A roundup of construction news from around Maine includes Tyler Tech’s new Orono office space, an Avesta Housing site in Scarborough and Hometown Health Center’s future site in Palmyra.
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Tyler Technologies Inc. has officially opened its newest office in Orono, which is expected to have roughly 75 full-time and part-time employees.
Tyler Tech (NYSE: TYL), which is based in Plano, Texas, already has a significant presence in Maine, with more than 1,250 employees, many of whom are in Yarmouth and Falmouth. The company’s roots in Maine date to 1962.
The Orono site, at 5 College Ave., was designed by Portland-based SMRT and built by Consigli Construction, of Portland.
The site creates dedicated space for employees who had worked at space in Bangor and allows for greater collaboration with the University of Maine.
In 2021, Tyler Technologies initiated a partnership with the Foster Center for Innovation at UMaine for Tyler’s annual Maine App Challenge, which gives Maine high school students the chance to explore software design and development by building a mobile application. Tyler has donated $100,000 in scholarship money since the program began.
The new building features a contemporary, open work area; focus rooms for virtual meeting participation and client collaboration; huddle spaces for small group work and hybrid or virtual meetings; a training room, which can be used by the community during non-office hours; fitness center, locker room and game room for employees.
The space was dedicated at a ceremony on June 27. The location was once the site of the University Inn Academic Suites, a 48-room hotel owned by the university. Tyler acquired the property in 2021 and razed the hotel.
Other projects from around Maine
- Avesta Housing officially opened Village Commons, which has 31 affordable homes for adults 55-years-old or older in the Firehouse Village complex in Scarborough. The Firehouse Village developer is Firehouse Ventures LLC. It was designed by Portland-based Kaplan Thompson Architects and built by Lewiston-based Hebert Construction, which worked with more than 30 subcontractors.
- The Dunes on the Waterfront, at 518 Main St. in Ogunquit, opened after extensive renovations. The property features 21 cottages ranging from one- to three-bedrooms, with 42 rooms total. The developers are Tim Harrinton and Kevin Lord.
- Bowman Constructors, of Newport, has broken ground on Hometown Health Center’s facility in Palmyra. Portland-based Harriman was the architect on the project, which is at 55 Fletcher Drive. The new facility will prioritize holistic wellness, addressing medical needs but also promoting nutritional health and physical fitness. The site itself will have a teaching kitchen, community garden and food bank. Hometown Health Center. has other sites in Newport and Dexter.
- Reveler Development, of Portland, and Penobscot General Contractors, of Falmouth, have completed structural work on a 250-unit residential development at 60 Barra Road in Biddeford. The companies held a topping-out ceremony to mark the completion. The design calls for 250 housing units, including 124 studios and 126 one-bedroom apartments. The four-story complex, which will be 201,000 square feet, was designed by Market Square Architects, of Portsmouth, N.H.