Rockland building razed to make way for development
A 6,300-square-foot building that once housed the Redlon & Johnson plumbing and heating supply store on Rockland’s waterfront has been demolished, making way for further development in a section of the city that has been the focus of city officials for real estate development in recent years.
City officials told the Bangor Daily News that an unnamed developer has voiced its interest in creating a mixed-use retail and office complex on the 65 Tillson Ave. plot where the mid-century building sat for several years before closing following a fire in June 2014.
No development plan has been submitted for the property.
As reported in January, more attention and effort have been aimed at the Tillson peninsula area, including the completion five years ago of a report drafted by the citizen economic development advisory committee. The report resulted in zoning changes to optimize desirable development and goals that include maintaining public access to the water and maintaining the city's longtime working waterfront uses; linking Main Street to the Tillson Avenue area; and infrastructure upgrades.
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