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Real Estate & Construction

  • Wood Structures returns with new name, owner

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 16, 2009

    About 30 employees are returning to work after Idaho-based Boise Cascade bought Wood Structures, a truss making company in Biddeford that went bankrupt in March.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 16, 2009

  • Where possibilities loom | Biddeford marks the end of its textile era, with one foot firmly in the future

    Jackie Farwell June 15, 2009

    When the shift let out at Biddeford’s booming textile mills in the early 1900s, the streets were so packed with workers one could hardly move, local lore has it.

    Jackie Farwell June 15, 2009

  • Real estate data from April 20, 2009 | Building permits, sales and leases from the April 20, 2009, issue of Mainebiz

    June 15, 2009

    Building Permits Bangor (March 2009) $52,000, 45 Dowd Dr., Todd Hardy, warehouse and office remodel, contractor: Hardy Construction Inc.

    June 15, 2009

  • Foreclosures continue climb in Maine

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 12, 2009

    Foreclosures in Maine continued to increase during the first quarter of 2009.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 12, 2009

  • Stroudwater Place delayed, but still a go

    Whit Richardson June 9, 2009

    The recession has delayed the 60-acre mall proposed in Westbrook, but the developer says the project, which would become the state's largest shopping complex, has not been scrapped.

    Whit Richardson June 9, 2009

  • Plum Creek looks for “an escape hatch”

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 3, 2009

    Plum Creek Timber Co., a developer looking to build the state's largest development in the Moosehead Lake region, is trying to ensure that the conservation agreement would be scrapped if the development falls through.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 3, 2009

  • Healthy investment | Taking care of roads and bridges protects our safety in a number of ways

    John O'dea June 1, 2009

    On April 29, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Utilities and Energy held a public hearing on a bill that would provide a sustainable funding source for Maine’s water and wastewater systems.

    John O'dea June 1, 2009

  • Home sales and prices down

    Mainebiz News Staff May 28, 2009

    Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine dropped 14% last month from the same time last year, according to data released Wednesday.

    Mainebiz News Staff May 28, 2009

  • Freeport shopping center opens

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 19, 2009

    Despite lagging retail sales in Maine, a $30 million shopping complex in the center of Freeport staged a soft opening this weekend.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 19, 2009

  • Camden considers moratorium

    Mainebiz News Staff May 18, 2009

    Camden's Select Board will consider a retroactive moratorium on franchise development in its downtown tomorrow, spurred by permits issued for a Dunkin' Donuts.

    Mainebiz News Staff May 18, 2009

  • A matter of degrees | A novel program between Cianbro and Eastern Maine Community College could become a pipeline for better-educated trades people

    Sara Donnelly May 18, 2009

    A new collaboration between Cianbro Corp. and Eastern Maine Community College may be used as a model by the construction company to create similar programs at its offices in Maryland and Connecticut.

    Sara Donnelly May 18, 2009

  • Foreclosure bill gains support

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 13, 2009

    The Insurance and Financial Services Committee voted unanimously yesterday in favor of a bill designed to alleviate the foreclosure crisis in Maine.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 13, 2009

  • Portland passes green ordinance to encourage carbon and cash savings

    Rebekah Metzler May 12, 2009

    The Portland City Council in early April approved a building ordinance that will require all city-funded new construction and major renovation projects to be built to the Silver standard of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

    Rebekah Metzler May 12, 2009

  • Construction woes force Dragon Products shutdown

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 12, 2009

    Dragon Products Co. will temporarily idle its Thomaston plant and furlough an unspecified number of workers later this month.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 12, 2009

  • Maine receives $6M to cleanup, redevelop industrial sites

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 11, 2009

    Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree have released a list of several cities and towns in Maine that will receive more than $6 million to cleanup former industrial sites and prepare them for redevelopment.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 11, 2009

  • County jail to become grist mill

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 7, 2009

    Somerset County Commissioners yesterday unanimously approved the sale of the old county jail in Skowhegan to a grist mill operator.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 7, 2009

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Does cruise ship season help your business?
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Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

Maine's cruise ship season is in full swing, running from late September through early November. Thousands of passengers are expected to visit Portland, Bar Harbor, Eastport or Rockland.

This week alone, Portland is set to welcome around 16,000 cruise ship passengers.

But as the season ramps up, it's bringing mixed reviews. Some locals brace for the crowds and many business owners say cruise ship visitors don't spend much while in the port. Other business owners argue that, even if cruise ships don't benefit their own coffers, they still benefit the overall economy.

When we asked this question in 2023, Mainebiz respondents, 21% said the visits bring customers and revenue, while only 18% said the visits don't help their business.

More than half of the respondents, 53%, said cruise ships benefit the overall economy.

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