The sale of 209 Western Avenue in South Portland is this month’s featured property (See photo below). REJ I, LLC purchased this 15,700 square foot, multi-tenanted retail complex for $4,627,000. This year old retail strip center’s tenants include Costa Vida Mexican Restaurant; Maine Roasters Coffee; Subway; Snip-Its Haircuts for Kids; Pom’s Thai Taste and American General Finance. The seller—Vincent Maietta of V&E Enterprises— built and developed this building. Karen Rich of Cardente Real Estate represented the seller. Steve Baumann of CB Richard Ellis/ The Boulos Company represented the buyer.
209 Western Avenue, South Portland Makes Portland Press Herald’s Transaction of the Month
November 20, 2006 in News
Publication: Portland Press HeraldNew Firm’s Growth Shows Market Strength
November 7, 2006 in News
Author: Frank Monetello, MAIPublication: Portland Press Herald
Looking to create a better alternative for businesses in Maine, Matthew Cardente founded Cardente Real Estate in July of 2005. Since opening its doors, Cardente Real Estate has grown to five full time commercial brokers with over 25 years of combined experience.
The brokerage team includes Karen Rich; a leading commercial broker in Greater Portland since 1991, Greg Perry who was the first to join CRE and has a long history of broker sales and representation, Nathan DeLois; an active commercial broker in Maine for the last five years, Michael Cardente who helped found the company and carries his sales agent license, Emily Pickering; CRE Office Manager, and Matthew Cardente who is the owner and Designated Broker.
Cardente Real Estate is a full service commercial brokerage that specializes in all aspects of the sale of leasing of commercial real estate and businesses in Maine and New Hampshire. Cardente says: “We have been fortunate to work on projects such as Western Avenue Crossing, a large retail strip in South Portland; Thompson’s Point, a considerable industrial project in Portland; several significant land development parcels in Saco; and other commercial properties from Kittery to Bangor.”
Cardente Real Estate is located at 299 Forest Avenue in Portland, across from the University of Southern Maine Library.
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