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The work Rhode Islanders are doing in Washington will affect the whole country, Senator Jack Reed says
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated March 16, 2021, 9:51 a.m.
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Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, right, is ceremoniously sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3, 2021.Samuel Corum/Bloomberg
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Providence Food Hall Investment Is in the Works
Marsella Development Corporation will redevelop the One Union Station space previously occupied by the Capital Grille and Bar Louie.
March 16, 2021
Built in 1898, Union Station in Providence Rhode Island served as a very important stop on the eastern corridor between Boston and Washington D.C. Photo by Getty Images
Two vacant restaurant spaces will be redeveloped into a Providence food hall by summer 2022. The empty dining rooms of the Capital Grille and Bar Louie on the ground level of One Union Station will be renovated by Marsella Development Corporation and turned into a 16,000 square foot food hall. Chris Marsella, president of Marsella Development Corporation, is leading the project, and under a tentative agreement with the Rhode Island Foundation, the Foundation will continue to own and occupy its current two floors of offices at One Union Station.
Marsella said the project will be a $13-million investment to create a hall occupied by a dozen local restaurants with kitchens of 250 square feet each. Nine of the kitchens will be vented, he added.
There will also be bars, probably two, and unique spaces reserved for seating. Outdoor space is also planned, with the first area to be between the hall and the former Luxe Burger Bar, which Marsella s firm owns. Whatever they do within the former Luxe space will be complementary to the food hall, he added.
Summer 2022 is when first diner is expected to walk through the door, he said.
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