Real Estate & Construction

“We want to be a little higher-end but not pretentious. Velvet ropes and dogs — we thought, ‘Okay, that’s cool.’ We’re kind of mixing that together.”

“This is an important step as we continue to create opportunities for our brokers to grow with the firm,” said CORE’s president.

Maine’s modular construction industry, considered essential to helping meet the state’s critical housing needs, hit a regulatory roadblock this month in the Legislature, with the failure of LD 2229.

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.

Scarborough-based Landry/French Construction has begun the first phase of a $7 million renovation to the University of Maine’s Maine Center on Custom House Street in Portland.

The location is considered ideal for its proximity to I-295, the Maine Mall and the Portland International Jetport. Sherwin-Williams has over 5,000 stores globally.

The project will document 272 buildings within the downtown district to identify underutilized spaces, redevelopment-ready properties and opportunities for upper-floor housing.

Sagamore Village, on outer Brighton Avenue, was built in 1942 to provide housing for World War II Liberty Ship builders, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Freeport Housing Trust and Tim Gooch are developing a 42-unit apartment complex at 22 Varney Road, off U.S. Route 1 in Freeport, designed for residents aged 55 and up.

The facade had deteriorated after 166 years of prolonged exposure, stripping away original details, which were capture with the help of 3D scanning and printing.