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Hebert Construction Co. has begun work on the first phase of a planned five-building riverfront district redevelopment along the Saco River in downtown Biddeford.

The 4,560-square foot Ann and Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center, built by Wright-Ryan Construction, will nearly double public education space at the Falmouth-based Audubon center.

Westbrook Development Corporation is partnering with the city of Biddeford to build a 40-unit affordable housing complex — the first phase of the nonprofit’s broader housing development plan for Biddeford.

The Domus development team plans to break ground this spring on a 45-unit, mixed-income condominium complex, on Depot Street in downtown Freeport.

Hebert Construction’s renovation of the circa 1870s Dr. Milton Wedgewood House in Lewiston is being recognized by Maine Preservation as one of its 2026 honorees for excellence in historic preservation.

Andy Beahm, the center's executive director, said the planned building will incorporate exterior nest shelves, so that birds can continue to make Gilsland Farm their home.

Construction has begun on the Lambert Woods North apartments at 2274 Washington Ave. Extension in Portland, phase one of a large affordable housing development that will eventually include 162 apartments.

Clover Terraces is targeted to buyers who earn between 80% and 120% of the area median income — too much to qualify for subsidized housing but too little to afford Maine’s skyrocketing home prices — often referred to as the state’s workforce population.

Avesta Housing is developing one of the largest housing projects Lewiston has seen in many years, in the heart of the downtown, across from City Hall and on the site of the former DeWitt House hotel.

The mix of retail and housing offers a respite from the busy U.S. Route 1 commercial corridor.