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MEREDA Matters is Back for Season 3

August 1, 2025

This dynamic podcast puts you in the room with Maine’s real estate industry leaders, featuring insider conversations delivering fresh insights from the voices driving responsible development in Maine. We’re excited...

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MEREDA Elects Officers & Recognizes Retiring Board Members

July 23, 2025

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association Board of Directors elected its 2025 / 2026 slate of officers which include President Shannon Richards of Hay Runner, Vice President Jennifer Small of Malone Commercial Brokers,...

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MEREDA Announces Appointments to Board of Directors

July 21, 2025

PORTLAND, Maine (July 21, 2025) – Lenny Rendell of Gorham, John Finegan of South Portland, and Justin Laverriere of North Yarmouth have been elected to the board of directors of...

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MEREDA Releases the MEREDA Index Report for 2024

June 26, 2025

MEREDA has released its 19th edition of The MEREDA Index. As a key economic indicator for Maine, the MEREDA Index measures the pulse of the state’s real estate industry and is...

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Pandemic Leaves Landlords in a Difficult Position

April 21, 2020

by: Gary D. Vogel, Attorney, Drummond Woodsum, MEREDA President The coronavirus pandemic is affecting everyone. Many businesses are shut down, or are minimally operating. The CARES Act recently adopted by...

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Governor Mills issues Executive Order lifting in–person requirements for certain notarial acts and acknowledgements

April 16, 2020

On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, Governor Mills issued Executive Order 37 (EO 37), An Order Temporarily Modifying Certain In-Person Notarizations and Acknowledgement Requirements. This order relaxes certain legal requirements that...

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Maine Home Prices – Where do we go from here?

April 14, 2020

by: Dava Davin, Principal, Portside Real Estate Group When I presented at the 2020 MEREDA Real Estate Forecast Conference in January, I was full of good news and positivity in...

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MEREDA’s 2020 Spring Real Estate Conference has been Rescheduled to September 3rd

April 2, 2020

The Chamberlain Model – Developing Maine’s Future: Then and Now In light of the situation with the Coronavirus, MEREDA has rescheduled its Annual Spring Conference that was scheduled for May...

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Vital Ideas – The 1031 Dominoes

March 24, 2020

by Brit Vitalius, Principal, Designated Broker, Vitalius Real Estate Group In 2019, we saw 1031 exchanges used even more frequently than in past years. Interestingly, the variations in the transactions...

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MEREDA Postpones its March 19 Morning Menu breakfast as well as its March 26 Anniversary Gala

March 12, 2020

In light of the situation with the Coronavirus and recommendations from the recent press conference with Governor Janet Mills, MEREDA has postponed its March 19th Morning Menu breakfast as well...

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Maine Real Estate & Development Association Elects Matt Worthen to its Board of Directors

February 3, 2020

Matthew Worthen of Falmouth, has been elected to the board of directors of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), a statewide organization of commercial real estate owners, developers...

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Join MEREDA for Breakfast on Feb. 25 for a Morning Menu Presentation: “Portland’s Arts District Garage: A Case Study of Private Parking Structure Development”

January 29, 2020

The five-story, 280-spaced Arts District Garage parking structure on the corner of Brown Street and Cumberland Ave was completed in the summer of 2019. The Arts District Garage project provides lasting...

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Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) Recognizes Outstanding Members with Annual Awards

January 28, 2020

Portland, ME: In a ballroom overflowing with the broad spectrum of Maine’s real estate and development professionals, MEREDA President Gary Vogel singled out five individuals at last week’s annual Forecast...

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Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) Announces Appointment to its Board of Directors

December 13, 2019

Tiffany Dembowski of Portland has been elected to the board of directors of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), a statewide organization of commercial real estate owners, developers...

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