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A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate sales from July 2025
Laurie Schreiber Updated: August 4, 2025Every week in the Tuesday Real Estate Insider, Mainebiz compiles a list of commercial real estate sales. Here is a compilation of sales published in July 2025.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: August 4, 2025Maine Association of Realtors Foundation earmarks $210,000 for nearly two dozen nonprofits
Laurie Schreiber Updated: August 4, 2025Heating and home repairs, emergency shelters, affordable housing construction and installation of safety features for low-income individuals were among projects awarded.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: August 4, 2025
Portland Jetport finishes $21.6M concourse expansion
Laurie Schreiber July 30, 2025Amenities include ADA accessible toilets and the ability to use a passenger boarding bridge to board flights instead of walking outside and using exterior boarding ramps.
Laurie Schreiber July 30, 2025
Hot tub retailer to expand into former Cracker Barrel location in SoPo
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 30, 2025A New Hampshire retailer that specializes in spa, swim and sauna equipment will take over the 10,030-square-foot former restaurant space.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 30, 2025
$3M golf learning center is being teed up in Freeport
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 29, 2025The Alexa Re Rancourt Golf Learning Center, which is being built at the former Freeport Country Club, aims to make the game more accessible to Maine youth and families.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 29, 2025
Dilapidated Rockport hotel is renovated and reopened in 60 days
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025The renovation of a Rockport hotel, damaged by fire and in “significant disrepair,” was performed in 60 days, considered a quick turnaround.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025
Portland Downtown’s move to larger, public-facing space reflects ‘change and challenges’
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025“Portland Downtown is growing to meet the needs of our city's changing downtown district,” said the organization’s executive director.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025
Davis Team leads golf tournament that benefits Travis Mills Foundation
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025The tournament raised $50,000 for the foundation, which provides programs for post-9/11 recalibrated veterans, first responders and families.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025
Building Business: Scarborough car dealership was built on relationships — and persistence
Tina Fischer Updated: July 28, 2025Car dealer Adam Arens used a business connection to secure the land needed for the Patriot Acura dealership in Scarborough. But the project still took six years.
Tina Fischer Updated: July 28, 2025
Mass timber expands building options in Maine
Tina Fischer Updated: July 28, 2025The use of engineered wood products is gaining traction with architects, engineers and builders who value its structural stability, light environmental footprint and natural beauty.
Tina Fischer Updated: July 28, 2025
Building modular: Factory prefab is trending in the construction industry
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025Modular and panelized construction is trending up, providing greater certainty around timelines, replicable design details and efficiencies, and making it easier to train and retain employees.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025
Portland at a crossroads: Downtown safety tensions taking a toll on small businesses, real estate
Renee Cordes Updated: July 28, 2025Storefront vacancies in the Congress Street corridor reflect the economic costs of the city's homeless problems, but some new businesses are also moving in.
Renee Cordes Updated: July 28, 2025
Health care and job training among targets for $20.5M in federal grants in Maine
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 25, 2025Training an outdoor recreation workforce, developing a shared commercial kitchen and modernizing health care campuses are on the docket for federal grants.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 25, 2025
Maine home price maintains all-time high of $425,000 in June, but still below Northeast overall
Laurie Schreiber July 23, 2025Lincoln County saw the steepest price increase, reaching $507,500 in June, a 23.78 % year-over-year increase. Maine remains below the Northeast median value of $543,300.
Laurie Schreiber July 23, 2025
A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate leases from July 2025
Tina Fischer and Peter Van Allen Updated: July 30, 2025Mainebiz publishes a list of commercial leases every Thursday in the Real Estate Insider. This is a roundup of all the leases published in July 2025.
Tina Fischer and Peter Van Allen Updated: July 30, 2025
New municipal building for Ogunquit honors historic elements from former school
Tina Fischer Updated: July 23, 2025The police building will have secure, purpose-built spaces including interview rooms, an armory, fitness room, administrative offices and sleeping quarters. The town offices will have public service areas, a town vault, conference rooms and offices.
Tina Fischer Updated: July 23, 2025
Today's Poll
Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank
With the official end of summer this past weekend, we're taking a look back at how the season unfolded.
Back in early August, we asked how the summer tourism season was going — and at the time, the majority of respondents told us it could be better. And remember, the season started very rainy and ended amid a drought.
Now that the season has wrapped up, we're checking in again to see how things ended. Did things improve? Did tourism pick up later in the summer, or did the season fall short of expectations?
The Giving Guide
The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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Groundbreaking Maine
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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The Giving Guide
The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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Groundbreaking Maine
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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