“ Granoff announced that, in addition to new retail spaces, the re-branded Arcade Providence will host forty-eight micro-lofts on the second and third floors. The majority of the apartments will range from 225 to 270 square feet in size, and will be completely furnished with built-in beds, storage and seating. Rents will start at the cut-rate price of $550 per month, including utilities. ”
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I just can’t help feeling that this plan to renovate America’s oldest shopping mall is the dumbest idea imaginable. I mean at least they gave up on the idea of turning it into a box store or whatever the hell the last plan was.
($550 a month for no kitchen plus god knows what in parking fees is not really a deal in this city.)
