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V O L . X X X I N O. X I I § 2 J U N E 2 , 2 0 2 5 4 Copyright 2025. All rights reserved. Mainebiz® (ISSN# 1530-0749) is published bi-weekly 29 times a year, including special issues published in July, September, October and December by New England Business Media LLC. Periodicals postage paid (USPS# 018-715) at Port land, ME and at additional entry points. Postmaster: Please send changes to: Mainebiz, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-0330. Annual subscriptions are available for $84.00 and include Fact Book and Book of Lists. To subscribe, please visit our website at www.mainebiz.biz, email circulation@mainebiz.biz or call our circulation department at 845-267-3008. Mainebiz® accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and in general does not return them to the sender. L E T T E R S F E AT U R E S Building the construction workforce A growing suite of training opportunities address critical shortage of workers From our partner As MEREDA marks 40 years, it tackles what's ahead From the Editor Real estate is a common thread for nearly every business 8 6 3 14 Addressing the housing crunch With a need for 84,000 housing units by 2030, Maine chips away at the challenge 38 Largest Maine-based construction firms Ranked by 2024 revenue 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 20 Firehouse Village Scarborough 22 99 Western Ave. Augusta 24 Malone Family Tower Portland 26 Seaport Community Health Center Belfast 28 TekαkαpimƏk Contact Station Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument 30 Vertical Harvest Westbrook 32 Stacey M. Symbol Apartments Westbrook 34 Nightingale and State Street campus redevelopment Portland 36 Front Street redevelopment Portland MEREDA 2024 NOTABLE PROJECTS P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F R E E D & R E E D 8 32 Reed & Reed pre-apprentices learn skills like operating a forklift. F I L E P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R Kevin Jensen, economic development director in Gorham. 14 P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F T R E N T B E L L P H O T O G R A P H Y P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F E D M A R S H , P C H C P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F L O C K S L E Y C O N S U LT I N G 32 34 26 P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F S T R U C T U R E M E D I A