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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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Top 3 Workplace Design Insights for 2025

July 29, 2025

By Jeana Stewart NCIDQ, LEED AP, WELL APPrincipal | Director of Workplace Practice, SMRT Architects and Engineers I had a great time participating in a dynamic discussion with real estate...

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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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Notable Project Receipient Malone Family Tower

The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on The Malone Family Tower (Portland)

July 22, 2025

Each year, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) recognizes some of the state’s most “noteworthy and significant” real estate projects, completed in the previous year. The exemplary projects...

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Want to Know What’s Really Happening in Maine Real Estate? The MEREDA Index Has More Than Just The Numbers.

January 22, 2019

The MEREDA Index, a key economic indicator for the state of Maine, was presented yesterday at the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA) 2019 Annual Forecast Conference. While the...

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Want to Know What’s Really Happening in Maine Real Estate? The MEREDA Index Has More Than Just The Numbers.

January 22, 2019

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “Opportunity Zones: Bangor Edition – What you Need to Know to Take Advantage of this Opportunity in Real Estate and Beyond”

January 9, 2019

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a bi-partisan tax incentive program based on economically distressed Opportunity Zones. Investors in Qualified Opportunity Zone businesses now have the ability to...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “Everyone Needs an Affordable Home: Building on Housing Solutions That Work”

January 7, 2019

Safe, affordable housing is a basic human need. It can lower stress, bolster health and reduce transiency, enabling children to perform better in school, adults to retain jobs, and neighbors...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event – Everyone Needs an Affordable Home: Building on Housing Solutions That Work

January 7, 2019

Safe, affordable housing is a basic human need. It can lower stress, bolster health and reduce transiency, enabling children to perform better in school, adults to retain jobs, and neighbors...

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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Huston Commons

December 18, 2018

In a multi-part series, exclusive to the 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...

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Maine’s Leading Real Estate Experts to Gather for Economic Analysis of Industry on January 17th in Portland

December 17, 2018

On Thursday, January 17, 2019, nearly 900 of the state’s leading real estate experts will gather in Portland at MEREDA’s Annual Forecast Conference and Member Showcase sponsored by TD Bank. Real...

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Thinking about renting space to a marijuana operator? Take care and consider these important caveats.

December 11, 2018

The marijuana industry poses profitable possibilities and serious challenges to the real estate industry. As Maine continues to work on the regulatory structure of its recreational marijuana marketplace, a land...

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2019 Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference & Member Showcase

December 10, 2018

Each January, over 900 of the state’s leading real estate experts attend MEREDA’s TD Bank Sponsored Signature Event, the Annual Forecast Conference & Member Showcase. Scheduled to be held on January...

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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on 65 Munjoy Street Condominiums

December 4, 2018

In a multi-part series, exclusive to the 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...

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Are you in for a (price) shock?

November 13, 2018

Compared to where we were ten years ago, the real estate and construction segments of our economy are booming. The uptick in development in hotels, condominiums, apartments and commercial facilities,...

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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Hodgkins School Apartments

November 6, 2018

In a multi-part series, exclusive to the 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...

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MEREDA’s “Morning Menu” Breakfast Event Opportunity Zones: What you Need to Know to Take Advantage of this Opportunity in Real Estate and Beyond

November 6, 2018

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Maine Real Estate & Development Association Appoints Rick Flagg of Norway Savings Bank to Board of Directors

November 1, 2018

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) has announced that Rick Flagg of Scarborough, Regional Vice President of Commercial Lending for Norway Savings Bank has been appointed to its...

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Maine Real Estate & Development Association Appoints Rick Flagg of Norway Savings Bank to Board of Directors

November 1, 2018

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Change is Necessary to Propel Housing Forward

October 30, 2018

In November 2016, I put forth the thesis that the home building industry was reaching the point of severe labor constraint and that new thinking and business models were needed....

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Maine Real Estate & Development Association Announces Gary D. Vogel as Vice President

October 16, 2018

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association is pleased to announce that longtime member, Gary Vogel of Drummond Woodsum, has been elected Vice President.

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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Saco Mill #4

October 16, 2018

In a multi-part series, exclusive to the 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...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event AIA Contracts: Setting the Stage for Success at the Contracts Phase

October 9, 2018

There is no one right or best form of construction project delivery. There are many different ways to structure a construction project from Design-Bid Build, At-Risk Construction Management, Design-Build, and...

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START-UP SEEKING SPACE FOR SUBLEASE – How Start-ups Can Benefit From Subleasing

October 9, 2018

Maine is the home to a plethora of creative minds—entrepreneurs, artists, techies, chefs—it’s a melting pot of talent from all facets nestled comfortably in the northeast corner of New England....

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Want to Know What’s Really Happening in Maine Real Estate? The MEREDA Index Has More Than Just The Numbers.

Want to Know What’s Really Happening in Maine Real Estate? The MEREDA Index Has More Than Just The Numbers.

MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “Opportunity Zones: Bangor Edition – What you Need to Know to Take Advantage of this Opportunity in Real Estate and Beyond”

MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “Everyone Needs an Affordable Home: Building on Housing Solutions That Work”

MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event – Everyone Needs an Affordable Home: Building on Housing Solutions That Work

The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Huston Commons

Maine’s Leading Real Estate Experts to Gather for Economic Analysis of Industry on January 17th in Portland

Thinking about renting space to a marijuana operator? Take care and consider these important caveats.

2019 Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference & Member Showcase

The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on 65 Munjoy Street Condominiums

Are you in for a (price) shock?

The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Hodgkins School Apartments

MEREDA’s “Morning Menu” Breakfast Event Opportunity Zones: What you Need to Know to Take Advantage of this Opportunity in Real Estate and Beyond

Maine Real Estate & Development Association Appoints Rick Flagg of Norway Savings Bank to Board of Directors

Maine Real Estate & Development Association Appoints Rick Flagg of Norway Savings Bank to Board of Directors

Change is Necessary to Propel Housing Forward

Maine Real Estate & Development Association Announces Gary D. Vogel as Vice President

The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Saco Mill #4

MEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event AIA Contracts: Setting the Stage for Success at the Contracts Phase

START-UP SEEKING SPACE FOR SUBLEASE – How Start-ups Can Benefit From Subleasing