On June 8, the Planning Board voted to recommend council approval of Skydra Development LLC’s application to rezone the 6.5 acre site alongside the onramp to the Airport Connector from Post Road from its current Gateway to Intermodal zone. The board also favored Skydra’s plan to build two four-story 100-unit apartment buildings on the property. Skydra is a subsidiary of Schiavo Enterprises of Dedham, MA.
Schiavo Development
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation bought the Lars lot for $3 million in 2016 and agreed earlier this month to sell it to Skydra Development for $3.3 million. Future use of the site was described as “mixed-use” to RIAC
City of East Providence officials joined together on September 30, 2021, with a number of partners to break ground on Newport Center, a mixed-use development located on Newport Avenue.
The mixed-use development proposed for the long dormant parcel on Newport Avenue abutted by New Road and Moore Street was approved by the Planning Board at its May 10 meeting. “Newport Center,” as called by owner Schiavo Enterprises, LLC, can move forward with the construction of two four-story apartment buildings, a gas station/convenience store and a commercial outlet, the stated intention for the space to be a grocer.
Schiavo Enterprises LLC, based in Dedham, Mass., is the applicant and developer/owner of the project, seeking to construct 152 units of housing as well a commercial element or elements on the site, which hasn’t been utilized for well over 30 years if not longer.