Pawtucket’s Tidewater Landing enters review for Phase 2
The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council has documented review of the second phase of Pawtucket’s Tidewater Landing development, creating a new regulatory milestone for the city’s riverfront redevelopment plan.
CRMC meeting minutes dated June 23, 2026, identify a second-phase application connected to the Tidewater Stadium Development. The project location includes 177 School Street in Pawtucket.
The filing advances review of the broader Tidewater Landing plan beyond the stadium phase. It does not establish that all Phase 2 work has received final approval, that construction has begun or that a construction start date has been set.
What the plan includes
The City of Pawtucket’s master plan divides Tidewater Landing into two planned phases. The stadium is included in Phase 1. Phase 2 covers additional development within the larger riverfront project.
The master plan identifies more than a single building or venue as the project’s intended purpose. It describes goals that include improving multimodal connections to downtown Pawtucket and increasing public access to the riverfront.
Those goals give the regulatory review importance beyond the development site itself. If the broader plan advances, the riverfront’s relationship with downtown, public access routes and construction activity could be affected. The approved sources, however, do not quantify those effects or provide a final design, building count, unit count or cost for Phase 2.
The schedule is a planning window
The official master plan anticipated construction of Phase 2 between 2025 and 2027. That is a schedule described in the plan, not a guarantee that every part of the work would proceed within that period.
The distinction matters because the CRMC record documents review rather than completion. A regulatory filing or review milestone is not the same as final approval of all proposed work. It also does not show that construction activity has started at 177 School Street.
For Pawtucket, the review places the next phase of a major redevelopment effort into a formal regulatory process while leaving several practical questions unanswered. The available record does not identify the full Phase 2 cost, the final number of buildings or units, or the confirmed date when construction could begin.
What happens next
The next known step is continued consideration through the CRMC process. The approved documents do not identify a final decision date or a separate construction deadline.
That means the June 23 minutes provide a documented checkpoint, not a final project approval. Tidewater Landing remains a two-phase development in the city’s master plan, with the stadium assigned to Phase 1 and the broader riverfront work moving through review for Phase 2.
For residents, businesses and others watching the Pawtucket riverfront, the immediate change is procedural: the second phase has entered documented regulatory review at an exact city location. The longer-term consequences for downtown connectivity, riverfront access and additional development will depend on later decisions and project details that are not included in the current record.
Sources
- 6/23/26 RI CRMC Council Minutes, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
- Tidewater Landing Development Plan Master Plan, City of Pawtucket
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