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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

Cielito Mexican Kitchen is opening on the ground floor of the Alice Building this spring. Cielito will open at 186 Union Street–most recently home to beloved Oberlin. The restaurant will be the second project from chef and owner Diego Alcantar who is also the owner and chef behind Central Fall’s James Beard Foundation nominated Tuxpan

We’re thrilled to share with you our new plans for Grant’s Block. If you’ve passed by recently, you’re aware that the construction is well underway. The park space at the corner of Union and Westminster streets is being updated to include new perimeter seating surrounding the existing park area, improved lighting throughout the park and