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Homing in on affordable housing
Portland pipeline grows 14
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Hotel development
is booming
But questions abound
about how much is
too much
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Southern Maine
roundup
Scarborough real estate
heats up; Sanford
upgrades broadband
network
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F O C U S
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Greg Payne and Dana Totman at
the offices of Avesta Housing, a
developer of affordable housing.
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Portland has a wave of new
hotels planned. Within two
years it could have more than
600 new guest rooms.
