It took a while for Avesta Housing Development Corp. to find the right property to establish a centralized maintenance facility. But a 12,000-square-foot industrial building at 2257 West Broadway in South Portland is expected to fill the bill, once some renovations are completed. Avesta Housing, a nonprofit provider of affordable housing in southern Maine and

Home has been lonely during the pandemic for 73-year-old Portland resident Mary Gagnon, but a bit less so thanks to regular check-ins with a virtual medical care team through a touch-screen tablet and phone calls. “It’s easy to use, and the fact that you’re being observed without any intrusion I think is great,” she says

THOMASTON, Maine — Voters in Thomaston will be deciding the fate of two housing development proposals Tuesday that could help broaden the town’s tax base and provide housing for both older adults and people with disabilities. Both development projects are slated for Thomaston Green, which was the site of the former Maine State Prison, but

Despite changes in the workplace brought on by the pandemic, the Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resources Management has named 84 companies as the winners in the 15th annual “Best Places to Work in Maine” program. The number is down slightly from the 100 companies honored in 2019, the most ever. The Best

The Lewiston Planning Board on Monday night approved a new housing plan for the former Martel School in a 5-2 vote. Avesta Housing Development Officer Catherine Elliott said Tuesday that Lewiston Housing Authority will own and manage the project and have retained Avesta to oversee and consult on the development process. The $10.4 million project

The Portland City Council on Monday night approved $14 million in tax and other financial incentives to create 270 units of housing, almost exclusively for low-income households on four different properties. The approvals, which have been in the pipeline for months, come as people camping in the plaza at City Hall demand more permanent affordable

Eviction court cases can resume in Maine on August 3. A recent U.S. Census survey found 9% of Maine residents (29,000 people) could not pay rent in June, and 14% of renters (43,000) expressed concern about being able to pay their July rent. To try to stave off a major eviction crisis, Governor Mills has

LEWISTON — The city and local organizations working to reel in a downtown redevelopment grant worth between $10 million and $30 million are moving ahead with their application without knowing an official due date. In the spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic shifted priorities for municipalities, officials said it would likely cause delays in the Choice Neighborhood program,

An affordable housing project under construction in Portland is making good use of cross-laminated lumber, a building material that is growing in popularity and holds great potential for Maine’s wood products industry. Unfortunately, it had to come all the way from Montana. To make cross-laminated lumber, layers of low-value softwood are fused together with glue

The Maine Real Estate and Development Association on Tuesday morning named seven developments, from corporate headquarters to affordable housing, as winners of the group’s 2019 Notable Project awards. The annual honors recognize “the most noteworthy and significant Maine commercial development projects from the previous year, all of which embody the association’s mission to support responsible development,”