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V O L . X X V N O. X X V I I I D E C E M B E R 9 , 2 0 1 9 14 AS WINTER LOOMS, PORTLAND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HEAT UP With the steelwork in place, the mixed-use development at 383 Commercial St., on the site of the former Rufus Deering Lumber Co., is moving forward quickly. e Hobson's Landing development will include a 155-room Aloft Hotel, 89 condos, ground-floor retail and parking for 300 cars. Reger Dasco Properties is the developer. Housing units will range from $410,000 for a 1-bedroom to $595,000 for a 2-bed- room to $850,000 for a 3-bedroom apartment, according to the Hobson's Landing website. ere are also penthouse units. Reger Dasco Properties is a Portland-based partnership between Gordon Reger, principal of Reger Holdings in West Seneca, N.Y.; Demetri Dasco, principal of Atlas Investment Group in Boston; and Joseph Dasco, principal of Boulder Hill Development in Monson, Mass. Archetype Architects is listed as designer of Hobson's Landing. Consigli Construction is the contractor. On the hotel portion of Hobson's Landing, the developer is Lebanon, N.H.- based Norwich Partners LLC, which also opened the AC Hotel across the street from the new WEX Inc. headquarters on Portland's East End. Aloft and AC Hotel are both Marriott brands. Opechee Construction Corp. is the hotel's construction manager. Opechee, which is based in Belmont, N.H., has an extensive hospitality portfo- lio. It built a Courtyard by Marriott, across the street from the above project, and a Courtyard in Bangor. It built Hampton Inns in Bar Harbor, Bath and downtown Portland. Also in Bangor, it built the TownePlace Suites. Its multifamily experience includes Sunnybrook Village in Brunswick. CIANBRO HAS A RANGE OF PROJECTS GOING Cianbro, Maine's largest construction company, is installing glass at 100 Fore St., which will be office space with an adjacent parking garage. Elsewhere in Portland, the firm is managing con- struction of a hotel for developer Jim Brady. In the realm of government con- tracts, Pittsfield-based Cianbro received a $157.9 million contract to modernize one of three dry docks at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. PM Construction of Saco is underway as the construction manager for the Latitude at Clark's Pond project. e 256-unit, four building apartment complex in South Portland includes a shared conference room and fitness center in each building. Design was a collaboration with Archetype Architects of Portland. AlliedCook Construction is making headway on site work at future headquarters of Covetrus [NYSE: CVET] on Portland's East End. Landry/French Construction is finishing Wells Public Works site and is well into work on Scarborough Public Works Building. L/F is also managing new hotel proj- ect for Colby College in downtown Waterville. Consigli Construction is doing site work at 58 Fore St., a mixed-use development that will include a West Elm Hotel. BY PETER BY PETER VAN ALLEN VAN ALLEN BUILDING BUSINESS AUSTIN (Team Hancock Since 2018) Job Role: DriverPro | Education: CDL Certified JESSICA (Team Hancock Since 2016) Job Role: Kitchen Designer | Education: BS in Architecture KYLE (Team Hancock Since 1999) Job Role: Account Manager | Education: BS in Criminology CAIN (Team Hancock Since 2017) Job Role: Machine Operator | Education: BS in Game Design BUILD YOUR CAREER WITH TEAM HANCOCK KATIE (Team Hancock Since 2005) Job Role: Delivery + Logistics | Education: High School Grad KEVIN (Team Hancock Since 1986) Job Role: Training + Development Manager Education: SMTC SST Engineering, Retired Navy DAVE (Team Hancock Since 1997) Job Role: Truss Designer | Education: High School Grad DANA (Team Hancock Since 1994) Job Role: Inside Sales | Education: Voc Tech Construction AARON (Team Hancock Since 2013) Job Role: General Manager | Education: BS Wood Processing ERIN (Team Hancock Since 2005) Job Role: Marketing Director | Education: BS in Psychology HancockLumber.com/Employment NAMED A BEST PLACE TO WORK IN MAINE SIX YEARS IN A ROW P H O T O / P E T E R VA N A L L E N Aloft Hotel Aloft Hotel under construction at under construction at 383 Commercial St. in Portland. 383 Commercial St. in Portland. Latitude at Clark's Pond Latitude at Clark's Pond R E N D E R I N G / A R C H E T Y P E A R C H I T E C T S

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