Artists to drive East Bayside development

Proponents of business development in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood say the 130-acre area could see plenty of new restaurants, galleries, retail shops and industry because of its cultural vitality and proximity to Interstate-295 and downtown.

Evidence of that transformation is already apparent where World Fitness and Black Bear Medical occupy a building along Marginal Way that formerly housed a transmission repair shop. On Somerset Street, AAA Northern New England, Gorham Savings ...