Mount Desert

Originally projected to cost $2.4 million, rising construction costs drove up the third phase to $3.05 million. Grants totaling $750,000 plus a challenge match bridged the gap.

The hospital serves a year-round population of 5,500. But a seasonal spike of summer residents and visitors puts total visits at 70,000 yearly. The $41.3 million project is underway to expand and modernize the campus.

For its Northeast Harbor office, the company scooped up five agents from Blue Hill real estate agency Downeast Properties.

The $3 million third phase will add nine homes to the Ripples Hill development, doubling its size.

Most recently, incoming director Sherry Billings led Hancock County Habitat for Humanity, overseeing construction and repair projects and quadrupling volunteer engagement.

Mount Desert-based Zero Energy Homes hired an aerospace manufacturing specialist to lead development of affordable, energy-efficient homes and a modular-home manufacturing facility.

The vote on bond funding allows Island Housing Trust to move forward with development of nine homes for the local workforce.

Research organizations across the state have expansion projects in the pipeline as they tackle various goals to enhance facilities, partnerships, research capabilities and education.

Finding affordable housing has worsened as real estate price escalated. Island Housing Trust adaptations include collaborations, down-payment assistance and covenants.

Keating Pepper joined the company as a broker in 1988 and became a co-owner in 1994.