Thompson's Point, Portland

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The office building is still being marketed. I dont know if the hotel pics have changed. is there still plans to build housing and a parking garage?
 
Have the plans for the arena completely dried up? I would like to see the Celtics/Red Claws stick around. I wonder when the Celtics' parent club bought the Red Claws if their longer term goal was to relocate the team closer to, or in, Boston like other NBA teams have done. Perhaps after the lease at the Expo is over, as I don't see the Expo being an extended option for a team a level below the NBA.
 
DesertMaineiac said:
Have the plans for the arena completely dried up? I would like to see the Celtics/Red Claws stick around. I wonder when the Celtics' parent club bought the Red Claws if their longer term goal was to relocate the team closer to, or in, Boston like other NBA teams have done. Perhaps after the lease at the Expo is over, as I don't see the Expo being an extended option for a team a level below the NBA.
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The space where the arena was to go (between Brick North and the tracks) is now a warehouse for Bissell Brothers Brewing, and years ago the Red Claws paid for the seating upgrades (backrests on the old wooden bleachers, etc.) at the Expo, saying at the time without saying it that they were essentially out of the TP project. I have a hunch that the people who bought the project from the original team never had the money to build the arena and parking garage. A year or so ago I asked the director of NNEPRA if there were still any discussions with TP about the garage (it was also going to be available for train passengers, part of the whole "transit-oriented development" idea), and she hadn't heard anything in ages and they were now focused on moving the station anyway.

For anyone new who doesn't want to go back and try to find the original plans, roughly the garage and arena were going to be on the former Suburban Propane land between "Brick North" (where the bars are) and the tracks. The garage would have been on the left as you entered the property, with the arena beside closer to I-295 and the old brick Suburban Propane building serving as the entrance and box office (likely a bridge connecting to the train station side as well).

So still today, the wheelchair section at the Maine Celtics sucks (it's behind the boxes at either end, and not really elevated so you can only see the players from the waist up.)
 
NNEPRA is fully focused on moving the station onto the mainline and away from Thomsons Point (which they should be) and that really removes a lot of the potential for Thompsons Point to be a transit-oriented neighborhood.

I also wouldn't be surprised if they've ditched any plans for housing. They've shifted very heavily into being an entertainment venue, and despite all the rhetoric about younger people liking vibrant neighborhoods.... residential and outdoor concert venues don't mix very well in close proximity.
 
I went back and looked at the start of this thread... in 2007(!). Here's a bit of the Press Herald article that was reposted back then...
Dumpsters and storage containers that now line a potholed gravel parking lot soon could be replaced by upscale office buildings, a parking garage and maybe a hotel. Rows of tractor-trailers behind a chain-link fence could give way to luxury housing facing the Fore River salt marshes, within walking distance of a new bus and train station....

The out-of-state owner appreciates the importance of the high-profile location, according to Alan Fishman, principal at the Fishman Realty Group in Portland. He wants the property marketed selectively to developers who have a progressive vision of a mixed-use, waterfront neighborhood that will serve as a gateway into the city.

"He's not just going to sell it to any developer," Fishman said. "He wants to see something significant happen that will be good for the area."
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That's development in Portland for you. Add that to the list of "never happening".
 
They should rename Thompson's Point - Millennial Point.... or Bissell Point
They have Bissell Brothers where they can bring the kids in the stroller and sip over priced beer. Then head over to the childrens museum. awww priceless. Oh wait , okay kids lets kayak over to the point and enjoy the food trucks and concert and save our carbon footprint...
 
I’m hearing that the Thompsons Point team has teamed up with Cathartes Development based in Portsmouth, NH on a 6-story, 250ish unit residential project on the site. They intend to formally submit an application sometime in early July.
 
Cosakita18 said:
I’m hearing that the Thompsons Point team has teamed up with Cathartes Development based in Portsmouth, NH on a 6-story, 250ish unit residential project on the site. They intend to formally submit an application sometime in early July.
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Any word on the hotel?
 
Cosakita18 said:
NNEPRA is fully focused on moving the station onto the mainline and away from Thomsons Point (which they should be) and that really removes a lot of the potential for Thompsons Point to be a transit-oriented neighborhood.

I also wouldn't be surprised if they've ditched any plans for housing. They've shifted very heavily into being an entertainment venue, and despite all the rhetoric about younger people liking vibrant neighborhoods.... residential and outdoor concert venues don't mix very well in close proximity.
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The bus station isn’t moving and that is busy with tons of riders from Boston, Central and Coastal Maine — and the rail station moving should mean the bus station wouldn’t need to add more parking to accommodate future growth any time soon, so it is still well-positioned to be a transit-oriented site.
 
GIL said:
The bus station isn’t moving and that is busy with tons of riders from Boston, Central and Coastal Maine — and the rail station moving should mean the bus station wouldn’t need to add more parking to accommodate future growth any time soon, so it is still well-positioned to be a transit-oriented site.
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I am at the bus station 4 times a week and they are far beyond capacity at this point. Their lots will be full when Amtrak leaves.
 
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