Biddeford

“The workforce is changing rapidly, and universities have an important role to play in ensuring graduates are prepared to adapt and succeed,” said UNE’s president. 

The locaton offers loading docks, commercial kitchen space, storage and direct access to I-95, an advantage for an operation moving food to pantries and meal programs.

One York will welcome tenants to 11 market-rate apartments — mostly one-bedrooms, with one studio and one two-bedroom — along with one workforce-priced unit. Rates range from $1,575 to $2,175.

Education and community leaders and students officially opened the doors last week to the $9 million expansion, which had been under construction since Sept. 2024.

A 39-unit single-family home neighborhood in Kennebunk is one of several projects the Newmarket, N.H-based developer has under construction in York County.

The joint municipal team is one of only seven selected nationwide and the only one from Maine in 2026.

"The decision to close the Biddeford, Maine processing facility is part of a larger project to improve CLYNK’s operations and was not one we took lightly," the South Portland-based company said.

Plans for the pier have been in the works for years and were approved by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Saco River Corridor Commission, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Biddeford Planning Board.

Hebert Construction Co. has begun work on the first phase of a planned five-building riverfront district redevelopment along the Saco River in downtown Biddeford.

Here’s a roundup of openings, closings and transactions from the past year.