Option A
72 Pine St
Aldrich Building
- Available
- 5,934 SF
- Rent
- Low $20s/SF MG
- Built
- 1883, 5 stories
Full fifth floor. Historic character, floor plan available.
American Dream Hub · Providence, Rhode Island
A landing point for international founders, built where you already have the keys.
Downtown Providence, built on the coworking vehicle you and Shane already control — a working space with the fund's founder pipeline behind it.
I · The Opportunity
Providence has the founders. The hub gives them a place to land — and gives you a working asset instead of a paper stake.
The talent is already here
Brown, RISD, Providence College, and the region's universities graduate international founders every year, and more arrive landing and expanding into New England.
The clock is the constraint
OPT — Optional Practical Training, the US work visa status recent international graduates hold — gives a founder 12 to 36 months to build in the US. Support that arrives early compounds for the whole window — the hub is timed to that window, not around it.
Why now
Fund II is deploying, downtown Providence space is priced in the low $20s per square foot, and the fund's Rhode Island ties are already in place. The vehicle exists — this converts it into a functioning space.
II · What Gets Built
A coworking and community hub where founders build, meet investors, and get sourced into the fund.
The Space
4,000–6,000 SF, downtown Providence. Desks and rooms for founders on a visa clock.
The Programming
Immigration counsel, investor sessions, and a founder speaker series.
The Pipeline
Direct access to Fund II sourcing and the investor network the fund already runs on.