The building, which sits near the beach and is assessed at $2.9 million, will be sold. The remaining 13 sisters will move to New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Eighteen months and $1 million went into the redevelopment of an early 19th-century building in the West End that was built for Prentice Mellen, who was a U.S. Senator prior to his term as Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
The building turned over three times in three years. Market rates for small offices didn’t support the need for large capital expenditures. The residential conversion rides a wave of development activity in the city.
Goals include covering the 170,000-square-foot roof with solar and installing three Tesla Level 3 electric-vehicle super-charging stations by mid-2023.