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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 25 J U LY 2 4 , 2 0 2 3 F O C U S 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 with CEI Inc. and Mercy Community Capital, is providing bridge financing. Neighborhood meetings roughout the proposal process, NewHeight Redfern met with neigh- borhood residents for their input. Although residents were generally supportive of new housing, "ere were a lot of concerns about what it would look like, what the traffic would be like," says Cooperrider. Discussions yielded design point- ers such as variations in the town- house facades to lend visual interest along Winter Street, and the addition of street trees and front stoops. Overall, the project is expected to lend itself to a quieter neighborhood than the hospital did. "When you think about the inten- sity of traffic 24/7, the emergency room, sirens coming and going all night long and the equipment on the roof — we took down three huge chillers — even the construction noise has been less than that," says Cooperrider. Historic columns PBC Environmental, a demolition and environmental abatement contractor in Kittery, worked for five months to take down Mercy's ambulatory wing, which included the former hospital's emer- gency department on Spring Street. e removal generated 480 tons of metal and 3,668 cubic yards of concrete and masonry sent out in 312 truckloads for recycling. Work on the interior of the remaining structure included environmental abatement and demo- lition and removal of the building's 200,000-square-foot interior, down to the concrete structure. e team uncovered historic ele- ments such as decorative columns and carvings from an old chapel, hidden PRIVATE REAL ESTATE LENDING HARD MONEY LENDING & LOAN ACQUISITIONS PROMPT AND PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE LENDER CALL OR TEXT BEN KELLER TO DISCUSS YOUR FINANCING NEEDS 207-944-6450 bkeller@capservicing.com Ben Keller, Senior Loan Officer C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E » R E N D E R I N G S / C O U R T E S Y O F N E W H E I G H T R E D F E R N R E N D E R I N G / C O U R T E S Y O F A C E T O L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T U R E + U R B A N D E S I G N , N E W H E I G H T R E D F E R N R E N D E R I N G S / C O U R T E S Y O F A C E T O L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T U R E + U R B A N D E S I G N , N E W H E I G H T R E D F E R N This rendering shows the Nightingale, Winter Landing and Equinox to the left and Winter Street Townhomes on the right. NOTE: there is no plan to construct the large building shown behind Winter Street Townhomes. This rendering was designed to show neighbors what the largest possible building might look like on the site. The former Mercy Hospital on State Street is being transformed into apartments and ground-floor commercial spaces. It's now called the Nightingale, in honor of legendary nurse Florence Nightingale. A "woonerf" — a Dutch term for shared street space — will serve as a plaza and pedestrian way.

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