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<strong>FREEPORT</strong> — Maine entrepreneur Linda Bean has bought the former Bath & Body Works building across from the L.L. Bean flagship store in Freeport and plans to open a year-round destination restaurant that features local foods.<br />
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The project will mark an expansion of Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine franchise, which includes cafes in Camden, Port Clyde, Portland and Delray Beach, Fla., lobster wharves in midcoast Maine and a processing plant in Rockland.<br />
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The 7,600-square-foot brick building is on the corner of Main and Bow streets. It was listed for $3.6 million, according to Greg Boulos, a partner at CBRE/The Boulos Co., although the sale price wasn’t released today. The property was sold by George Denney, founder of Cole Haan Footwear. It includes a 25-car parking lot on Depot Street.</p>
FALL RIVER The fifth floor of Tower Mill on Quarry Street is populated by alligators, pythons and French bulls, or more specifically their hides.
Fall River native Frank Clegg with the assistance of sons Andrew and Ian and a full-time staff of 15 employees utilizes the animal skins to create a high-end line of duffle bags, briefcases, handbags, backpacks and accessories such as belts and wallets.
Prices at Frank Clegg Leatherworks start at $40 for a bullhide fountain pen sheath. An American alligator holdall bag, on the other hand, sells for a cool $16,000.
Most of the stitched, cut and finished products, however, are fashioned from bullhide.