MAINE – The statewide increase countered a drop in sales nationally. Sales of single-family homes in Maine rose 11.5 percent in December, countering weakness seen in home sales nationally last month, amid strong overall improvement in the state’s real estate industry.
PORTLAND – If the Bayside project gets city approval, maybe it can be overturned, as a court did in a separate case. But supporters of the project see no correlation.
PORTLAND – Concern that Bayside’s ‘midtown’ project could create a dangerous wind tunnel is being addressed, they say. While not a typical factor in city development projects, wind has emerged as a major point of contention in the debate over a massive mixed-use complex proposed for Portland’s Bayside neighborhood.
PORTLAND – The high-rise residential and retail development called ‘midtown’ gets favorable reviews at a planning board workshop. A high-rise residential and retail development that’s proposed for Portland’s Bayside neighborhood got generally favorable reviews from the Planning Board during a workshop and public hearing that lasted nearly three hours Tuesday evening.