Article: New retail development about more than shopping in Cranston, R.I.

By Paul Grimaldi, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 20--CRANSTON, R.I. -- The American consumer is coming home to roost -- and for many of them, that means nesting right above Talbot's, Ann Taylor or even a Bombay shop.

The vast majority of the shopping centers under development across the country now include apartments, condominiums or houses that will mix residential units with retail space and restaurants to provide places where residents and shoppers coming from nearby communities can linger and mingle.

Drivers along Route 2 are beginning to get a view of that trend in retail development as work progresses at Chapel ...

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