Shopping center expanding, adding stores
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) - Developers revealed plans for a major renovation Monday at Cranston's Garden City shopping center.
The popular outdoor shopping venue will be renovating some existing stores and adding new ones, as part of a two-phase, multi-million-dollar construction project that will begin later this spring.
The first phase will involve constructing a new 20,000 square-foot building next to the existing Papa Razzi restaurant, which will house two retailers.
Also during the first phase,developers say the Garden City gazebo will be transformed into the focal point of the shopping center.
The second phase of the project will see some now-vacant larger stores converted into smaller shops and restaurants.
Cranston Mayor Allan Fung is optimistic the renovations will attract more shoppers to Cranston.
"It's going to make it a destination so that people are going to want to come back ... to see a new face to Garden City."
Among the changes announced Monday, women's retailer Ann Taylor will be opening a store at Garden City, and Williams-Sonoma will be expanding.
The entire project is expected to be completed by early 2013.
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