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Northern Maine’s Economic Revival: Key Projects and Opportunities for Growth

November 19, 2024

by Andre Rossignol, Associate Vice President, CORE Northern Maine has renewed its focus on economic development, with several key opportunitiesemerging. The revitalization of the former Loring Air Force Base, new...

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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on The Armature at Hanover Works (Portland)

November 12, 2024

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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picture of the restaurant via vecchia courtesy of josh miranda

MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Restaurant Apocalypse

November 6, 2024

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion focusing on the recent closure of 12 restaurants in Southern Maine over the past 12 weeks. This moderated session will feature restaurateurs sharing their...

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MEREDA Opens Registration for its Annual Forecast Conference

October 29, 2024

Registration is open for the Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s) Annual Forecast Conference and Member Showcase, which will take place on February 27, 2025. The popular annual event...

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Legal Implications of Using Drones

March 8, 2016

Drones are used on an increasing basis in many industries, including real estate, farming, law enforcement and certainly in the construction industry. The evolution of the law surrounding drones is...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu – “Historic Masonry Reborn” – the care of historic brick and stone buildings in Maine

March 1, 2016

Join MEREDA on April 5th at DaVinci’s Eatery in Lewiston to learn how to address the challenges of repairing historic masonry buildings. Our panelists will review how to analyze the conditions...

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Greater Portland, Maine Industrial Market Snapshot

March 1, 2016

For those of us in the business, the continued drop in vacancy rates is astounding. But the data doesn’t lie, and confirms what we’re feeling on a day-to-day basis. For...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Show Me the Money: Commercial Real Estate Financing Trends

February 19, 2016

It has been said that the real estate market has “recovered” and buy/sell activity has been strong in just about every category of property in 2015 with expectations that prosperity...

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Maintaining the Market Value of Lakefront Property

February 16, 2016

Lake Value and Vulnerability Maine lakes are a national treasure. Like magnets, their allure irresistibly draws us to them and makes lakefront property a high value commodity. Most of us...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu: The Changing Office Landscape – a look at Coworking

February 4, 2016

As demand for commercial real estate increases, how can property owners, brokers and developers meet the evolving expectations of modern businesses? What are the emerging trends in real estate, design...

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Check out MEREDA in the News

January 26, 2016

After its Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference held in front of nearly 800 attendees on January 21, 2016, MEREDA is in the News…Portland Press Herald – 01/21/16 Maine real estate...

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Greenleaf and the Legislative Response To It.

January 26, 2016

This article will discuss the Law Court’s 2014 decision in Bank of America, N.A. v. Greenleaf, 2014 ME 89, and the legislative response to it in 2015. The discussion should...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu: Our Lakes, Our Future: Preserving Shorefront Value – Bangor Edition

January 20, 2016

Maine lakes are not only beautiful, they are a surprisingly powerful economic engine — generating more than $3.5 billion in annual spending, providing more jobs than any single Maine employer,...

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START MAKING DENSE: When it comes down to it, housing affordability’s ‘guy behind the tree’ is you and me

December 29, 2015

When talking about taxes and tax policy, the venerable Louisiana Senator, Russell B. Long, is quoted saying: “Don’t tax you; don’t tax me; tax the guy behind the tree.” The ubiquitous “other...

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Are you Planning for a Highly Collaborative Office Workforce?

December 22, 2015

Most business professionals have witnessed business telecommunication services shifting rapidly in recent years from traditional fixed (landline) services to mobile-centric services. Professional office planners, architects and commercial building contractors need...

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Year End Planning for Businesses

December 15, 2015

Is your business ready? Businesses seeking to maximize tax benefits through 2015 year-end tax planning may want to consider several general strategies, such as use of traditional timing techniques for...

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The Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s) Signature Event, the Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference & Member Showcase will be held on January 21, 2016

December 10, 2015

Over 700 of the state’s leading real estate experts are expected to attend MEREDA’s TD Bank sponsored event being held on January 21, 2016 at the Holiday Inn By the...

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Exaggerations on the Death of the Private Office

December 8, 2015

Trends in the workplace are changing at an increasing rate – open plan, private, hoteling, third space. Office space can really be reduced to three basic types of work, space...

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Finding Equitable Stormwater Funding

November 24, 2015

Operational and capital costs associated with stormwater management seem to grow every year, driven higher by increasingly stringent permits, which mandate pollutant load reductions and require increased system resiliency. The...

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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on The Hyatt Place Portland, Old Port

November 17, 2015

In the fifth of a 7-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...

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Our Lakes, Our Future: Preserving Shorefront Value

November 10, 2015

Maine lakes are not only beautiful, they are a surprisingly powerful economic engine — generating more than $3.5 billion in annual spending, providing more jobs than any single Maine employer,...

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The “Cap Rate”

November 10, 2015

You may hear the term “Cap Rate” in discussions or articles involving commercial real estate. Even if you already have an understanding of what the term means, here is a...

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MEREDA Endorses Question 2 on Statewide Ballot, Opposes Question 2 in Portland

October 27, 2015

MEREDA Endorses Question 2 on Statewide Ballot MEREDA supports Question 2 on the statewide ballot, the Senior Affordable Housing Bond. This bond would authorize the sale of $15 million in...

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The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on The Bay House Condominiums

October 20, 2015

In the fourth of a 7-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...

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Northern Maine’s Economic Revival: Key Projects and Opportunities for Growth

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MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Restaurant Apocalypse

MEREDA Opens Registration for its Annual Forecast Conference

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Legal Implications of Using Drones

MEREDA’s Morning Menu – “Historic Masonry Reborn” – the care of historic brick and stone buildings in Maine

Greater Portland, Maine Industrial Market Snapshot

MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Show Me the Money: Commercial Real Estate Financing Trends

Maintaining the Market Value of Lakefront Property

MEREDA’s Morning Menu: The Changing Office Landscape – a look at Coworking

Check out MEREDA in the News

Greenleaf and the Legislative Response To It.

MEREDA’s Morning Menu: Our Lakes, Our Future: Preserving Shorefront Value – Bangor Edition

START MAKING DENSE: When it comes down to it, housing affordability’s ‘guy behind the tree’ is you and me

Are you Planning for a Highly Collaborative Office Workforce?

Year End Planning for Businesses

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s (MEREDA’s) Signature Event, the Annual Real Estate Forecast Conference & Member Showcase will be held on January 21, 2016

Exaggerations on the Death of the Private Office

Finding Equitable Stormwater Funding

The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on The Hyatt Place Portland, Old Port

MEREDA’s Morning Menu – Our Lakes, Our Future: Preserving Shorefront Value

The “Cap Rate”

MEREDA Endorses Question 2 on Statewide Ballot, Opposes Question 2 in Portland

The Right Equation for Responsible Development: Spotlight on The Bay House Condominiums