Highlighting the Residential Component of the 2022 MEREDA Index
On May 24, Dan Brennan, Director of MaineHousing, was a commentator for the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s)...
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Easing the potential burden of abandoned 401(k) accounts
By David Stone, Manager | CPA, MBA, CFE at BerryDunn Read this if you are a plan sponsor of a...
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Each year, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) recognizes some of the state’s most “noteworthy and significant” real...
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Home 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...
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A “healthy” market is a catchy and common term to describe the current state of the Greater Portland industrial sector....
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Managing environmental risk in commercial real estate (CRE) lending can be challenging. Although it’s something the lending community has been...
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On March 24, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its final rule on crystalline silica. As many know,...
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By Dean Strombom, Principal, Gensler, Houston, TX This is the first time in history when five generations of employees may co-exist in the...
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Commercial real estate has historically relied upon in-person interaction to get things done, but an influx of new technology is...
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By now, you’ve likely heard about the Department of Labor’s changes to the federal overtime regulations that will take effect...
Read Article Lead Paint and Drinking Water in Maine – Now Under Even More Scrutiny, with More Enforcement and Liability Issues Coming
Lead paint is a well-known problem for older homes, and lead in residential drinking water from historic plumbing is also...
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