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 "slug": "providence-providence-arcade",
 "type": "mall",
 "name": "Providence Arcade",
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 "city": "Providence",
 "county": "Providence County",
 "state": "RI",
 "country": "US",
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 "before_notes": "Draft from avisonyoung.us, model-extracted, unreviewed: Providence Arcade in Rhode Island, once the oldest mall in the nation, is now home to affordable micro-apartments and is planned for further redevelopment into condos and retail units.",
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  "redevelop",
  "reinhabit"
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  "housing",
  "retail"
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 "status": "partial",
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 "last_updated": "2026-10-18",
 "created": "2026-10-18",
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  "retrofit already built",
  "county grew 3.9% 2018\u201323",
  "housing in the record"
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   "slug": "place-mall-cluster",
   "name": "3+ other atlas sites within 10 km",
   "grp": "place",
   "evidence": "3 within 10 km",
   "origin": "computed"
  },
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   "slug": "place-rent-2000-plus",
   "name": "County typical rent $2,000+",
   "grp": "place",
   "evidence": "$2,053/mo",
   "origin": "zillow"
  },
  {
   "slug": "place-freeway-frontage",
   "name": "Interstate or freeway within 600 m",
   "grp": "place",
   "evidence": "US-6 E",
   "origin": "fhwa-hpms"
  },
  {
   "slug": "strategy-redevelop",
   "name": "Redeveloped",
   "grp": "strategy",
   "evidence": "home to affordable micro-apartments and will redevelop once again into condos, with retail units available to purchase.",
   "origin": "record"
  },
  {
   "slug": "strategy-reinhabit",
   "name": "Reinhabited",
   "grp": "strategy",
   "evidence": "home to affordable micro-apartments and will redevelop once again into condos, with retail units available to purchase.",
   "origin": "record"
  },
  {
   "slug": "use-housing",
   "name": "Housing",
   "grp": "use",
   "evidence": "home to affordable micro-apartments and will redevelop once again into condos, with retail unit",
   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
  },
  {
   "slug": "use-retail",
   "name": "Retail (continued)",
   "grp": "use",
   "evidence": "-apartments and will redevelop once again into condos, with retail units available to purchase.",
   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
  }
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   "id": 7602,
   "site_id": "n-3031765968",
   "url": "https://www.avisonyoung.us/w/adaptive-reuse-the-way-forward-for-america-s-aging-malls",
   "title": "Adaptive reuse: The way forward for America's aging malls",
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   "quote": "Providence Arcade",
   "kind": "news",
   "license": null,
   "retrieved": "2026-10-18"
  }
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   "what_happened": "Providence Arcade (Providence, RI) is partially redeveloped, currently housing affordable micro-apartments. It plans future condo redevelopment with retail units available for purchase. ",
   "why": "Permits show active residential construction (2024: 314 single-unit, 249 multi-unit units). Housing market shows rising ZHVI (+2.3% YoY) and ZORI (+4.2% YoY). Peer Westminster Arcade (0.2km, operating) shares same reinhabit strategy. Retail employment grew 6% (2012\u20132023) despite business decline (-4.6%).",
   "where_it_stands": "Adjacent to Westminster Arcade (0.2km) and Mechanical Fabric Company (0km). Traffic on US-6 E: 19,955 ADT (2024).",
   "for_a_planner": [
    "Current use: micro-apartments",
    "Planned: condos + retail",
    "Local housing demand supported by market trends",
    "Peer context: Westminster Arcade operating nearby"
   ],
   "for_a_developer": [
    "Active construction permits (2024)",
    "Retail employment growth",
    "No known barriers to retail units"
   ],
   "risks_and_unknowns": [
    "Exact timeline for condo phase unknown",
    "Current occupancy rate unknown",
    "No financial details beyond permit values"
   ],
   "data_quality": "partial",
   "one_line": "Micro-apartments currently occupy site; plans for condo/retail redevelopment supported by active construction and local housing market trends.",
   "model": "qwen3-30b-a3b-64k:latest",
   "machine": "Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b)",
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     "name": "Davol Square Marketplace",
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     "status": "unknown",
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   "count_25km": 8
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   "elevation_ft": 9.0,
   "resolution": 1,
   "source": "USGS EPQS (3DEP)",
   "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
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   "source": "USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas 2019 (ArcGIS copy)",
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    "month": "2026-09",
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   "county_fips": "44007",
   "source": "Zillow Research (ZHVI, ZORI)"
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   "year": 2022,
   "source": "Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 (all jobs, primary and secondary), blocks summed to the 2020 tract",
   "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
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   "zip": "02903",
   "month": "202609",
   "median_listing_price": 438675,
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   "pending_ratio": 0.2154,
   "source": "Realtor.com Research, inventory core metrics by ZIP (ZCTA at the site point)",
   "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
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   "commuting_zone": "Providence",
   "vintage": "children born 1978-83, outcomes measured 2014-15",
   "source": "Opportunity Insights, Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones, Porter 2018)",
   "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
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  "peers": {
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    {
     "id": "m-04366ccb9c",
     "name": "Rhode Island Mall",
     "city": "Warwick",
     "state": "RI",
     "score": 5.5,
     "why": [
      "same strategy: redevelop",
      "also in RI",
      "13 km away"
     ]
    },
    {
     "id": "m-fb765d3238",
     "name": "Westminster Arcade",
     "city": "Providence",
     "state": "RI",
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     "why": [
      "same strategy: reinhabit",
      "also in RI",
      "0 km away"
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     "id": "n-8adc6eb7fe",
     "name": "Mechanical Fabric Company",
     "city": "Providence",
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      "same strategy: redevelop, reinhabit",
      "also in RI",
      "0 km away"
     ]
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    {
     "id": "n-631e86925b",
     "name": "Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center",
     "city": "Davisville",
     "state": "RI",
     "score": 5.0,
     "why": [
      "same strategy: redevelop",
      "also in RI",
      "24 km away"
     ]
    },
    {
     "id": "m-5a855ce72a",
     "name": "Highland Mall",
     "city": "Austin",
     "state": "TX",
     "score": 4.5,
     "why": [
      "same strategy: redevelop, reinhabit"
     ]
    },
    {
     "id": "m-59f54a644e",
     "name": "Chapel Square Mall",
     "city": "New Haven",
     "state": "CT",
     "score": 4.5,
     "why": [
      "same strategy: reinhabit"
     ]
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   ],
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}