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V O L . X X I I I N O. V I I A P R I L 3 , 2 0 1 7 24 B iddeford is her new Brooklyn. Fashion designer and entrepreneur Roxi Suger says the former mill town's creative feel is why she and her family moved from New York in 2013. Angelrox, the women's and girls' brand she runs with her husband, has a flagship store on Alfred Street and its design and production headquarters at Pepperell Mill Campus. "We liked the creative, gritty vibe, like Brooklyn was back in the day for young artists," she says, surrounded by racks of clothes in muted colors and seamstresses hard at work. "Biddeford has that kind of potential." Born in Oklahoma and raised in Alabama, she likes working in a repurposed textile mill. "To be a part of that coming back to life is an amazing joy," she says. anks in part to developer Doug Sanford, who has turned the former Pepperell Manufacturing Co. mill into a sprawling complex of apartments, commercial and retail space, Biddeford itself is coming back to life. Situated on the Saco River, Biddeford, with popu- lation of 21,289, is shedding its industrial ghosts and emerging as a desirable alternative to both Portland and Portsmouth, with attractive and affordable real 207-725 - 4 30 4 P O U L I N C O N S T R U C T I O N M E . C O M C O N V E N I E N C E S T O R E S R E S T A U R A N T C O M M E R C I A L / P U B L I C R E T A I L Going above and beyond for our clients since 1974. Scott Joslin, chief operating officer at Pepperell Mill Campus, says the company hopes to complete development at the former mill by 2021. About 750,000 square feet of space has been redeveloped, with 350,000 to go. P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R Biddeford's next step Newcomers finding affordable housing and commercial space B y R e n e e C o r d e s R E A L E S TAT E / C O N S T R U C T I O N / D E S I G N F O C U S

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