Providence Place in line for a makeover under $133M sale (and maybe a Costco)

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 30, 2026

Words: 1,277

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Like many a Rhode Island shopper, Joe Paolino Jr. lamented the departure of Nordstrom from the Providence Place Mall in 2019.

“I used to buy all my clothes there,” Paolino, a former Providence mayor and prominent downtown real estate developer, said in an interview Wednesday.

Paolino will soon get to decide how to restore the struggling shopping center to its Nordstrom-era glory days under a $133 million sale approved by a Rhode Island Superior Court …

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