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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Tax Reform and the Real Estate Industry
by Greg Bryant, Managing Partner, Bedford Cost Segregation, LLC I started my career in commercial real estate in 1976. Things seemed straightforward then, maybe it was because I was young...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s DevelopME’s Lunch & Learn Series “Breaking into Development” Part Three:”Managing Assets for Maximum Value”
MEREDA’s DevelopME Committee is pleased to host its final installment of the Lunch and Learn series “Breaking Into Development”. Sherrin Vail from Northern New England Housing Investment Fund (NNEHIF) and Brit Vitalius from...
Read ArticleNo room at the inn; low vacancy rates squeeze urban centers
A sell-out crowd of more than 900 were on hand as MEREDA hosted its annual Forecast Conference last month in Portland. This is the largest gathering of commercial real estate...
Read ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) Announces Appointments to Board of Directors
Donald McFadden, C.G., Director of Environmental Services at St.Germain Collins, and resident of Scarborough, and Mark Stasium, of Portland, Senior Vice President in the Commercial Real Estate Lending Division of...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “A Presentation by FocusMaine”
Join MEREDA for breakfast on February 13 from 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor for a presentation by FocusMaine, a 10-year initiative to strengthen and revitalize opportunity and prosperity in Maine by...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s 2018 Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference & Member Showcase
Each January, over 750 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 18,...
Read ArticleThe Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on Young Street Apartments
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 ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association Announces Public Policy Committee Co-Chair
Michael Lane of Richmond, a partner at Preti Flaherty, has been named Co-Chair of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s) Public Policy Committee. Mike chairs Preti Flaherty’s Real...
Read ArticleMaureen Van Uden, TD Bank, Elected to the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s Board of Directors
Maureen Van Uden, Senior Relationship Manager at TD Bank, has been elected to the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA) board of directors. Her 20+ year career at TD...
Read ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association’s DevelopME Committee Co-Chairs to Participate on Board of Directors
In early 2017, MEREDA announced the formation of a new committee for its enthusiastic emerging leaders. DevelopME was formed with a simple mission: “To engage membership and create professional development...
Read ArticleLess Parking, More Walking (and Reading and Biking and…)
By Blueprint, presented by CBRE In the not-too-distant-future, it’s predicted that autonomous vehicles will dominate cityscapes and redefine how urbanites commute. By 2030, a quarter of all miles driven in the...
Read ArticleHow To: Sublet your way around a commercial real estate shortage
by Justin Lamontagne, CCIM, Partner | Broker, NAI The Dunham Group Let me paint a picture and it may sound familiar. You are a small business owner in a tight...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event “Building for the Future”
What are the trends now in housing to commercial to institutional and how might they change? What is going on now from “away” that should or could be done here? ...
Read ArticleMEREDA’s Morning Menu Breakfast Event: Manufacturing in Maine
Join MEREDA for Breakfast in Biddeford at Pepperell Mill Campus on November 30th for an interesting conversation about “Manufacturing in Maine”. We’re excited to have these three expert panelists confirmed...
Read ArticleChange or Die, A short game, long game, or no game manifesto from home building guru George Casey.
by George Casey, CEO of Stockbridge Associates, LLC “Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” Samuel...
Read ArticleChange or Die: A short game, long game, or no game manifesto from home building guru George Casey.
by George Casey, CEO of Stockbridge Associates, LLC “Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” Samuel...
Read ArticlePortland Question 1. Big bureaucracy that’s bad for affordable housing.
Say NO to Rent Control Portland Question 1 – the rent control proposal – is on the ballot for Portland voters’ consideration on November 7. MEREDA believes that if passed,...
Read ArticlePortland Question 1. Big bureaucracy that’s bad for affordable housing.
Portland Question 1 – the rent control proposal – is on the ballot for Portland voters’ consideration on November 7. MEREDA believes that if passed, the initiative could have significant...
Read ArticleMEREDA OPPOSES PORTLAND BALLOT QUESTION 2
A dangerous ballot initiative will be voted upon on November 7 in the City of Portland. Question 2 asks whether voters support a change to the City Code to give...
Read ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) Announces Gary D. Vogel as Vice President
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) is pleased to announce that longtime member, Gary Vogel of Drummond Woodsum, has been elected Vice President. Currently, Gary also serves as...
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