Commercial Real Estate News – Portland, Maine
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‘Layered’ Deal at Foden Road in South Portland
‘Layered’ deal at Foden Road in South Portland results in a commercial condominium agreement for Agren Appliance and Bedderrest. Read the summary by Mainebiz here. We are also listing the 10,500 SF former Thatcher’s space for lease!
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Industrial Vacancy Rate at All-Time Low
Greater Portland’s industrial vacancy rate is at an all-time low. Justin Lamontagne speaks with Mainebiz about this economic crisis.
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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!
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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…
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Richardson Allen Building Manufacturing Facility in Mill Brook Business Park
Richardson Allen, high-end outdoor furniture makers, purchased a 3.81 acre lot in Mill Brook Business Park in Saco to construct a new manufacturing plant. They are expected to move into their new facility in January. Greg Hastings, SIOR brokered the sale. Read the Mainebiz story here.
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385 Congress Street – Former Press Herald Print Building – Sold
This highly visible part of downtown encompasses an entire city block, right next to City Hall. The 2.2± acre property consists of an industrial building (formerly the Press Herald print building), 2 parking lots, and another industrial building. Tom Moulton, CCIM, SIOR and Katie Millett brokered the sale on behalf of the seller, Metro Media…
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WEX and Cohen Break Ground on Portland Headquarters
WEX was welcomed to Portland by city officials and developer Jonathan Cohen in a groundbreaking ceremony held this morning. 1 Hancock Street is the site of the company’s new world headquarters. (Read Mainebiz story here). The WEX development project received final planning board approval from the City on October 4th. This one-of-a kind building will be Portland…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Industrial Market Update
The industrial market has continued its very strong pace this Spring, and there looks to be no slowing it down this Summer. We are working diligently to find new inventory to work with and create some opportunities for both landlords and tenants. The high demand and low inventory levels in the greater Portland area has…
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Justin Lamontagne to Speak on NEREJ Summit Panel
On June 29th, New England Real Estate Journal will hold their 2017 Summit – Northern New England State of Commercial Real Estate at the Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center. Justin Lamontagne will a part of the panel of speakers at this event! Register here.
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Maine Medical Center Purchases One Riverfront Plaza in Westbrook for $10.75 Million
Exciting news for downtown Westbrook! MMC purchased One Riverfront Plaza for $10.75 million. NAI Dunham Group’s Charlie Craig and NAI Hunneman represented the seller. Maine Medical Center plans to use the 131,000 square foot office building to house its integrated information services team and other administrative functions that are currently spread across eight office locations. Read…