There may soon be signs of life at the former Cranston Print Works complex on Cranston Street in the Knightsville section of Cranston.
Recently, the Cranston City Plan Commission unanimously approved plans to redevelop roughly 17 acres of the former mill complex with a combination of apartments and self-storage units. According to the application submitted by CPW True Storage, LLC and CPW apartments, LLC, (both from Manchester, New Hampshire), the project involves the complete interior and exterior renovation of some of the former mill buildings to create 100 apartments. Other existing structures will be converted into about 880 self-storage units.
The project has been in the works for approximately four years and would mean new life for the Print Works property which has sat fallow since about 2014. The project also marks long-awaited redevelopment activity in the heart of the city…