Nominations Now Being Accepted for MEREDA’s 2025 Notable Project Awards
Each year, MEREDA identifies and recognizes the most noteworthy and significant Maine commercial development projects from the previous year.
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MEREDA Opens Registration for its Annual Forecast Conference
Registration is open for the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s) Annual Forecast Conference and Member Showcase, which will take place on February 26, 2026. The popular annual event...
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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Nightingale & State Street Campus Redevelopment (Portland)
MEREDA Recognizes its 2024 Notable Project Award Recipients – Each year, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) recognizes some of the state’s most “noteworthy and significant” real estate...
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MEREDA’s Fall Conference outlines challenges and opportunities
Portland, Maine – MEREDA hosted its Fall Conference on October 23rd where nearly 300 real estate professionals gathered at USM’s Hannaford Hall. The focus of the half-day conference was to...
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MEREDA Continues to Improve Real Estate Development Climate – Succeeds in Changing Two Laws to Streamline Processes and Minimizes Two Fee Increases During 2017 Legislative Session
Based on a survey of MEREDA members in the summer of 2016, MEREDA‘s proactive Public Policy Committee developed legislation to address difficult governmental challenges faced by the real estate development...
Read ArticleThe Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on The Lofts at Saco Falls
In multi-part series, exclusive to the Maine Maine Real Estate Insider, we’ll provide an up-close look at the most notable commercial development projects of the past year that are helping...
Read ArticleThe Economic Impact of MaineHousing’s Investment in Affordable Multifamily Housing: State and Regional
by Richard Taylor, Research and Communications, MaineHousing Building housing contributes to the quality of life in a community and its economy. Economic contributions are measured in jobs, wages, revenues, and...
Read ArticleIs Your Paycheck Protected?
By Kerry Peabody, CSA, CLTC Long Term Care, Life & Disability Insurance Agent You’ve insured your home, your car, your boat – but have you insured the one thing that...
Read ArticleThe Maine Real Estate & Development Association Announces 2017-18 Officers
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) is pleased to announce its 2017-18 slate of officers, which include Bruce Jones of Creative Office Pavilion and Brian Curley of PDT Architects serving as...
Read ArticleThe Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Wayfair at Brunswick Landing
In multi-part series, exclusive to the Maine Maine Real Estate Insider, we’ll provide an up-close look at the most notable commercial development projects of the past year that are helping...
Read ArticleTHE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM 2.0
by George Casey, CEO of Stockbridge Associates, LLC Here’s home-building operations guru George Casey’s take on how tech-driven automation will drive into site-built home building sooner than later. My recent...
Read ArticleHome Building’s ‘Elephant in the Room’ … a manifesto from operations guru George Casey.
by George Casey, CEO of Stockbridge Associates, LLC Over the past several weeks, I have had the opportunity to attend a variety of fall industry conferences: the Urban Land Institute...
Read ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association Awards Top 10 Notable Projects of 2016
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) recently announced the recipients of its 2016 Notable Projects Awards at its Annual Real Estate Spring Conference. This year’s event, titled “’YIMBY’ism:...
Read ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association Awards Top 10 Notable Projects of 2016
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) recently announced the recipients of its 2016 Notable Projects Awards at its Annual Real Estate Spring Conference. This year’s event, titled “’YIMBY’ism:...
Read ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association Elects Josh Fifield to its Board of Directors
Josh Fifield, a Senior Account Executive in the Business Insurance Department of Clark Insurance has been elected to the board of directors of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association...
Read ArticleThe Trend Toward Car-Free Cities Is Picking Up Speed
By Blueprint, presented by CBRE When you think about it, car-free cities shouldn’t seem like such a radical idea. Cities, after all, have been around for thousands of years, while...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event – Financing the Deal: Forming the Capital Stack
Following up on the success of MEREDA’s Real Estate 101 and 202 breakfast events, join MEREDA June 22 from 7:30 – 9:00 AM at the Clarion Hotel in Portland as our panel...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event – Darkness into Light: Cannabis and its impact on Commercial Real Estate in the Post-Prohibition Era – Bangor Edition
Industry experts suggest that no new-to-market use has had as large an impact on Maine’s commercial real estate landscape in recent years as has cannabis cultivation. Starting as a niche industry...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s DevelopME’s Lunch & Learn Series – “Analyzing the Deal”
MEREDA is excited to announce the formation of a new committee, DevelopME, for our enthusiastic emerging leaders. The committee is formed with a simple mission: “To engage membership and create professional development...
Read ArticleNeed Continuing Education Credits? MEREDA’s 2017 Annual Spring Conference has them!
MEREDA’s Annual Spring Conference – ‘YIMBY’ism: YES in my Backyard – Why Development is Good In recent years, many American cities and towns have witnessed a renaissance, with destination cities...
Read ArticleChallenges for Marijuana Businesses and their Vendors
by Gretchen L. Jones, Shareholder and Chair, Business Law Practice Group at Eaton Peabody While Maine has legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use, the conflict between state legalization...
Read ArticleHow to speed up the Commercial Real Estate Appraisal process
When the parties of interest in a commercial real estate transaction finally reach agreement, and financing is a component of the deal, why does it then take so long to...
Read Article2017 Greater Portland, Maine Industrial Market Snapshot
A “healthy” market is a catchy and common term to describe the current state of the Greater Portland industrial sector. But our experience suggests that the market is only healthy...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event – The State of Senior Living In Maine
The nature in which we address the care and housing of our seniors has evolved in recent years. Developers, architects, builders, and healthcare providers have all seen the shift in...
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