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V O L . X X I X N O. X V I J U LY 2 4 , 2 0 2 3 4 A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster, Malcolm HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson Kerry Rasor Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Alexis Wells C O N T E N T S Inner space Converting vacant offices for other uses gains traction in Maine 16 22 Mercy redevelopment replaces ambulances with residences How developers solved the puzzle of rebuilding a former hospital to suit a historic Portland neighborhood 28 Maine's largest engineering firms Ranked by number of Maine engineers, then Maine employees 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 Sustainability For Your Business: People, Profit, and Planet 7:30–10:30AM / HOLIDAY INN BY THE BAY, PORTLAND AU G . 22 REGISTER AT MAINEBIZ.BIZ/SMALLBIZ23 SP ONSORED BY PA N EL IS T S MORE PA NELIST S TBA MOD ER ATOR Becky McKinnell Founder/CEO, iBec Creative Richard Bilodeau, MBA, ACUE: Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Marketing, University of Southern Maine Aaron Anker Chief Granola Officer, Grandy Organics Steve Mills CEO, Maine Beer Company P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Jason Roberge, a digital equipment operator at BW Walch, binds educational books at the company's plant in South Portland 16 H OW M A I N E ' S M U LT I FA M I LY M A R K E T H A S S H A P E D U P I N R E C E N T Y E A R S — PA G E 1 5 » The construction site of the old Mercy Hospital State Street campus in Portland

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