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Groundbreaking Maine 2025

Are you ready to dig deeper into the commercial real estate and construction landscape in Maine? Groundbreaking Maine is your essential guide, delivering insights, trends, and forecasts that keep industry professionals informed and prepared for what’s next. Includes profiles of the 2024 MEREDA Notable Project winners. Get a closer look at the innovators, architects, and developments shaping Maine’s landscape.

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Building the construction workforce: A growing suite of training opportunities address critical shortage of workers

Goals include attracting diverse demographics traditionally underrepresented in the industry and providing paths both to entry and to lifelong professional development.

Housing crunch: With a need for 84,000 housing units by 2030, Maine chips away at the challenge

To meet these goals, Maine is going to need further funding and technical support from state government, input and tracking from municipalities, and work at both the state and local level — by community officials and citizens — to streamline the approval process.

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: 99 Western Ave., Augusta

The site, located on heavily traveled Western Avenue, had seen a number of redevelopment proposals fizzle over the years.

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: Firehouse Village, Scarborough

The mix of retail and housing offers a respite from the busy U.S. Route 1 commercial corridor.

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: Front Street redevelopment, Portland

The Front Street redevelopment project in Portland is a transformative effort by Portland Housing Authority and Portland...

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: Malone Family Tower, Portland

The Malone Family Tower is an eight-story addition to Maine Medical Center’s Portland campus.

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: Nightingale and State Street campus redevelopment, Portland

The redevelopment of the Mercy Hospital State Street campus resulted in a high-density, mixed-income residential campus featuring 260 new apartments and nine new homes, a self-storage facility and several small retail spaces.

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: Seaport Community Health Center, Belfast

Penobscot Community Health Care’s new Seaport Community Health Center arose from a dire need to expand and...

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: Stacey M. Symbol Apartments, Westbrook

Property amenities include onsite walking trails, indoor bicycle storage and a community room.

MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: Tekakapimek Contact Station, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

The site was connected to the existing infrastructure through the construction of four miles of access roads.

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