Cosakita18
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I'm not entirely certain, but I believe the parcels in question are the main 58 acre JB-Brown parcel in Red and the 8-arce Westbrook Development Corp. parcel in Blue
Wow!! Haven’t seen it recently with the garage too. Looks and feels totally urban! Great look for Westbrook and their City Council.A few quick shots of the Vertical Harvest and garage development while driving by this morning.
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Westbrook is eager to develop. They'll take the projects Portland will dilly-dally on. Hopefully any developments here are a minimum of 4 stories. Will draw some additional restaurants and retail, which residents want. Gorham residents also enjoy coming to Westbrook too. It'll create some nice density and in-fill.With the parking garage opening later this summer, the RFP has gone out to redevelop the primary City-owned downtown parking lots.
Bids • Downtown Mixed-Use Redevelopment Project
Bid Publication Date/Time: 3/27/2023 12:00 AM; Closing Date/Time: 4/25/2023 1:00 PMwww.westbrookmaine.com
Looks like I'll need to get in there and stir the pot a little ::evil grin::People on Facebook are already losing their goddamned minds over this. Good grief. Why do people around here fear change at such a clinical level?
Maybe tweet it at the Press Herald or one or more TV stations? Definitely sounds newsworthy if it's truly closing for good.Sappi Mill closed? Guard house boarded up, gates chained. This could be the end but the start of redevelopment.
The Sappi Warren mill isn't closed. They manufacture "Release papers" which are essentially specialty paper-based textured materials used in a fairly limited array off applications. There's no actual pulping done there and It has by far the lowest output of any of the paper mills operating in the state....but it's not closed.Sappi Mill closed? Guard house boarded up, gates chained. This could be the end but the start of redevelopment.
How rumors get started.Sappi Mill closed? Guard house boarded up, gates chained. This could be the end but the start of redevelopment.
Now I wonder if they're still getting their raw materials by rail at all (the River Road side that was the furthest in-use reach of the Mountain Branch is inbound, the Warren Ave. side where the tracks were recently removed through the rotary was outbound).
I still hear an occasional train whistle for a delivery (about one every week-and-a-half). I live a half-mile from the Cumberland Street rail entrance and work from home.
I believe they're still getting pulp via rail from the Skowhegan mill. That's really the only activity happening on this side of the river at the mill.
It's only a matter of time before they shutter the place, especially with the investment they're making at the Skowhegan operation. One thing I can imagine weighing on that decision is what to do with what is likely heavily polluted property that would require significant remediation to sell.
You could also possibly be hearing the switching job that goes down the industrial trackage from Deering Junction (Morrills Corner) paralell to Warren Ave down to BlueLinx building materials on Warren Ave. They've been receiving cars more regularly since CSX took over.