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Real estate realities: Pre-pandemic deals advance, but future is uncertain
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 20, 2020Maine's real estate brokers, buyers and sellers are all still doing business, although with new expectations and new ways of working together. But it's unclear what the future holds for the industry.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 20, 2020
Building Business: Economy slows to a crawl, but construction continues
Peter Van Allen Updated: April 20, 2020Despite the public health crisis, Maine's construction companies — considered essential businesses — continue to do work the state relies upon, in communities including Yarmouth, Portland, Freeport and Cumberland Foreside.
Peter Van Allen Updated: April 20, 2020Letter from the Editor: A strange and turbulent spring
Peter Van Allen Updated: April 20, 2020Unemployment claims have skyrocketed. Various industries are hanging on by a thread, while manufacturers and a select few retailers try to stay in control as “essential” businesses. There’s been a scramble for federal relief funds.
Peter Van Allen Updated: April 20, 2020
Collaboration on one small Bath house is result of bigger development focus
Maureen Milliken April 15, 2020The house recently placed on a foundation at 57 Chestnut St. in Bath was built by students in the Bath Regional Career and Technical Education program, funded by Bath Rotary Charitable Trust and now owned by Bath Housing Development Corp.
Maureen Milliken April 15, 2020
Insider Notebook: CMH cancer center gets final DHHS approval
Maureen Milliken April 15, 2020COVID-19 response focus by the Lewiston-based health care system hasn't derailed plans for $38 million project; state offers grants to develop, maintain trails; National Association of Realtors releases COVID-19 survey.
Maureen Milliken April 15, 2020USM delays Lewiston campus move, citing COVID-19 challenges
Renee Cordes Updated: April 15, 2020The school will reassess the situation this fall as it works with Maine Realty Advisors on an appraisal of the Lewiston-Auburn College building.
Renee Cordes Updated: April 15, 2020
Latest facade funding is more than window dressing for downtown Waterville
Staff April 14, 2020The second round of grants through Central Maine Growth Council will fund improvements at 10 downtown sites. The council expects grants made so far to result in nearly $2 million of storefront enhancements this year.
Staff April 14, 2020
$10M condo complex to leverage Bethel’s potential as a train stop
Laurie Schreiber April 13, 2020The recent acquisition of a 7-acre parcel near a train station in Bethel is planned to be the site of a 38-unit residential complex, with a pad site for potential commercial use.
Laurie Schreiber April 13, 2020
Maine retail group chief worried about crisis-hit sector, welcomes new customer limits
Renee Cordes Updated: April 13, 2020Curtis Picard, head of the Retail Association of Maine, outlines his concerns as he welcomes revised in-store gathering limits that took effect on Friday.
Renee Cordes Updated: April 13, 2020
Szanton Co. plans 55-unit mixed-income development in OOB
Staff April 9, 2020The apartment building would be for residents 55 years or older, and is the Portland-based developer's first Old Orchard Beach project.
Staff April 9, 2020
Dana Warp Mill was filling up fast, and is expected to continue post-coronavirus
Maureen Milliken April 8, 2020The former mill, one of five New Hampshire-based Chinburg Properties owns in Maine, was busy welcoming new tenants before COVID-19 restrictions were put in place last month.
Maureen Milliken April 8, 2020
Insider Notebook: Development plan expires, but land's future won't change
Maureen Milliken Updated: April 8, 2020A concept plan for 11,962 acres in Kingsbury Plantation expires in May, and the Land Use Planning Commission's rezoning keeps most of it protected. In other news, the COVID-19 crisis spurs adaptation in real estate and preservation.
Maureen Milliken Updated: April 8, 2020
Belfast employer speeds work-from-home switch from months to days
Laurie Schreiber April 6, 2020OnProcess Technology was on a 90-day schedule to permanently transition its Belfast workforce from a single location to a work-from-home model. When the pandemic hit, the transition was accomplished in just 14 days.
Laurie Schreiber April 6, 2020
Bangor property developed by former NASA engineer sells for $3.1M
Laurie Schreiber April 5, 2020The buyer of a 36,000-square-foot Class A office building in Bangor views it as a distinct property in a city with a lot of momentum and upside.
Laurie Schreiber April 5, 2020Biz Money: Help is on the way for small businesses hanging on during shutdown
Peter Van Allen Updated: April 6, 2020The $2 trillion federal relief program could be a lifesaver for Maine businesses struggling with impacts of COVID-19. But will the relief come soon enough?
Peter Van Allen Updated: April 6, 2020
Insider Notebook: Lewiston urgent care clinic opens as scheduled, sans fanfare
Maureen Milliken April 1, 2020CMH says there's no better time than now for Maine Urgent Care in Lewiston to open; Portland restricts short-term rentals and asks evictions be halted; MEREDA sets new gala date; architecture critic Sorkin dies.
Maureen Milliken April 1, 2020
Today's Poll
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Next year will bring a host of new challenges for businesses looking to add employees to the payroll.
Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave law will go into effect, which will allow an employee to take paid leave for up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member or new child, for instance.
The state's minimum wage will increase by 45 cents an hour, to $15.10 (a separate minimum wage provision will be voted on in Portland that could raise the hourly compensation to $19).
And rising health care premiums will continue to be a struggle for employers.
For companies that plan to grow, all of these factors will have to be managed.
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