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V O L . X X V N O. X I X S E P T E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 9 14 www.HancockLumber.com/Saco2020 Hancock Celebrates York County Expansion with Saco Groundbreaking Hancock's leadership team (L to R:) Bobby Morissette, Erin Plummer, Kevin Hancock, Mike Hall, and Mark Hopkins officially break ground on their newest site in Saco! On Monday, August 12th Hancock Lumber officially broke ground at the future home of their tenth lumberyard and kitchen design showroom in Saco, Maine. The newest location will be Hancock's fifteenth overall, adding to its existing network of lumberyards + kitchen design show- rooms, eastern white pine sawmills, truss and wall panel manufacturing facilities, and home office. Situated on their newly acquired 11-acre parcel, Hancock Lumber will bring a 3,000 square-foot kitchen showroom, hardware store, 30,000 square-foot lumber yard, and 30 jobs to the community. This location will enable Hancock Lumber to better serve customers in Saco and the neighboring communities in York and Cumberland County. At the Saco groundbreaking Hancock announced it expects to open the new location the summer of 2020. Hancock Lumber has gone through an impressive evo- lution, with over six generations successfully develop- ing their unique log to lumber business model. Their lo- cation on the Portland Road is well situated to provide quality service to customers in Saco and neighboring communities. Hancock Lumber is an excellent addition to the diverse business community located along the Route 1 corridor. –Mayor Lovell, City of Saco " Expected Opening: Summer 2020! RETAIL, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND URGENT CARE SITES UNDER CUT Sheridan Construction finished up the Mid-Coast School of Technology in Rockland on schedule, with classes starting this fall. Design is by Lavallee | Brensinger Architects. e 89,400-square-foot building, on 6.7 acres, with voters approving $25 mil- lion for the project. e new school is a project of the Region 8 Cooperative Board for Vocational Education, whose member Midcoast towns — Islesboro, Rockland, North Haven, Vinalhaven, Waldoboro and Rockport — send high school students to the Rockland school for career and tech- nical education. Jake Barbour Inc. of Owls Head handled earthwork. Wright-Ryan Construction is busy on the Franklin Street corridor in Portland. It's building a condominium building, the 31-unit Verdant at Lincoln Park, for NewHeight Group at the corner of Federal and Hampshire streets. It is in the early phases of construction, with a 2020 completion date planned. For the Portland Housing Authority, Wright-Ryan has gotten the footings in for the Boyd Street Apartments, at 58 Boyd St., working from plans from CWS Architects. It will be six stories, with 55 housing units. Last month we reported that Augusta- based Lajoie Bros. Inc. had been hard at work on three Ford dealerships in Maine. Joseph Lajoie, vice president of the company, now fills us in on some of the company's other projects, in the Hallowell and Gardiner. In downtown Hallowell, it is building out the Liberal Cup's kitchen expansion and patio. On Route 201 in Gardiner, it is building a new freestanding site for Maine General Medical Center's Gardiner Urgent Care. It's in the Central Maine Crossing development, within a mile of I-295 and across from Libby Hill Business Park. Great Falls Construction of Gorham is the general contractor on Infinity Federal Credit Union's planned, 3,000-square- foot Scarborough branch, which will cost $2.9 million and be at 35 Plaza Drive. Sebago Technics of South Portland is the engineer for the site. SMMA, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., is the architect. e branch will include two drive-up lanes, a 24-hour ATM, a coffee bar and a "distinctly Maine look and feel" of exposed wood and stone, Infinity said. A team made up of KW Architects (of Wells), TPD Construction (Sanford) and Sebago Technics (South Portland) will be building Hancock Lumber's planned lumber yard and kitchen design showroom in Saco. It will be Hancock's fifteenth location. e 11-acre parcel, on Route 1, will have a 3,000-square-foot kitchen showroom and hardware store, in addition to a 30,000-square-foot lumberyard. It will open in summer 2020. Ledgewood Construction of South Portland is building the Kate Furbish Elementary School in Brunswick from plans drawn up by CHA Architecture (PDT Architects), which has a Portland office. e 70,900-square-foot school, being built at a cost of $20.3 million, is expected to open for the 2020-21 school year. Landry/French Construction of Scarborough is building a new Bangor Savings Bank branch in Auburn. MDOT UPDATES In Waterford, Holden-based BMB Construction LLC will be replacing the bridge deck of the Horrs Bridge … In Livermore Falls, Sidney-based Manter Construction of Maine Inc. is the contractor handling culvert, drainage and paving work along Route 106. BY PETER VAN ALLEN BUILDING BUSINESS R E N D E R I N G / C O U R T E S Y O F L AVA L L E E | B R E N S I N G E R A R C H I T E C T S. R E N D E R I N G / C O U R T E S Y O F C W S A R C H I T E C T S Mid-Coast School of Technology 58 Boyd St.

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