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October 29, 2007

Construction set to begin on Quonest Gateway project

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- The Quonset Development Corporation is holding a ceremony today to celebrate the start of construction on the controversial Quonset Gateway project, a complex of retail outlets and office buildings at the entrance to the Quonset Business Park.

In March, state planners rejected the original Gateway proposal, criticizing several of its key elements, including the inclusion of two so-called big box stores: a 117,000-square-foot Lowe's and an 89,000-square-foot Kohl's.

Those stores remain part of the project, overseen by the New Boston Development Partners. But the QDC made a range of revisions to win approval last month, adding more office space and partially hiding the large retail stores and parking lots.

The ceremony begins at 4 p.m.

-- Journal staff writer Benjamin N. Gedan

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