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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 7 A P R I L 7 , 2 0 2 5 Expansion planned at yacht- services firm Portland Yacht Services has under construction at its facility at 100 West Commercial St. its eighth and largest service building, which when com- pleted this October and will total 45,000 square feet. e latest build will actually consist of two connected buildings, according to Jason Curtis, vice president for operations at the 18-acre boatyard, and will help to accommodate the growth the com- pany is seeing on the service side of the business. Portland Yacht Services is owned by Joanna and Phineas Sprague, who started the firm in 1987. It employs a team of about 60 in Portland and the company also owns White Rock Outboard on Sebago Lake Road in Gorham. Ceiling collapse at steakhouse 'could have been worse' A section of the ceiling at a Longhorn Steakhouse in South Portland collapsed into the dining room on March 28, but the city's fire chief said no serious injuries were reported. e fire department responded to the call at the restau- rant, which is at 300 Maine Mall Road, at 6:40 p.m., amid the dinner rush. Employees reported seeing ceiling tiles begin to fall and quickly moved patrons away from the area just before the collapse. e South Portland Fire Chief, Phil Selberg, said an estimated 150 people were in the restaurant at the time. "is situation could've been much worse," Selberg said. "e collapsed sec- tion appeared to be an architectural element of the ceiling and was quite substantial. We are fortunate that no one was seriously injured." Hannaford will expand Gray store Hannaford plans a 12,000-square- foot expansion of its Gray location at 130 Shaker Road. e grocer, which is headquartered in Scarborough, said the new space will provide for larger produce, meat and seafood departments, as well as a greater vari- ety of grab-and-go meals and dairy and frozen foods. e project, which will be managed by Saco-based PM Construction, will also expand the 30,000-square-foot store's phar- macy, add a second entrance and make room for more self-checkout registers. e store will remain open during the project. Work will start this fall and be completed by sum- mer 2026. Building Maine's Future In project development, you have a lot to keep your eye on. Sometimes it's hard to see the opportunities and the risks clearly. That's where Drummond Woodsum can help. We have the most extensive team of project development attorneys in Maine, which includes Peter Klein, Ted Kelleher, Lisa Whitt, Laura Hartz, Rob Liscord, Lynn Donohue, Christopher Hatch and Trey Milam. We use a team approach to bring the most complex development projects to closing in Maine. We provide cost-effective and experienced representation to owners, contractors, investors and lenders in connection with mixed use retail and office, hospitality, condominium or affordable housing and historic tax credit projects. dwmlaw.com | dwmlaw.com | 800.727.1941 800.727.1941 Purchase a group subscription for your team or entire organization. Get access to Mainebiz for your entire team E M A I L C I R C U L A T I O N @ M A I N E B I Z . B I Z F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N

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