Southern Maine’s multi-family investment market remains red hot as we are seeing many qualified buyers, both local and out of state, submitting purchase bids. Increased interest rates of approximately 100 basis points over their lows of a year ago have not produced the expected rising capitalization rates. This is primarily due to ever increasing investor… » Read more
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New Listing: Children’s Museum of Maine Building at 142 Free Street
New on the market! We are pleased to offer the The Children’s Museum of Maine building for sale. Located at 142 Free Street, this is a unique opportunity to own a historic piece of Portland. Read Mainebiz story here.
Sam LeGeyt Joins Our Brokerage Team
We are pleased to announce a new addition to our brokerage team! Sam LeGeyt joins us with experience in the Greater Portland office and investment markets. Prior to joining The Dunham Group, he was a broker at Harnden Commercial Brokers. Sam is a graduate of UNH’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and… » Read more
Annual Forecast Conference & 2018 Industrial Market Survey
Here is a summary of the talking points from MEREDA’s annual Forecast Conference yesterday; 900 people were in attendance! Justin Lamontagne delivered his annual Southern Maine Industrial Forecast and unveiled our 2018 Industrial Market Survey. Download your own copy here!
2018 MEREDA Forecast Conference
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) will hold their annual Forecast Conference one week from today – Thursday 1/18! As always, Justin Lamontagne, CCIM, SIOR will deliver the Southern Maine Industrial Forecast and he will unveil our annual Greater Portland Industrial Market Survey. Register here and come see us at Booth #4 to grab your copy… » Read more
Justin Lamontagne Earns Prestigious SIOR Designation
We are pleased to announce that Justin Lamontagne has earned the prestigious Society of Industrial & Office Realtor’s (SIOR) designation. SIOR is the leading global professional office and industrial real estate association. Justin now becomes only the 5th broker in the state of Maine to carry both CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) & SIOR honors.
Portland City Council Unanimously Approves Land Sale For Development of WEX’s Waterfront Headquarters
NAI The Dunham Group is pleased to announce that the Portland City Council unanimously approved the contract to sell the City-owned 1.1± acre parcel of land located at 0 Hancock Street to Jonathan Cohen of 0 Hancock Street LLC. The developer has an agreement to lease a new 100,000 square foot glass headquarters building to… » Read more
Katie Millett Named 2017 REALTOR of the Year!
We are very pleased to announce that the Maine Commercial Association of REALTORS (MCAR) has named Katie Millett their 2017 REALTOR of the Year! Katie Millett joined NAI The Dunham Group in 2005. Before joining the company, Katie practiced law concentrating primarily on real estate transactions. Katie graduated from the College of Charleston in South… » Read more
Retail Market Update
The southern and central Maine retail markets remain healthy in 2017, although there is substantial future uncertainty in the anchor store sector. Overall vacancy continues to decline, averaging around 3.5%. This has been a steady trend as shopping center overdevelopment from the 2000’s has finally been absorbed. As a result of this vacancy, lease rates… » Read more
Office Market Update
Overall, the Greater Portland Office market remains stable. There are currently over 1.5MM square feet of office space available for lease in the Greater Portland market. While this sounds like a large number, the vacancy is primarily concentrated into several large buildings located along the Congress Street corridor. The approximate average asking lease rate for… » Read more