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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 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 PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen MANAGING EDITOR / DIGITAL OPERATIONS William Hall SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Alexis Wells 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 C O N T E N T S The reel deal How Maine real estate professionals are using social media to drum up business 14 20 New builds A range of construction projects are in the pipeline 26 Saco sees windfall of U.S. Route 1 development Developers are filling in an overlooked stretch of a heavily traveled highway 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 I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 3 ยป P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Craig Young, a partner and senior broker at the Boulos Co., at Black Owl Studio, where he records the "MEREDA Matters" podcast. 14 20 Ed Karpinski of the Maine Department of Transportation P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D