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Nomination Deadline Extended for MEREDA’s 2024 Notable Project Awards

December 24, 2024

Each year, MEREDA identifies and recognizes the most noteworthy and significant Maine commercial development projects from the previous year, all of which embody MEREDA’s belief in responsible development. The nomination...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Introduction to Cost Segregation and Significant Tax Savings

December 19, 2024

January 30, 2025 – 8:30 – 10:00 amBuffet Breakfast: 8:30-9:00 amProgram: 9:00-10:00 am In-Person – Pre-registration is required. Location: McGoldrick Career & Student Success Center35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME About the...

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mereda matters graphic with greg payne, senior advisor on housing policy, Governor's office of policy innovation and the future

Listen Up! The December 2024 Episode of the “MEREDA Matters” Podcast is Now Available!

December 10, 2024

A Conversation with Greg Payne – Senior Advisor, Housing Policy The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future Greg Payne, Senior Advisor on Housing Policy at The Governor’s Office...

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3 pictures of flooding, courtesy of SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER

DevelopME Lunch & Learn – Staying above Water: Navigating the Impacts of Flooding and Sea Level Rise on Real Estate Development

December 6, 2024

In this lunch & learn, we will help attendees understand flood hazards and share options for improving building resistance to flood damage to enhance community resilience.

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Multi-Family Market Update

March 29, 2016

The multi-family market is at or near the top of hot real estate sectors in Southern Maine. The dramatic price increases are driven by strong buyer demand, low inventory and...

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MEREDA’s Annual Real Estate Spring Conference: “The Office of the Future & the Future is Now”

March 23, 2016

Today, rapid changes to work styles, expectations of younger generations, and accelerating technological advances are disrupting conventional notions of the office. Workers are abandoning the cubicle, first introduced 50 years...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu: Energy Islanding: Creating Microgrids for Grid Resiliency and On Site Generation

March 18, 2016

Microgrids are a localized grouping of electricity sources that operate and connect to the centralized grid but can also disconnect and function autonomously. Microgrids serve several functions, they provide continuous...

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Thinking Spring? Think MEREDA’s Annual Spring Networking Social on March 24th!

March 15, 2016

MEREDA’s networking events attract key players in Maine’s real estate industry and are great forums to put a face with a name and make new business connections! Join MEREDA at...

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Southern Midcoast Commercial Happenings

March 15, 2016

The Southern MidCoast (Bath-Brunswick-Topsham) region experienced several long years of anxiety in the general real estate direction, both residential and commercial, beginning with the announcement of the base closure for...

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Legal Implications of Using Drones

March 8, 2016

Drones are used on an increasing basis in many industries, including real estate, farming, law enforcement and certainly in the construction industry. The evolution of the law surrounding drones is...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu – “Historic Masonry Reborn” – the care of historic brick and stone buildings in Maine

March 1, 2016

Join MEREDA on April 5th at DaVinci’s Eatery in Lewiston to learn how to address the challenges of repairing historic masonry buildings. Our panelists will review how to analyze the conditions...

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Greater Portland, Maine Industrial Market Snapshot

March 1, 2016

For those of us in the business, the continued drop in vacancy rates is astounding. But the data doesn’t lie, and confirms what we’re feeling on a day-to-day basis. For...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Show Me the Money: Commercial Real Estate Financing Trends

February 19, 2016

It has been said that the real estate market has “recovered” and buy/sell activity has been strong in just about every category of property in 2015 with expectations that prosperity...

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Maintaining the Market Value of Lakefront Property

February 16, 2016

Lake Value and Vulnerability Maine lakes are a national treasure. Like magnets, their allure irresistibly draws us to them and makes lakefront property a high value commodity. Most of us...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu: The Changing Office Landscape – a look at Coworking

February 4, 2016

As demand for commercial real estate increases, how can property owners, brokers and developers meet the evolving expectations of modern businesses? What are the emerging trends in real estate, design...

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Check out MEREDA in the News

January 26, 2016

After its Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference held in front of nearly 800 attendees on January 21, 2016, MEREDA is in the News…Portland Press Herald – 01/21/16 Maine real estate...

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Greenleaf and the Legislative Response To It.

January 26, 2016

This article will discuss the Law Court’s 2014 decision in Bank of America, N.A. v. Greenleaf, 2014 ME 89, and the legislative response to it in 2015. The discussion should...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu: Our Lakes, Our Future: Preserving Shorefront Value – Bangor Edition

January 20, 2016

Maine lakes are not only beautiful, they are a surprisingly powerful economic engine — generating more than $3.5 billion in annual spending, providing more jobs than any single Maine employer,...

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START MAKING DENSE: When it comes down to it, housing affordability’s ‘guy behind the tree’ is you and me

December 29, 2015

When talking about taxes and tax policy, the venerable Louisiana Senator, Russell B. Long, is quoted saying: “Don’t tax you; don’t tax me; tax the guy behind the tree.” The ubiquitous “other...

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Are you Planning for a Highly Collaborative Office Workforce?

December 22, 2015

Most business professionals have witnessed business telecommunication services shifting rapidly in recent years from traditional fixed (landline) services to mobile-centric services. Professional office planners, architects and commercial building contractors need...

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Year End Planning for Businesses

December 15, 2015

Is your business ready? Businesses seeking to maximize tax benefits through 2015 year-end tax planning may want to consider several general strategies, such as use of traditional timing techniques for...

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The Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s) Signature Event, the Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference & Member Showcase will be held on January 21, 2016

December 10, 2015

Over 700 of the state’s leading real estate experts are expected to attend MEREDA’s TD Bank sponsored event being held on January 21, 2016 at the Holiday Inn By the...

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Exaggerations on the Death of the Private Office

December 8, 2015

Trends in the workplace are changing at an increasing rate – open plan, private, hoteling, third space. Office space can really be reduced to three basic types of work, space...

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Finding Equitable Stormwater Funding

November 24, 2015

Operational and capital costs associated with stormwater management seem to grow every year, driven higher by increasingly stringent permits, which mandate pollutant load reductions and require increased system resiliency. The...

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Nomination Deadline Extended for MEREDA’s 2024 Notable Project Awards

MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Introduction to Cost Segregation and Significant Tax Savings

Listen Up! The December 2024 Episode of the “MEREDA Matters” Podcast is Now Available!

DevelopME Lunch & Learn – Staying above Water: Navigating the Impacts of Flooding and Sea Level Rise on Real Estate Development

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Multi-Family Market Update

MEREDA’s Annual Real Estate Spring Conference: “The Office of the Future & the Future is Now”

MEREDA’s Morning Menu: Energy Islanding: Creating Microgrids for Grid Resiliency and On Site Generation

Thinking Spring? Think MEREDA’s Annual Spring Networking Social on March 24th!

Southern Midcoast Commercial Happenings

Legal Implications of Using Drones

MEREDA’s Morning Menu – “Historic Masonry Reborn” – the care of historic brick and stone buildings in Maine

Greater Portland, Maine Industrial Market Snapshot

MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Show Me the Money: Commercial Real Estate Financing Trends

Maintaining the Market Value of Lakefront Property

MEREDA’s Morning Menu: The Changing Office Landscape – a look at Coworking

Check out MEREDA in the News

Greenleaf and the Legislative Response To It.

MEREDA’s Morning Menu: Our Lakes, Our Future: Preserving Shorefront Value – Bangor Edition

START MAKING DENSE: When it comes down to it, housing affordability’s ‘guy behind the tree’ is you and me

Are you Planning for a Highly Collaborative Office Workforce?

Year End Planning for Businesses

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s) Signature Event, the Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference & Member Showcase will be held on January 21, 2016

Exaggerations on the Death of the Private Office

Finding Equitable Stormwater Funding