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May 18, 2015 Edition

Office space in demand: Downtown Portland's Class A space is in short supply

Dylan Martin

When Ben Kaplan became CEO of CashStar in late 2013, it was clear that the growing Portland-based digital gift card company was in need of new space for a workforce now topping 100 people.

  • Cribstone Capital Management partners with Dynasty

    Lori Valigra

    Cribstone Capital Management, which on May 1 became independent and is no longer associated with Ameriprise Financial, later in the month partnered with Dynasty Financial Partners, a New York-based developer of high-end, open architecture wealth m

  • Heeding the call of students

    Peter Van Allen

    A recurring theme in conversations with businesspeople around the state is workforce training. There are people in Maine who need jobs. Companies need employees.

  • Routines trigger creativity for Maine's innovators

    Lori Valigra

    Long before the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, in the late 1700s, Beethoven routinely dumped water over his head to inspire beautiful compositions. Charles Dickens slept facing north, partly to aid his creativity.

  • How To's
    How To's

    How to develop a workforce using interns

    Jennifer Hooper

    It's no secret that a primary objective of colleges and universities is to prepare undergraduate students for entering the workforce.

  • In Short
    In Short

    Newsworthy people and performances

    New hiresLegacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty hired Julie Galvin as a senior vice president in the firm's Portland office, Patti Lawton as a vice president its Brunswick offic

Today's Poll

Has the growth of remote work in recent years hurt the ability of your business to innovate?
Poll Description

Since the start of the pandemic, employees have come to expect hybrid schedules that allow them to work remotely.

Many employers, however, have pushed for a return to traditional, pre-COVID offices and workspaces.

Tension about where workers do their work heated up on Friday when the CEO of Nike, John Donahoe, blamed remote work for the company's recent lack of product innovation.

"It’s really hard to do bold, disruptive innovation, to develop a boldly disruptive shoe, on Zoom,” he said in an interview with CNBC.

The sportswear and sneaker giant has come under fire in the past couple of years for falling behind on innovation and losing market share.

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