Recent content by cneal

Worth noting that the lot this sits on is currently owned by the Boys and Girls Club. I believe that this project is how they're planning to satisfy the city's Housing Replacement Ordinance when they tear down the existing rooming house on the corner of Cedar and Cumberland for their planned...

We know this isn't true because the Turnpike Authority's financial statements are public documents: "cash and Investment balances in the General Reserve Fund were designated as restricted and had balances of $117.7 million and $118 million as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024...

Write to your state rep and ask them to raise our gas taxes and tolls by half a billion dollars to pay for it – and let me know how it goes.

Looks to me like the city doesn't want different political factions to be involved in mediation – which is frankly very reasonable. Mediation is supposed to be focused on facts, not grandstanding. I especially can't see any value in bringing Mayor Dion into this – he's demonstrated that he has...

Also noticed that site work has started on the GreenMars Stroudwater Commons project on outer Congress (I didn't take a photo because there's not much to see there yet). This is a pretty big one: 13 12-unit buildings for a total of 156 homes, and 26 of those will be accessory dwelling units...

Route 9A and 9B already run along this section of Washington Ave. Extension but don't have any stops (because until now, it's only been woods) until the corner of Auburn Street. IIRC from the site plan approval, they're planning to build two new bus stops with shelters on either side of...

Lambert Woods North progress (72 affordable rentals, occupancy 2027): https://www.mainecooperativehousing.com/lambert-north-apartments.html#/ I didn't get photos, but part of the work on this project involves some pretty significant traffic calming on Washington Ave. Ext. and a small adjacent...

It's a little hard to find, so here's the regional permitting numbers broken down by year and municipality from the GPCOG website: https://www.greatmaineneighborhoods.org/housing-dashboard Caveats: these numbers include renovations, which aren't affected by IZ, and they also include vacation...

So, once again, this chart is showing something different from the charts in either of the previous posts. It's showing building permits, which lag actual housing completions by 1-2 years. There was a spike in 2022 partly because of a backlog of projects that were held up during the pandemic...

@DZH22, you've been duped into posting misleading reactionary ragebait from our dumbest social media site, which is exactly what social media is for, so congratulate yourself and send me $8 for a meaningless blue checkmark. This chart shows "units completed by year of approval". It typically...

Nice find! According to Open Corporates, "ST J HOUSING LLC" was incorporated in March with an address at the law offices of Drummond Woodsum: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_me/202609116DC I'd note that Drummond Woodsum does a fair amount of work for affordable housing developers.

Big news on this one: Penobscot General Contractors and Acorn Engineering have applied for a demolition permit to take down the existing building and a building permit to start work on the new one...

Proposed 54-unit Portland Housing Authority apartment building, replacing a parking lot and an older 5-unit building next to Maine Medical Center:

I think Redfern also needs to raise the ground floor elevation on the Lancaster Street parcels in order to mitigate flooding risks – which is why you see steps leading up to the building entrance on the renderings. Banks won't finance a building that's expected to be below the high-tide line...

Folks, LiveNation has literally been ruled guilty in federal court for running an illegal monopoly, gouging millions of dollars from concertgoers, and drowning out legitimate competition. First rule of any city's economic development: don't let crooks murder off the beating heart of your city's...