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V O L . X X X N O. V I I I A P R I L 1 5 , 2 0 2 4 28 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 Across the street, at 990 Portland Road, construction is underway on a complex with 100 rental units. ey will be part of Cascade Falls. Cascade Falls is the city's newest residential neighborhood, offering a variety of single-family house styles and sizes. e area already has apart- ments, condominiums and single- family homes. is project is being done by Chamberlain Homes, owned by Elliott Chamberlain, a builder in southern Maine. e Cascade Falls Apartments, at 10 Waterfall Drive, includes 68 town- houses and 72 apartments. e residential area will have walk- ing trails, parks, a neighborhood com- munity center and shops. It will be the Sacos version of the Downs project, which is taking place in Scarborough. All the apartments and housing are at market rate. But Cole-Prescott told Mainebiz that the planning board will be looking into more affordable hous- ing this year. "In October, we were ahead of a lot of other communities in the state to adopt LD 2003 and as part of that process, we all agreed we were going to look at affordable hous- ing opportunities as a second round of ordinance revisions," says Cole- Prescott. "We will be looking at that more closely this year and try to lay out how to [add] more affordable and different types of varieties of housing. Our plan calls for us to have a variety of housing as one of the policy goals." Storage facility A 62,725-square-foot self-storage facility has already been completed and is open. Maine Coast Storage offers drive-up units that are all cli- mate-controlled. e facility is located at 1031 Portland Road and is locally owned and operated by RCT Saco LLC and IW Saco LLC. Saco welcomes a new coffee shop Ziggi's Coffee, a franchise brand that started in Colorado, opened its first Maine store on Feb. 20, at 3 Waterfall Drive in Saco, near the Scarborough town line. In Saco, the Ziggi's loca- tion, which broke ground in late September, is new construction. e building is 1,000 square feet, according to Nick Cormier, busi- ness development manager at PM Construction Co. e coffee shop will have a drive-thru and walk-up windows, as well as seasonal out- door seating. Along with PM Construction, the project team included Port City Architecture and Sebago Technics. "e construction went smoothly and was on schedule, ultimately aided by a mild winter," Cormier told Mainebiz at the time of the opening. Ziggi's Coffee was founded in 2004 by Brandon and Camrin Knudsen in Longmont, Colo., north of Denver. It has since grown into a drive-thru and coffee house chain. e company reportedly has around 75 locations in more than a dozen states and opened 17 locations last year. Elsewhere in Saco, other coffee shop franchises include Starbucks, Dunkin' and Aroma Joe's. What else is in the works? 1020 Portland Road: storage facility (under construction) 991 Portland Road (Waterfall Drive): a 90-unit multifamily proposal (under review) 923 Portland Road: A proposed Cumberland Farms (approved; not yet under construction) 644 Main St.: commercial office space with duplex (approved; not yet under construction) » C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E ARCHITECTURE | INTERIOR DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | MASTER PLANNING LISTEN. INNOVATE. DESIGN. MORONG PORSCHE | FALMOUTH, ME www.GTDArchitects.com Introducing Gawron Turgeon Dillon Architects, P.C.! Reach out to hear about our team and how we can help with your next project. W E B U I L D R E L A T I O N S H I P S 207.282.7697 NCORMIER@PMCONSTRUCTION.COM WWW.PMCONSTRUCTION.COM There is a lot you can do in the Route 1 corridor that maybe you can't do in the downtown area. — Emily Cole-Prescott City of Saco

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