MEREDA Releases the MEREDA Index Report for 2024
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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Listen Up! We’re Doubling Up for Your Listening Pleasure and Have Added a Second June Episode!
A Conversation with Corinne Watson of Tiny Homes of Maine and Kevin Hancock of Hancock Lumber Corinne Watson, Co-Founder of Tiny Homes of Maine, and Kevin Hancock, Managing Owner of...
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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Firehouse Village (Scarborough)
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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MEREDA’s Annual “Strikes for Scholars” Bowl-a-Thon Fundraiser Raises Scholarship Funds for Maine Students
MEREDA is thrilled to announce that its Annual Strikes for Scholars Bowl-a-Thon Fundraiser will once again enable the organization to donate a total of $15,000 towards scholarships to Maine students entering...
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FocusMaine Underway: a ten-year initiative to create traded jobs in Maine
FocusMaine is now approaching the second year of a ten-year, private sector-led initiative to accelerate the creation of 20,000 quality jobs in Maine. The strategy includes investing in three of...
Read ArticleThe Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Luminato Condominiums
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 ArticleWorkforce Challenges – How Innovation Can Help
Last month, nearly 300 members of MEREDA, the trade association for responsible real estate development in Maine, joined together to discuss the challenges facing the industry, which in spite of...
Read Article7 Steps to Make your Business Relocation a Success
Relocating your business is a complicated process that requires planning, organization and diligence. At CBRE|The Boulos Company we strive to make those transitions for our clients as smooth as possible....
Read ArticleMEREDA honors top 10 “Notable Projects”
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), the state’s leading organization for responsible real estate development, honored the top ten real estate developments in Maine in 2017, and honored...
Read ArticleMEREDA honors top 10 “Notable Projects”
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), the state’s leading organization for responsible real estate development, honored the top ten real estate developments in Maine in 2017, and honored...
Read ArticleThe MEREDA Index hits all-time high
Last week, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), released a report showing that the state’s number two driver of GDP has hit a record high, coming in at...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “Federal Tax Reform and Implications for Real Estate”
Several provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will have significant impact on the real estate industry beginning in 2018, including tax considerations for pass-through entities, bonus depreciation,...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s “Morning Menu” Breakfast Event: “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 in particular seeing dramatically increased interest. Typically, the impacts of such demand are felt on a regional...
Read Article4 Ways to Prepare Your Business for a Storm
Here in Maine within the last few years we have had to contend with some severe flooding/storms that have interrupted businesses from operating normally. Some of the businesses ended up...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s 6th Annual “Strikes for Scholars” Bowl-a-Thon Fundraiser on May 3rd Raises Funds for Scholarships for 16 Maine Students!
Again this year, MEREDA is excited to be able to provide $20,000 in scholarships to students pursuing studies in building trades, architecture, construction, engineering or a business program at a...
Read ArticleTen development teams to earn recognition as top projects on May 16
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), the state’s leading organization for responsible real estate development, has selected the top ten real estate developments in Maine in 2017, and...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s 2018 Annual Real Estate Spring Conference “Workforce Challenges: How Innovation Can Help”
Real estate is Maine’s second most important driver of GDP and, thus, crucial to our economic health. But, with an aging population and fewer skilled crafts workers, how can the...
Read ArticlePAST AS PROLOGUE
by George Casey, CEO of Stockbridge Associates, LLC I admit it. I keep things, particularly written things. I have an old and cracked leather copy of Nathaniel Bowditch’s “American Practical...
Read ArticleIs the Maine real estate market as hot as it seems?
By Dava Davin, Portside Real Estate Group Is the Maine real estate market as hot as it seems? Yes, yes it is!. With low median days on market, high list...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “148 Years in the Making…Maine Medical Center’s $512 Million Expansion Project”
This Spring, Maine’s largest hospital project ever, will commence at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Its purpose is to expand and modernize the hospital to provide the best possible patient...
Read ArticleThe Future of Buildings
by Alan Kuniholm, PDT Architects and Gunnar Hubbard, Thornton Tomasetti We are all involved in the world of real estate. For some of us, it’s our profession. The rest of...
Read ArticleHow Drones Are Helping Traditional Industries Take Flight Into the Future
By Blueprint, presented by CBRE Not long ago, the mere thought of drones was reserved for the military and sci-fi movies. Today, they’ve become a part of everyday conversation among...
Read ArticleYou Can Have It Both Ways: Sound Masking Lets You Have Your Modern Open Office Design and Speech Privacy
by Tim Hooper, President, The Connectivity Group, Inc. According to a recent Boston Globe article, some 80 percent of offices these days are “open.” Open offices generally have the following...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Annual Spring Networking Social
Thinking Spring? Think MEREDA on March 22! At this time of year, who isn’t already thinking about Spring? Why not make plans now to join us at Ri Ra Irish Pub...
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