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V O L . X X V I N O. V I I I A P R I L 2 0 , 2 0 2 0 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Andrea Tetzlaff SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Ken Hanson SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT MANAGER Matthew Carey MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S Real estate realities Many deals in the works pre-pandemic move forward, but the future is uncertain Design of the times How Maine architects are powering through the pandemic 20 16 24 Bulldozing through Housing developers are trying to stay on track, aimed at getting to the other side of the coronavirus crisis 28 Notable Maine-based construction projects Completed in 2019, ranked by valuation R E A L E S TAT E / C O N S T R U C T I O N / E N G I N E E R I N G F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 5 ยป Our focus is on our local business partners. We are open for business and here to provide guidance during this difficult time. EQUIPMENT LOANS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS BUSINESS EXPANSION LOANS Business Lending S O L U T I O N S L L C THE BLS DIFFERENCE Committed to Our Local Communities LOCAL Experienced Lenders LOCAL Decision Making LOCAL Loan Funding LOCAL Services 866.736.2804 | mainebls.com Brit Vitalius Brit Vitalius at at Vitalius Real Vitalius Real Estate Group Estate Group is among the is among the brokers watching brokers watching how the business how the business community will community will respond after the respond after the shutdown. shutdown. 16 20 F I L E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Carol Morrissette of RDS Architects in Portland. P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R