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V O L . X X V I N O. X V I I J U LY 2 7 , 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 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 Whatever works Reinventing the office for a post-COVID world 16 22 Spaced out Pandemic is already shifting demand for commercial space 26 Doing the 'impossible' When Abbott had to ramp up COVID-19 test production, its contractor squeezed a year-long job into 2 months R E A L E S T A T 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 866.736.2804 | mainebls.com 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 P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R Lydia Coburn, community coordinator for Fork Food Lab. P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F L A N D R Y / F R E N C H 26 22 16 Landry/French workers build assembly rooms at Abbott Laboratories in Westbrook. 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