Real Estate Insider Notebook: The Armature opens; Kittery plans site for nonprofits

Courtesy / Reveler Development The Armature at Hanover Works, a mixed-use development from Portland-based Reveler Development, welcomed its first residents recently after two years of construction.

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By Peter Van Allen

Real estate news around Maine includes a new apartment complex in Portland's Bayside neighborhood, a home for nonprofits planned in Kittery and awards for construction firms in Fairfield and Portland.

Courtesy / Reveler Development

The Armature’s co-developers were John Laliberte, left, CEO of Reveler, and Mike Barton, managing director of real estate development at Reveler.

New addition in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood

The Armature at Hanover Works, a mixed-use development from Portland-based Reveler Development, welcomed its first residents recently after two years of construction.

The Armature’s co-developers were John Laliberte, CEO of Reveler, and Mike Barton, managing director of real estate development at Reveler. Construction was managed by Penobscot General Contractors and Reveler’s in-house construction team.

Other partners include Acorn Engineering, Androscoggin Bank, Community Bank, CUBE 3, Longfellow Communications, Machias Savings Bank, NBT Bank and trade partners Porta & Co., Thornton Tomasetti and Varney Agency.

“This project has been years in the making, and it was made possible through the support and collaboration of our investors and dedicated project partners,” said Laliberte.

It is Reveler’s largest development to date.

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The Armature, at 52 Hanover St. in Portland, has 171 apartments and is 239,000 square feet.

The Armature, at 52 Hanover St., has 171 apartments and is 239,000 square feet. Its four commercial spaces connect to businesses along 82 Hanover Street, forming Hanover Works.

The property was one of six parcels that made up the former Portland Public Works site.

“The Armature was first imagined in 2017 with the purchase of the site from the city of Portland,” said Barton. “Here, actual engine armatures were once serviced by the garage on this site. Today, it now provides 171 new homes for Maine’s largest urban area.”

Reveler’s property management firm, Port Property, will manage the site.

Photo / Barbara MacLeod

From left, Geoff Aleva, president of Civil Consultants; Tim Dumont, vice president at TPD Construction; Emily Flinkstrom, executive director of Fairtide Housing; Megan Shapiro-Ross, executive director of Footprints Food Pantry; Paul Bonacci and Lucy Schlaffer, co-owners of ARQ Architects.

Kittery plan will put nonprofits under one roof

In Kittery, a group of nonprofits expect to be under one roof by late next year.

The Mainspring site, at 22 Shapleigh Road, will house nonprofits that are involved in poverty-relief efforts in the Seacoast region.

The construction phase of the project is slated to span 10 months, with an anticipated opening in early fall of 2024. While located in Kittery, Mainspring will service the entire Seacoast region with comprehensive and holistic support available for the community, impacting generations to come.

The project architects are ARQ Architects and the construction manager is TPD Construction.

Mainspring has raised $3.8 million of the $5.45 million needed to renovate and expand the property at 22 Shapleigh Road.

The town of Eliot voters budgeted a contribution of $50,000 and the town of Kittery allocated $100,000. Other donors include the Tom Hass Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, York County Commission with the American Rescue Act funds, Paul and Jessica McKeon, Stonewall Kitchen founders Jim Stott and Jonathan King, Kennebunk Savings, Gary Blake, the Hannaford Charitable Foundation, the Mary Safford Wildes Fund, Jean and David Lincoln, Jay and Amanda McSharry and the J Group’s Kittery businesses, Good Shepherd Food Bank, Peter Lamb and Faith Harrington through the Ralph E.Ogden Foundation and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

“By bringing several nonprofit partners under the same roof, Mainspring aims to fundamentally transform how social services are delivered in York County,” said U.S. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

“I look forward to seeing the positive impact that this innovative collaboration will have on our state. As the Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will continue to advocate for funding for this important project as the appropriations process moves forward.”

Central Maine Growth Council

Central Maine Growth Council in Waterville presented its annual “2023 Developer of the Year” award to Sheridan Construction Corp. in Fairfield for its work on the $10 million Thomas College Sukeforth Athletic Center.

Sheridan Construction accolade

Central Maine Growth Council in Waterville presented its annual “2023 Developer of the Year” award to Sheridan Construction Corp. in Fairfield for its work on the $10 million Thomas College Sukeforth Athletic Center.

“Sheridan Construction Corporation, with their remarkable projects such as the Thomas College Sukeforth Family Sports Center, has been pivotal in contributing to Waterville and the broader region's ongoing redevelopment," said Garvan Donegan, director of planning, innovation and economic development at the Central Maine Growth Council.

"Sheridan Construction is not just a leader in Maine's construction sector but a catalyst for economic development, and this award rightly acknowledges their significant contributions to our state's growth and prosperity.”

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Bowdoin College's new Barry Mills Hall, left, and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies showcase mass timber and CLT construction.

Consigli honor

Consigli Construction Co. Inc. in Portland announced that the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies and Barry Mills Hall at Bowdoin College in Brunswick was named as a “2023 New England Best Project of the Year” winner in the Higher Education/Research category by Engineering News Record.