L-A developer and Red Claws co-owner dies at 64
Stephen Griswold, a prominent developer based in Lewiston-Auburn and co-owner of the Maine Red Claws basketball team, died Sunday. He was 64.
The Sun Journal reported that Griswold's brother and business parter, Lee Griswold, said Stephen had been sick. His exact cause of death was not revealed.
Griswold made his name as a developer in the mid-1970s, forming his own company to develop affordable housing in the Twin Cities, the paper reported, including the Centreville Commons in Lewiston and Heritage Court in Auburn.
He also had a hand in developing Auburn's Hilton Garden Inn and earned prominence for his sports ownership roles as a owner of one of NASCAR's top Busch East stock car programs and for being one of 15 co-owners of the Maine Red Claws.
Griswold, a Portland resident, also was involved in development at Portland's Thompson's Point, where site preparation for a convention and event center to host the Red Claws is in the works.
The paper reported that Griswold is survived by his wife, Peg, four children and his brother and a sister, Rosanne Cook.
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