12 'groundbreaking' Maine real estate stories from 2025

A rendering shows a tall building in an urban area.

Rendering / Courtesy Safdie Architects East Brown Cow and Safdie Architects proposed what would be Maine's tallest building, at 30 stories, Old Port Square.

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By Tina Fischer

Housing construction projects dominated our real estate coverage in 2025, as municipalities and developers worked to address the critical shortage being felt across the state.

We also followed news of impactful commercial projects, innovative housing initiatives, emerging construction techniques and a few projects that couldn’t get off the ground due to escalating costs and zoning constraints.

Here’s just a sampling of the real estate and construction stories we covered in 2025.

A proposal for unified ‘Old Port Square’ would include build of Maine's tallest building

Housing crunch: With a need for 84,000 housing units by 2030, Maine chips away at the challenge

List of Maine's 10 ‘hottest’ towns for real estate has some changes, surprises

In Gorham, construction on up to 390 housing units starts at Robie tract

Mass timber expands building options in Maine

Rumford’s Black Mountain to see modular construction condos

Lewiston-Auburn punches above its weight to tackle housing shortages

In Scarborough, dozens of condos are under construction at the Downs — with more on the way

Jagger Mill redevelopment is one of several housing projects underway in Sanford

Developers get creative to build more affordable and ‘missing middle’ housing

Biddeford housing market continues to expand with 250 new apartments at the Eddy