A roundup of Maine construction news includes three coffee shops for South Portland-based Aroma Joe’s, support for Preble Street’s Housing First programs, and other developments around the state.
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DeStefano & Associates Inc., which is based in Portsmouth, N.H.,, has contracts to build three more sites for South Portland-based Aroma Joe’s.
The coffee shops include a site planned for Cascade Road in Saco; city documents say the developer is Pine Tree Holdings LLC and the street address will be 2 Cascade Road, not far from Old Orchard Beach.
Other Aroma Joe’s stores to be built by DeStefano will be in Nashua, N.H. (on Amherst Street), and Loudon, N.H. (on State Highway 106 South). The designer for all three is Kansas City, Mo.-based TK Architects International Inc., which has a specialty in food-and-beverage locations.
Another DeStefano project is in Scarborough, where it will manage construction for West Incube. A building of 22,000 square feet will be built from the ground up. It will be subdivided for tenants for storage and craft space. Construction was expected to start Aug. 1.
Construction and development news from around Maine
Preble Street received a three-year, $300,000 grant commitment from KeyBank Foundation to support Preble Street’s Site-Based Housing First programs. The funds will help the Portland homelessness nonprofit with its plan to create 400 Housing First units statewide.
Great Falls Construction, of Gorham, recently completed two public safety projects. In York County, it dedicated Limerick’s $4.75 million emergency medical services station for the Fire and EMS Department, which also serves Cornish and Limington. The facility, at 23 School St., was partially paid for with $1.8 million in congressionally directed spending, secured by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, through the FY 2023 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill.
For the town of Sebago, Great Falls completed a storage building for fire apparatus located at 7 Pit Road. The team also included civil engineering firm Sebago Technics of South Portland, architectural firm Grant Hays Associates of Falmouth and structural engineering firm Structural Integrity of Portland.
Sheridan Construction Corp., of Fairfield, managed the renovation of Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville. Work on the 6,080-square-foot building, at 291 Main St., included updated accessibility, the addition of HVAC systems, security improvements, a new electrical entrance and general finish upgrades. Sheridan also added a mikvah, a type of pool used in Judaism for ritual immersions around life events such as celebrations and healing.
Lajoie Brothers Construction, of Augusta, announced on social media the completion of a facility to house the classic car collection of Peter Prescott, in Gardiner. The collection is open by appointment.