Developer eyes Orono student housing complex
A development company founded by a University of Maine graduate wants to build a luxury student housing complex in Orono that could house 500 students by fall 2010.
Campus Crest Communities of Charlotte, N.C., hopes to break ground on "The Grove at Orono," a multimillion-dollar complex of 200 apartments, this fall, the Bangor Daily News reported. Michael Hartnett, a 1981 UMaine graduate and Harrison native, co-founded the company five years ago, which has since built 24 Grove facilities in a dozen states, with 15 more projects in the pipeline.
The company's record, however, is mixed. In 2007, three Texas contractors filed half a million dollars in liens against the company, though one released its claim two weeks later, the paper reported. At Central Washington University, the company distributed leases with the wrong date, preventing students from moving in on time.
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