New owners of the Bangor Mall look to mix up the offerings, starting with fresh retail and, eventually, a conversion of some of the space to multifamily housing.
While three-martini business lunch have long been out of style, emails and PDF presentations have now replaced what might have previously been face-to-face meetings.
With plans to finalize their purchase from Great Neck, N.Y.-based Namdar Realty Group this September, the mall's prospective buyers are giving themselves a relatively short timeline to complete the transformation.
Developments include the expansion of the Bangor Region YMCA, plans to build a food service incubator and the expansion of out-of-state firms. “Businesses and developers are seeing Bangor as a great option for development,” says the city’s director of community and economic development.
When University of Maine students return to Orono this fall, they’ll be greeted with two new advanced facilities designed to expand opportunities for research, workforce development and industry collaboration.
Mainebiz sat down with Brian King, president of Bank of America Maine, at the bank's sprawling Belfast campus, to find out more about the bank's Maine operations and growth plans.
Yarmouth-based architect William Harke and New York-based Labella Associates, working with Thornton’s facilities director, Matthew Cook, designed the academy’s newly built 49,000-square-foot Miles Field House.
