Jessica Estes

“Me” is the leitmotif for several Maine women business and nonprofit leaders in their 40s and 50s who are pressing pause on their careers to focus on themselves.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions and professional services firms in Maine.

Commercial leases are published every Thursday in the Mainebiz Real Estate Insider. Here's a roundup of the commercial leases from the month of May 2024.

Jessica Estes is stepping down as president of the commercial real estate firm. Christopher "Topher" Stephenson and Micki Francombe have both been promoted to leadership roles.

The company hired an executive assistant and an associate and promoted two associates to associate brokers.

Here's a roundup of commercial leases compiled from the weekly Real Estate Insider.

The final round came down to Jessica Estes, president of the Boulos Co., who was playing for Learning Works, and Jacqueline Edmondson, president of the University of Southern Maine, who was playing for the USM Scholarship Fund.

A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate leases from the month of February 2024.

A roundup of commercial leases in Maine, as published in the Thursday Real Estate Insider in Mainebiz.

“Will employers find the right carrot — or stick — to bring employees back to the office?” If not, many tenants might give up their office space entirely or downsize.