Investors are drawn by the vintage and well-maintained properties, historically low retail vacancy and a strong sense of community. “People really do love it here,” said one broker who grew up in the area.
Eighteen months and $1 million went into the redevelopment of an early 19th-century building in the West End that was built for Prentice Mellen, who was a U.S. Senator prior to his term as Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.