity Holiday Market. The market will be held at the newly renovated Grant’s Block Park, at the corner of Union and Westminster streets in downtown Providence. Happening over the first

All of us at Cornish are delighted to welcome the community to enjoy the newly renovated Grant’s Block Park, located at the corner of Westminster and Union Streets. The newly revamped park was completed in May 2024 thanks to the work of the Cornish Associates team in partnership with Ryan Associates and Union Studio Architects for

Update: Read the Boston Globe article about Cornish Associates’ role in the relocation of Ellie’s to the Alice Building. It is with great excitement that our team welcomes the much loved Ellie’s bakery to the Alice Building at 250 Westminster Street. Ellie’s has long been a staple in the downtown Providence community, first opening as Cornish’s

All of us at Cornish and the team at the Nightingale Building wish a warm welcome Maruichi Japanese Food & Deli, opening at 113 Washington Street this upcoming Spring. We’re excited to finally share the big news with the greater community. Maruichi is part of the Fuji Mart Corp, based in Stamford, CT. The business will