A three-warehouse development that began three years ago on Broadway in South Portland still has a focus on light industrial, but as build-out continues, it's attracting tenants outside of that sector.
When developer Rob Plummer bought the 9.85-acre site at 2401 Broadway in December 2017, it had been on the market for a decade, a holdover from the Great Recession. At the time, he planned three warehouses geared toward the light industrial market.That's still the plan, but in a tight market for wide-open space, different types of tenants are emerging.
In August, day care center Creative Beginnings moved into 12,000 square feet in the site's second building. The center, which had operated nearby at 245 Gorham Road in Scarborough for 14 years, joined Heavy Machines Inc., which moved into a free-standing 6,000-square-foot building that was the site's first construction.