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Asa Messer School Housing Redevelopment

Sector: Commercial • Location: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Source: The Providence Journal

Project
Planned

Three developers have submitted proposals to convert the historic 1890s Asa Messer Elementary School in Providence into housing. The project involves rehabilitating the 30,000-square-foot school building and potentially demolishing newer buildings on the site. Proposals include adaptive reuse of the school, new construction of a three-story building, and feasibility studies to determine unit count

Status
Prospective
Sector
Commercial, Residential, Government
Location
Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The Providence Journal

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The project “Asa Messer School Housing Redevelopment” is an infrastructure initiative in the Commercial sector, located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The Providence Journal.

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Three developers have submitted proposals to convert the historic 1890s Asa Messer Elementary School in Providence into housing. The project involves rehabilitating the 30,000-square-foot school building and potentially demolishing newer buildings on the site. Proposals include adaptive reuse of the school, new construction of a three-story building, and feasibility studies to determine unit counts. The city is recommending accepting the highest bid, which is subject to further study.

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United States of America (USA)

State

Rhode Island

City

Providence

Source

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The Providence Journal

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Commercial, Residential, Government

Article published date

2025-12-01

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