Expansion and Relocation

Rhode Island Site Locator

The Rhode Island Site Locator is a comprehensive database of available commercial real estate, office and retail property in Rhode Island. The database also offers customized real estate, demographic and industry breakdowns for every city and county in Rhode Island.

Enterprise Zone Program

The program is designed to offer tax incentives to businesses that expand their workforce at facilities located in one of the ten state enterprise zones:

• Cranston, Central Falls/Lincoln, East Providence, Pawtucket/Lincoln, Port of Providence, Portsmouth/Tiverton, Providence II, Warren/Bristol, West Warwick, Woonsocket/Cumberland.
• Enterprise Zone Program

Urban Initiatives

Commerce RI, in partnership with the governor's office, is focused on creating a strategic investment and revitalization program to help stimulate business growth in Rhode Island's urban communities. The initiative will focus on Rhode Island's five urban core communities:

• Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket and West Warwick.
• Commerce RI and Roger Williams University (RWU) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to partner on small business support and other community revitalization efforts within the five urban core communities.
• The initiative is being managed through RWU's Community Partnerships Center and will include faculty leadership and graduate and under-graduate students.