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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
took a visit to portland recently, nice little city y'all got there
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
"Nice little city?"... you say, and then you put pics of railroad ties, SoPo tank farm, gritty dock and lobster traps. You forgot the scrapyards in Bayside.
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
Thank you! We're quite proud of our little city!
On another note, the city wants to convert space on the Maine State Pier into a public seafood market as well as retail and startup space http://www.pressherald.com/2017/11/2...ne-state-pier/ ![]() |
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
Renderings of the proposed Brown Street parking garage, going before the Planning Board this evening. I hope the garage can be a catalyst for further development in the area because it's certainly not going to enliven the streetscape on Brown or Cumberland Streets.
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
Some news from across the Fore River. Avesta released its first rendering of a 64 unit mixed-use project just off Western Ave. in SoPo
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
No renderings yet, but the developers behind Luminato Condos have begun promoting their next condo development, Verdante, which will be built on the site of the former Portland Co-op building at the corner of Hampshire and Federal Streets. I'm curious what height they're aiming for with this one -- they're advertising "soaring ceilings" and 3-bedroom condos -- which makes me think it will likely be as tall as Luminato.
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In reference to an earlier post / rumor that the redevelopment of 58 Fore St. was on hold until the Portland Pipeline lawsuit was settled
A Federal judge just ruled against SoPo in the city's motion to dismiss the suit. It looks like this lawsuit will be going on for at least another 2 years according to the PPH article. Quote:
So the question is, how will this impact the 58 Fore St. / Portland Foreside redevelopment? |
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I know for a fact that Jim Brady holding off on that development until he knows what's happening with the oil reversal scenario. Reason is simple. His condos are directly across, and who would pay up to 1.75 million for a condo (going rate for penthouse now with the one next to the new Marriot going up) when they could spend that for an incredible home anywhere else on the coast?
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It seems somewhat foolish to plan a major development around the outcome of a lawsuit in another city. |
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A brief overview of some proposed and under-construction office space in Portland in today's Press Herald: http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/0...dings-planned/
The article confirms that the work on the Ocean Gateway Garage will add office space, which should be interesting. I guess that the office space will occupy the new bulge that will jut out of the garage towards Fore Street. I've seen the external rendering of this but I'm having trouble imagining habitable office space on the inside. The article also says work is underway at the Widgery Wharf site, but I just drove by there the other day and didn't notice any construction. Most interestingly a CBRE rep says that he expects at least one major employer to propose a downtown Portland relocation this year. Perhaps we will get a new office tower proposal after all! |
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I would say that trying to lure a NEW major company to the Portland area would be far more beneficial than our current group of big employers shuffling between the suburbs and the peninsula. Maybe we'll get lucky with Amazon, eh? ![]() Last edited by Cosakita18; 01-02-2018 at 09:22 AM. |
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
This is purely the rumor mill, so who knows if it's true or not - but I heard a rumor not too long ago that Unum put their original building on outer Congress Street (the one they call HO1) up for sale.
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
Could be L.L. Bean. They've long had having trouble recruiting and retaining creative workers with their suburban HQ in Freeport (it's not even in the village), although the new METRO Breez route might be helping them. Plus, their current HQ office building is pretty dingy.
Of course, locating headquarters offices is a lot different than relocating the entire business. I've heard that WEX is keeping a lot of back-office jobs in South Portland even after they move into their new building on the waterfront. For similar reasons I find it hard to believe any big company is going to pay a premium for new offices on Thompson's Point. It's got many of the same issues with most suburban campuses – it's pretty isolated, with no place nearby to get coffee or even for a regular lunch and no good bike or pedestrian connections to the rest of the city. These companies relocating downtown are relying on significantly higher rates of walk/bike/transit commuting among their workers in order to offset parking costs, but that's gonna be a tall order on Thompson's Point. |
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I could see a big company being interested in the Portland Foreside offices, especially being so close to the water and new WEX hq. It's a very desireable location. Last edited by Cosakita18; 01-02-2018 at 01:13 PM. |
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Re: Portland, ME - New Construction Continued
Both the WEX and Idexx CEO's are on the record stating how hard it is to attract talent to Maine. I can't see a big problem attracting talent to work and live in Portland's peninsula, even with the lower salaries as compared to places in Boston -- especially for those under 40, as social activities and modern designed buildings important. Young people all over the world are leaving smaller towns for dynamic cities. When WEX and a few other buildings in that area are done, the East End will convey an exciting vibe. Did you know the Residence Inn by Marriott just spent over $2 million to renovate its lobby, restaurant, lounge and some of the rooms? They get it. They want to be the default place to stay for all those visiting WEX employees based in other countries. But Portland has to be even more aggressive getting companies to locate here. The companies will, if you give them the incentives.
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Exactly this. It seems like there isn't a good cohesive regional or statewide incentive strategy for attracting large businesses. Portland has so many strengths, but I feel like we rely too much on the tourism trade. Was chatting with a friend who works in the real estate business over lunch and he mentioned a "big new condo project along Cumberland Avenue" coming to the planning board within the next few months. Could this be the 16 story tower discussed earlier? |
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