Tim Soley wants city planners to double the heights allowed for new building projects in the Old Port that create and preserve publicly accessible open space.
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VA submits plan to build community clinic on West Commercial Street in Portland
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs proposes a 62,000-square-foot clinic and an adjacent 382-space covered parking garage at the site of an abandoned rail spur west of the Casco Bay Bridge.
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Ex-developer Michael Liberty wants other cases delayed while he fights Maine criminal charges
The former Portland developer is asking a court to put a Pennsylvania case on hold so he can focus on the fraud charges.
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Costs for Gorham turnpike spur will be higher than anticipated
But the executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority says tolls from increased traffic will compensate for the added expense.
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Narrow Gauge Railroad isn’t just staying in Portland, it’s planning new buildings
The organization that runs the tourist attraction wants to build a storage building and ticket station on Portland’s waterfront.
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New owner pledges to transform former tannery site in Berwick
Great Falls Construction of Gorham says it has purchased the former Prime Tanning Mill property with the goal of redeveloping the nearly 12-acre site.
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Purchase of Brian Boru building gives insurance company control of key piece of downtown
The workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC has now secured a full block of property in the heart of Portland.
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Six-story garage proposed as first piece of major project in downtown Portland
The company behind the development near the Old Port wants to build the garage with space for stores, apartments and offices.
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Developer proposes another Portland hotel, this one in West End
Nate DeLois plans a 46-room hotel on Congress Street, across the street from a boutique hotel he already owns.
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Developers break ground on commercial section of Downs project
The project’s ‘Innovation District’ has 57 lots on about 70 acres that have been cleared on the sprawling development connected to the Scarborough Downs racetrack.