PROVIDENCE – Brown University has purchased a 4,000-square-foot building near Thayer Street that previously was a retail location and has plans to acquire the surrounding parking lot. The properties, at 205 Meeting St. and 215 Meeting St., have the potential for accommodating a university building, according to a university spokesman, although redevelopment plans have not been finalized. The...

Lincoln, RI A&M Realty Associates, LLC sold Unit 203 at 6 Blackstone Valley Place to TBT Enterprises, LLC for $345,000. The unit is a 5,333 s/f commercial condo in a multi tenanted campus with first class office and R&D spaces. The sale was brokered by Kevin Casey of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal.

East Providence, RI 430 Newport Ave. sold for $350,000 in early October. The 2,232 s/f building was previously a Cilantro Mexican Grill. The buyer plans to open a Baja’s Tex Mex Grill at the site, which would be its second location in Rhode Island, with the first being on Thayer St. in Providence.  The sale was brokered by Thomas Sweeney & Eric Schultheis of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal.