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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 13 J U N E 2 8 , 2 0 2 1 BUILDING BUSINESS DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HIGHLIGHT CONSTRUCTION Two significant projects are underway in downtowns in Brunswick and Rockport. In Brunswick, DeStefano & Associates has much of the framing and sheathing up on a three-story mixed-use building. e site will include ground- floor retail and 16 apartments on upper floors. e space will include a glassed- in porch and three-season patio. It's in the Tontine Mall at 149 Maine St. e mall's owner is Dan Catlin of Commercial Properties Inc. e residences will be one- and two-bedroom apartments. e space includes 10,000 square feet of retail. Boulos is representing the retail space. Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe moved out of the mall last year, and is now at Brunswick Landing. Remaining tenants include Eveningstar Cinema, Elizabeth Nails and Spa, Edward Jones and Homes and Harbor. PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE In Rockport, Maine Coast Construction Co. has the steel up on a four-story boutique hotel at 20 Central St., downtown. e hotel will have 26 rooms. e developers, who are incorporated under 20 Central Street LLC, are Stuart, Marianne and Tyler Smith, owners of Maine Sport Outfitters. Fairfield-based Sheridan Construction will manage construction of omas College's new 18,000-square-foot athletic complex. Farmington-based E.L. Vining & Son Inc. will provide backup help. SMRT Architects & Engineers handled the design. Springworks, which claims to be New England's largest aquaponics grower, will add four greenhouses to the three now on the 168-acre farm, bringing the total greenhouse space at the farm to nearly 500,000 square feet by 2026. Topsham- based Priority Real Estate Group has finished one of five planned greenhouses. Saco-based PM Construction Co. finished the Hannaford store at Cooks Corner in Brunswick. e store opened June 19. Cianbro, Maine's largest construction firm, finished a 5,000-ton concrete entrance structure for the Superflood basin Project at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. e massive structure was visible from many points on the waterfront. e project took 18 months and was com- pleted at Ricker's Wharf in Portland, then moved by barge down the Fore River, into Casco Bay and south along the coast to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. P H O T O / P E T E R VA N A L L E N P H O T O / P E T E R VA N A L L E N BY PETER BY PETER VAN ALLEN VAN ALLEN In downtown Brunswick, In downtown Brunswick, DeStefano DeStefano & Associates & Associates is building a mixed- is building a mixed- use property with apartments and use property with apartments and ground-floor retail. ground-floor retail. LEARN MORE ONLINE | SIGN UP FOR OUR BLOG TheBusinessofSharedLeadership.com Join Hancock Lumber CEO, Kevin Hancock, on his recently launched web platform in- cluding an adventure sharing blog series, his third published book, and a space to help share ideas and learnings. Leadership in the twenty-first century must be about dispersing power and giving others a stronger voice. Followers must become leaders in order to create change from within. Every human spirit is sacred by design. Organizations must learn to free the human spirit rather than constrict, control, and direct it. 48 WHISPERS is a unique photojournalism collection of short meditations, accompanied by full-page color photographs spanning ten years of visits to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the northern plains. 48 WHISPERS launched at #1 on Amazon's new releases list for photojournalism! INTRODUCING In Rockport, In Rockport, Maine Coast Maine Coast Construction Co. Construction Co. has the steel has the steel up on a hotel at up on a hotel at 20 Central St. 20 Central St.