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lunardinosaur said:
Former St.Joesph's site in North Deering is now owned by something called "ST J Housing LLC" There has been some kind of survey team in the area as well.
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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.
 
Forbes has decided that Jim Brady's new Evalina Hotel Is posh enough to cover. 215 Commercial, so apparently the door is in the tiny building that blocked the remnant of Lime Street and killed The Portland Greengrocer (they needed access to the back alley). Sounds like the rooms extend into the upper levels of the block next door where Stonewall Kitchen is
 
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The writer must not have done any research. Downtown Portland currently has 16 hotels with a room total exceeding 2100. There are two more hospitality projects (Fidelity Building and Home 2 on Fore) that will be adding even more rooms in the future and bringing the hotel count to 18 NOT counting the La Quinta, Clarion and the Inn at St John due to their fringe location.
 
Portlander said:
The writer must not have done any research. Downtown Portland currently has 16 hotels with a room total exceeding 2100. There are two more hospitality projects (Fidelity Building and Home 2 on Fore) that will be adding even more rooms in the future and bringing the hotel count to 18 NOT counting the La Quinta, Clarion and the Inn at St John due to their fringe location.
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Not to mention the 4 out by the Turnpike (Hampton Inn, Motel 6, Fireside Inn and Ramada). Same deal as regards fringe location, plus at least one is somewhat sketchy.
 
New Tempo Art proposal for Monument Square, hadn't seen it on another page here. No opinion on the art, but I thought the mention of the City having "intentions" to renovate the square was interesting!

From the Art Committee agenda for 6/4/2026:

Arise is a painted mural installed by artist Pamela Chevez on the brick paving in Monument Sq. It features a thirteen word poem by Arisa White
Painted on the ground the mural will see natural degradation through public use. Winter removals will impact the work as well. In Spring 2027 TEMPOart will assess the condition to determine whether to repair or remove. It is our understanding that the City of Portland has intentions on the renovation of the Square, should the mural's condition be maintained to an acceptable level, it may be possible for an extension beyond June 2027.


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The idea to do something dramatic in art is good, but this design is not. The city should probably talk to me. I managed the Champagne bottles design (30 feet in length) painted on the tarmac of the East 34th Street Heliport (NYC). They are resistant to decay, and the bottle to the far left has a UV layer for the middle emblem to glow in the dark at night. It can be seen from the Space Station. There is nothing like this scaled concept in the world. Check it out on Google Earth. Cheers.
 
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Interesting new real estate listings:

522 Washington Ave
526 Washington Ave

These are in North Deering just over Tukey's Bridge ... maybe a place for some larger housing redevelopment. Or something Roux Institute could eye for housing.
 
If someone is interested in redevelopment I hope they at least try to reach out to the owner of the 5 and 13 Bates St lots - it'd be nice for that corner to become something more than a used car sales lot.
 
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Just restore the compass points markers that used to indicate the corners of the original City Hall, probably in granite rather than brass so they stand less chance of getting stolen for scrap. Monument Square is, or should be, the business center of Maine, and this doesn't fit.
 
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