Hospital parking lots in the Jewelry District

Proposed

Brown University Health holds 4,280 surface spaces including off-site, more than 40 acres of it in the hospital district. The City Plan Commission approved its Institutional Master Plan in May 2026: the main entrance moves to Plain Street, a 500-space garage is built, Plain and Dudley reconnect. While the garage is built, the hospital will park on the Victory Plating site in the Jewelry District. Marathon's separate seven-story garage at 140 Prairie Ave is paused after neighborhood opposition, and its 251 Blackstone St building was cut from six stories to four. The March 2025 CNU charrette's 2,000-unit proposal on consolidated lots is a proposal, not a plan of record; the approved plan says nothing about housing. S14c S14d S14e R32 R34

On the list because the city has proposed it. Not yet verified by the author.

Years out

years out not yet estimated

What it needs first

• The Plain Street garage built; until then a Jewelry District lot absorbs displaced parking rather than being freed S14c R32
• Surface parking consolidated into structures before any lot can be built on S14c S14d

Notes

The lots are not being redeveloped; one is being used harder. Lead time on the lots runs downstream of the garage.