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Planning board approves site plan for 30-story tower in Old Port
Updated: December 10, 2025Said one speaker, “It’s just going to be another nail in the coffin of our downtown.” Others were in favor. “It has all the ingredients that we’ve advocated for.”
Updated: December 10, 2025
Saco’s newest elementary schools will replace outdated facilities, expand student capacity
Updated: December 10, 2025After more than two decades of planning, the Saco School Department and the city of Saco have broken ground on two new elementary schools, expected to be operational in 2028.
Updated: December 10, 2025
First phase of large affordable housing project gets underway in Portland’s North Deering neighborhood
Updated: December 10, 2025Construction has begun on the Lambert Woods North apartments in Portland, part of an affordable housing development which will eventually include 162 apartments.
Updated: December 10, 2025
Bar Harbor debates whether to extend moratorium on lodging development
Updated: December 9, 2025The issues have been points of contention for years, as the tourist destination grapples with the pros and cons of short-term rentals.
Updated: December 9, 2025
Belfast debates additional ‘missing middle’ developments
Updated: December 8, 2025In addition to 260 units in the pipeline now, additional proposals include an eight-lot subdivision for single family and multifamily development and 10 apartments in three buildings.
Updated: December 8, 2025
Immigrants make up 3.1% of Maine's construction workforce, study finds
December 5, 2025The construction industry in Maine employs 1680 foreign-born workers, or 3.1% of the overall workforce, a small percentage relative to the U.S. number.
December 5, 2025
Creative studio with a co-working element opens in Portland’s Arts District
Updated: December 8, 2025The studio is designed to be akin to a co-working or maker-space model, but specifically built for musicians and creative professionals.
Updated: December 8, 2025
Solar array in Sanford is one of southern Maine’s largest
Updated: December 8, 2025Sanford is one of the top communities in Maine for solar installation, with about 90 megawatts of installed capacity — second in the state only to Farmington.
Updated: December 8, 2025
Amazon's proposed distribution facility in Gorham raises concerns over traffic and noise
December 2, 2025The online retailing giant is proposing to build a 158,000-square-foot building with parking for 903 vehicles on a 93-acre site in the Gorham Industrial Park off Main Street, which is also Route 25.
December 2, 2025A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate leases from November 2025
Updated: December 2, 2025Every week in the Thursday Real Estate Insider, Mainebiz compiles a list of commercial real estate leases. (The Tuesday Real Estate Insider publishes commercial sales.) Here are the leases published in November 2025.
Updated: December 2, 2025
Portland’s Stevens Square senior living community breaks ground on 28-unit condominium complex
Updated: December 2, 2025Developers Collaborative has broken ground on another 55-plus condominium building for the Stevens Square at Baxter Woods community, located off Stevens Avenue in Portland’s Deering Center.
Updated: December 2, 2025
MDI Hospital gets $4M gift to help fund major upgrade
December 2, 2025The hospital serves a year-round population of 5,500. But a seasonal spike of summer residents and visitors puts total visits at 70,000 yearly. The $41.3 million project is underway to expand and modernize the campus.
December 2, 2025
MDI Bio Lab starts renovations on century-old research building
December 1, 2025The redesign will accommodate year-round operations, with an open-plan, more bench space and a bio-secure procedure room for sensitive experimental work.
December 1, 2025
Private school plans move into Peck Building in downtown Lewiston
November 30, 2025The Peck Building, which dates to 1893, was the longtime home to the B. Peck & Co. department store and was later an L.L.Bean call center.
November 30, 2025
With Port Clyde property donation, Colby College will expand midcoast footprint
Updated: December 1, 2025The site of a general store destroyed by fire in 2023 will be rebuilt as a restaurant and collaborative facility. An inn will be repurposed as a research facility and student housing.
Updated: December 1, 2025
A new training program will develop apprentices for Maine's construction industry
Updated: December 1, 2025The program is a result of a statewide partnership launched in March that includes over 50 stakeholders from the construction industry, trade associations, union, education and workforce development systems.
Updated: December 1, 2025
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