Portland Renderings

St Lawrence Art Center on Munjoy Hill
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Here is the new parking garage that Opechee wants to build adjacent to the new Hampton, followed by a rendering that shows a superimposed image of the residential component that is to follow. Below these two are renderings of a three unit condo project that is planned for a currently vacant lot on Cumberland Avenue.

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Patrick, what vacant lot on Cumberland Ave is this project going up on?
 
It is a small, grassy, vacant residentially zoned lot on the way up the hill on eastern cumberland ave. The exact address is 62 Cumberland ave. According to the planning board report, the steepness of the site allows panoramic views of downtown. It is near Sheridan St.

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Good place for some housing infill. Says it's would be a 3 unit building which fits in with the neighborhood. I approve.
 
I like it precisely because it doesn't fit in. It is a larger scale complex from the looks of it. That area of town could use some variation in housing looks. But from a functional standpoint, you are right that it is an ideal location. There are several areas like this around town. Currently at least one property owner is petitioning for a reduction in minimum lot width for residential projects from 50 to 40 feet so as to allow more vacant space in town to be used for housing.
 
Smart Growth urban infill in Portland's west end:
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11 Orchard - Portland, Maine

11orchard is a "build-to-suit" development project located in Portland, Maine's historic West End neighborhood. Baker Street Properties has teamed up with Kaplan Thompson Architects to offer three discerning home buyers the opportunity to custom design their own townhouse. Initial design concepts for this residential infill lot include three LEED certified townhomes, each with four levels of custom designed modern living space.

Existing Condition:
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Proposed Development

Based on our initial studies, potential development of this site could include up to three townhouses, each with a total of more than 2,500 square feet of living space. The height limit for development is 35 feet which could provide for up to four levels of space depending on design, setbacks and site restrictions. Additionally, the site is 116 feet wide and may be able to accommodate individual building widths of nearly 25 feet which affords tremendous flexibility when laying out interior spaces.

Depending on design preferences, these units should be able to accommodate up to four bedrooms, a large living area and plenty of outdoor deck space. We encourage anyone who is interested in exploring this opportunity further to please contact us to preview the property and set a time to meet with our team.

Pricing

This is a build-to-suit development project. That means that all costs for land, construction and financing are passed directly through to the owners. The architect, developer and contractor will be paid based on a negotiated fee that will be part of the total project budget. All speculative developer profit is eliminated in a build-to-suit development.

The pricing for each unit will depend entirely on the size of the unit, the type of building systems installed and the level of finish. The minimum starting price for a relatively basic townhouse will most likely fall in the $550,000 to $650,000 range.

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Thanks for sharing, that potential development would take place on this site, in between Portland Builders and Portland Pie:

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Here's another from the link you posted:
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There are so many vacant lots of York. That area of the city has been envisioned for peripheral downtown growth for decades but surprisingly little progress has been made there. Kerry Anderson of Scarborough considered a 7 story building, a 12 story building, and a convention center for a site nearby in 2007. The JB Brown land was scheduled for large scale construction around the same time, and dating back as far as the late 1970s there were plans by the Atbro company to develop the wide open swaths of land around 1 and 2 Portland Square with a mix of parking, residential, hotel, retail and office space. Seems like a good location.
 
That's the kind of building I would like to see filling up those lots, keep us posted. Makes me want to play around with Google sketch-up more.
 
So here is the rendering of a potential build-out scenario for Portland, as shown in the City's 1991 Downtown Vision report, which has been officially incorporated into our comprehensive plan. Essentially, I think it shows maximum development under existing zoning. At first, it looked as though some historic buildings would need to be torn down and replaced with the structures shown, but upon further inspection it seems, to me, that all of the tan buildings (potential growth) occupy existing empty parking areas.

This image is looking east down congress street. You can see lincoln square in the far distance, and the eastland in the foreground:

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yeah sorry about that. It is a picture of a picture, so the quality reproduced poorly in the jpeg. Some, you can see, are lighter colored "tan" (those are really the grey ones), and those are the existing structures.
 
Build out renderings of Gorham's Corner, City Hall cross section, and a fantasy future skyline from Portland Artist and Illustrator C. Michael Lewis. I think this stuff is FASCINATING.
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Wow, when was that done? Because it looks like fantasy future Portland has a serious hardon for PoMo.

(Don't let the NIMBYs get their hands on this.)
 
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