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V O L . X X X I N O. I I I F E B R UA R Y 1 0 , 2 0 2 5 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 SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Michelle Phillips EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Malcolm, Zoey PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DEPUTY EDITOR Renee Cordes DIGITAL EDITOR Alexis Wells SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Tina Fischer C O N T E N T S Baby, it's cold inside $56M waterfront facility is poised to turn Portland into regional logistics hub 12 16 Homing in on affordable homes Developers get creative to build more 'missing middle' housing 21 Word on the street Retail reuses, mixed- use makeovers & igloo dining spheres top Maine development trends in 2025 C O M M E R C I A L D E V E L O P M E N T 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 1 ยป R E N D E R I N G S / C O U R T E S Y C I T Y O F A U G U S TA P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F N E W V E N T U R E S L L C The former Kmart Plaza in Augusta is being transformed into a mixed- use development called the Capitol Heights Center. Eivind Dueland of Amber Infrastructure in the offices of the Maine International Cold Storage Facility in Portland. 12 16 21 P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R Seavey Terraces in Westbrook