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It's also more housing than the Boston planning agency approved last month: https://www.bostonplans.org/news-calendar/news-updates/2025/01/the-planning-department-advances-new-affordable-ho/the-planning-department-advances-new-affordable-ho

Remember that this is school vacation week – peak of the peak demand for flights to Orlando.

Nice find! Although the project info describes this is "Phase 1B", not "Phase 2." https://selfservice.portlandmaine.gov/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService#/plan/dd07bbf0-d2af-485c-ba12-098118658eae?tab=moreinfo The architects are listed as Market Square Architects of Portsmouth. Under the "More Info"...

That's what Redfern's website says:

First planning board workshop is this week: https://portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/7564/files/agenda/15686 Plans show some cool details, including a huge bike room with storage for 134 bikes next to the park, only 11 off-street parking spots, and two interior courtyards.

I can't believe nobody's posted this classic video yet...

If you search the CSS site on the parcel ID (018 A003001) you can find an excavation permit application, submitted around Thanksgiving: https://selfservice.portlandmaine.gov/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService#/permit/800a97cc-9fa0-4451-a318-c9cb7b5cc6ae Description: "Earth retention for proposed...

This week's planning board agenda includes the planning department's year in review: https://portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/7563/files/report/3788 24 major site plans approved in 2024; 393 new housing units, 268 of which (68%) have affordability restrictions $1.2 million in...

Here's one of the first big off-peninsula housing proposals since ReCode passed: plans have been posted on the CSS site for "Deering Village" at 410 Auburn Street, between Auburn and Washington Avenue, about 1 mile north of the Northgate Plaza shopping center. 110 new homes in 11 buildings on...

IIRC there are separate permits for earthwork/foundation vs. vertical construction, and some projects begin foundation work before the other building permit is in hand. But the fact that they've broken ground makes it very likely they've gotten their construction financing in hand for the whole...

I don't know, I bet a lot of people in the West End would prefer not to live next to a 2-acre field of asphalt that's a magnet for traffic and toxic exhaust fumes. MMC identified the parking lot as a "long-term redevelopment" in their 2017 Institutional Development Plan with the city: "While no...

I really like those arches - and it looks like that part of the building creates an interior courtyard?

Woof. Counting the garages and multi-car driveways in the single-family parts of the proposal, there's over 1,000 parking spaces here, which is going to add massive site development and management costs to the project. Disappointing that they're designing it in a way where it'll be impossible...

The parcel number for the application on the CSS site is 032 I040001. You can find it on the city's GIS map – it's the parking lot in the middle of the block next to Novare Res, the same site as the 2019 tower proposal...

"A new 213,000 GSF mixed-use building at 45 Union Street." For context, 1 City Center is 210K square feet Also, under the "contacts" tab: Architect: Safdie Architects

Getting off topic here but it's worth reminding everyone that the Cross Insurance Arena is also a massive money-loser that leaches $3.1 million a year from county taxpayers...

Some updates and construction photos (although it's hard to tell which buildings are pictured) in today's Sunday Telegram: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/11/17/in-a-region-known-for-quaint-downtowns-a-community-without-one-builds-from-scratch/

Portland has a new zoning code and zoning map: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/11/04/portland-council-approves-recode-zoning-ordinance/ ReCode passed unanimously, with several minor amendments from individual City Councilors – some of those amendments were syntactical amendments to improve...

The City Council already approved 4-family homes for the entire city last year – it wasn't controversial. A new state law basically requires cities and towns to allow accessory dwelling units everywhere, so there hasn't been any "single-family" zoning anywhere in Maine for a few years now...

Totally agree that there are massive savings to be had from living car-free – a big reason my wife and I were able to afford to buy a home in Portland is because we're a one-car family, and thus we save over $12,000 a year on the costs of car payments, insurance, fuel, repairs, and all the...