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April 16, 2018 Edition
Focus on Real Estate/Construction/Design

Reinventing workspaces: Employers finding new ways to engage staff and attract new hires

Renee Cordes

If the organization you work for was an animal, what would it be and why? That's one question Lisa Whited puts to employees as she helps businesses clarify their strategic vision and design an office that enables people to do their best work.

Today's Poll

Should Portland cap the number of hotels allowed?
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Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

As hotel construction continues across Portland — with 10 new projects approved before the city imposed a moratorium on new hotel development — developers argue that new hotels bring jobs, tax revenue and visitors.

In June, the city extended the moratorium by six months.

With a growing number of hotel projects underway or proposed, some ask whether the market is saturated. Activists argue that developers should focus on much-needed housing. 

Meantime, hotel rates routinely exceed $400 a night in Portland, so there's still apparently demand.

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