Article: Pawtucket, R.I., weighs private development of train station.

By John Castellucci, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 16--PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A city-backed plan to take control of the Pawtucket-Central Falls train station by eminent domain has been shelved while the City Council weighs a proposal by private developers to develop a shopping plaza on the site.

Two out-of-state developers, Jack Mitchell and Oscar W. Seelbinder Jr., are planning to buy the derelict train station for $1.4 million and turn it into a shopping plaza containing a pharmacy, clothing store and auto parts store.

Their plan conflicts with a proposal by the Pawtucket Foundation to have the city ...

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