Gov. Janet Mills lent a hand Wednesday in a groundbreaking ceremony in Westbrook for an affordable workforce housing project, Clover Terraces, near the city’s downtown.

The project at 21 Clover Lane, off Seavey Street, is a 45-unit condominium building developed to help ease the city and state’s affordable housing shortage.

According to a press release, “Clover Terraces is the first project by Domus, a joint venture between three Portland-based housing developers: Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing developer in northern New England; Jack Soley, a longtime developer of residential and commercial projects in the Portland area; and Hebert Construction, a fourth-generation, family-owned construction firm.”

Soley told a gathering that included Westbrook city officials that the project will have 34 workforce units combined with 11 for market-rate housing. He said the workforce units would be affordable for school teachers, postal employees and police officers.