Big Box Store Proposed For Frenchtown Road Moved To NK Side
Originally, the big box store was planned for East Greenwich in a development straddling both communities.
On a Frenchtown Road property that sits one third in East Greenwich and two thirds in North Kingstown, a developer is now proposing a big box store sit in NK while EG would get a cinema complex – a change from a plan first unveiled in 2011. The site is right next to the former Brown and Sharpe complex, west of Stop and Shop. Paul Mihailides, developer of The Commons at Frenchtown Road, came before the Planning Board earlier this month in his second pre-application hearing on the project. The first hearing, in 2011, had a big box store situated on the East Greenwich portion. That was mainly because North Kingstown had an ordinance in place from the 1990s forbidding such giant retailers (following the arrival of Walmart on Ten Rod Road). …
EG Lurker
10:29 am on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
michael's, ac moore, joanne's, etc...just what we need!!! more ›