M&R Development

Lewiston-based Hebert Construction is consolidating building time on a 61-unit affordable senior housing project on Seavey Street in Westbrook.

The town identified the parcel as key for housing development and has worked over the last year to create predictable approval processes.

A software program that tracks shopper activity shows that Maine's only Costco brought more traffic to nearly 1,000 area businesses during its first year in operation.

The ever-evolving 577-acre mixed-use community between Route 1 and Payne Road in Scarborough currently has under construction new condominiums, a Market Basket grocery store and an Intermed outpatient facility.

The need for more housing in Maine is acute, but it's stymied by a lack of pro-growth policies at both the state and local levels, according to panelists at an event in Portland.

Three commercial buildings in the Town Center will add 144,400 square feet of retail and restaurant space anchored by Market Basket.

Maine's construction industry is growing, but not quickly enough to address our state's acute economic challenges.