On October 15, Johnson & Wales University broke ground on their new parking structure. The six-story, 750-car, open parking structure will be located at the intersection of Richmond and Pine Sts. in the DownCity Historic District.

Several involved parties attended the ground breaking and ceremonial shovels were used by Joseph Caldeira, senior associate, Vision 3 Architects; Merlin DeConti Jr., senior vice president of facilities management, Johnson & Wales University; Bradford Dimeo, president, Dimeo Construction Co.; Governor Lincoln Chafee; Mim Runey, Johnson & Wales University Providence campus president; John Bowen, Johnson & Wales University chancellor; Mayor Angel Tavares; and Arthur Stadig, vice president and managing principal, Walker Parking Consultants to commemorate the occasion.

In association with Walker Parking Consultants, Vision 3 Architects' role as image architect includes exterior façade design, coordination of all permitting activities including the Providence DownCity District Review Commission approvals, coordination of sitework and landscape architecture, as well as design of the first-floor commercial space on Richmond St.