A new day dawns for Providence Place as new owners close on $133M deal

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 1,131

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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On Aug, 20, 1999, crowds streamed through the Providence Place mall, ready to celebrate the long-awaited opening day of the downtown shopping destination.

On Thursday — exactly 27 years later — a much smaller and more muted celebration unfolded as the mall’s new owners gathered outside the first-floor Apple store to announce that they had closed the sale.

“Never did I think I would be standing at a podium in the Providence Place mall …

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