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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 21 N OV E M B E R 1 8 , 2 0 2 4 B U I L D I N G B U S I N E S S Members of Team Hancock visit Tiny Homes of Maine including co-founders, Corinne Watson and Tom Small, during the integration phase. The two plan to continue managing the manufacturing facility, daily operations, and team. TWO FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES UNITE! Tiny Homes of Maine Joins Hancock Lumber Family Please join us in offi cially welcoming Tiny Homes of Maine to Team Hancock! Acquiring Tiny Homes of Maine—the Dyer Brook based designer, seller, and manufacturer of fi nished tiny homes—is a natural extension of our Made-in-Maine products that include Mainely Trusses component manufacturing, wall panel production, and eastern white pine mills. 2024_1105_MaineBiz_HL-THoM_RELEASE.indd 1 2024_1105_MaineBiz_HL-THoM_RELEASE.indd 1 11/6/24 1:50 PM 11/6/24 1:50 PM Opechee tackles another hotel project, this time in Scarborough B y P e t e r V a n A l l e n M aine Course Hospitality Group broke ground on HomeAwhile, an extended- stay hotel in Scarborough. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 24, jumpstarting construction of the 109-room all-suite hotel. Maine Course Hospitality, which is based in Freeport, owns 26 hotel properties in seven states. The hotel will be developed in partnership with Opechee Construction, of Belmont, N.H., a firm known for its expertise in the hospitality industry. In Portland, Opechee managed construction of the Aloft Hotel and Courtyard by Marriott, both on Commercial Street in the Old Port. In Bangor, it built the Courtyard by Marriott and TownePlace Suites. It has built Hampton Inns in Bar Harbor, Bath and downtown Portland. LANDRY/FRENCH CONSTRUCTION JUMPSTARTS SEVERAL PROJECTS Landry/French Construction, of Scarborough, has three new projects in the works: f At the Downs in Scarborough, it is in the preconstruction phase for a new two-story, 60,000-square-foot medical office building for InterMed. The building will have an ambulatory surgery center on the first floor with walk-in care and medical offices on the second floor. f In Waterville, it broke ground on Colby College's Mayflower Hill Residence Hall. The 112,000-square-foot resi- dence hall will be able to accommo- date 217 students. Landry/French says this will be the largest cross- laminated timber building in Maine. f In Ogunquit, the firm broke ground on a new municipal campus that will include a headquarters for the police department and a town hall. f In Alfred, Landry/French mobilized started construction on a 58-bed, 50,000-square-foot building that will house the York County Regional Opioid Recovery Center. A separate 40,000-square-foot site will house a first-responders training center. GREENVILLE WILL BREAK GROUND IN 2025 ON SCHOOL CAMPUS The town of Greenville, the Greenville Consolidated School and the Moosehead Caring for Kids Foundation will break ground in spring 2025 on a new school facil- ity. The site will house an early child care center, pre-K classrooms, an after-school childcare center and a community recreation center. The project received a $1.56 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and a $250,000 grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services as well as extensive local community support. It will be on the existing school grounds. R E N D E R I N G / C O U R T E S Y O F M A I N E C O U R S E H O S P I TA L I T Y G RO U P Maine Course Hospitality Group, of Freeport, is teaming up with Opechee Construction, of Belmont, N.H., to built the HomeAwhile extended-stay hotel in Scarborough.

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