Demolition on Gano -- Is This The East Side’s Next Big Residential Real Estate Project?
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Demolition on Gano -- Is This The East Side’s Next Big Residential Real Estate Project?
This week, three buildings were torn down on Gano Street next to a city park — including the now-former Holy Rosary Band masonry hall and a multi-story structure that previously housed a hair salon.
By the end of this week, the existing structures at 157-163 Gano Street will be gone — and a new proposal for a residential real estate project is expected soon.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTOwner and developer Bahman Jalili confirmed to GoLocal that he plans to go before the City Plan Commission in the coming weeks with his plans.
“We have some preliminary drawings,” he confirmed to GoLocal on Wednesday.
The Holy Rosary Band Society sold the 5,760-square-foot masonry building for $1 million in 2021. According to Society’s Facebook page, they are moving to a new location on Taunton Avenue in East Providence.
Jalili, who owns Pizza Pie-er on Wickenden Street, owns a number of developments in the city.
The location has the potential to be one of the largest upcoming real estate developments on the East Side.
As GoLocal reported in July 2021:
In May, GoLocal first reported that Monahan Drabble Sherman Funeral Home on the East Side of Providence, which has handled the funeral arrangements of many of Rhode Island’s most wealthy and influential over the decades, was sold to a developer.
The history of the funeral home goes back over 140 years. The Victorian home on the corner of Waterman Street and Wayland Avenue will be demolished as part of the development plan.
Now, developer Steve Lewinstein has submitted plans to the City of Providence to demolish the funeral home and build a significant five-story residential and retail structure.