The Portland Press Herald reports that the Days Inn and Comfort Inn near the Maine Mall will not renew its contract with MaineHousing to provide emergency shelter.
Faced with criticism about some guests' behavior, Days Inn and Comfort Inn near the Maine Mall will stop providing emergency shelter to people experiencing homelessness.
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Two hotels in Maine will stop hosting hundreds of people experiencing homelessness because of complaints from neighboring businesses. The Days Inn and Comfort Inn near the Maine Mall in South Portland will not renew its contract with MaineHousing to provide emergency shelter when it expires May 31, the Portland Press Herald reports .
The owner of four South Portland hotels wants to build another between two of them, and will present plans for the $6 million project to the city’s Planning Board Wednesday night.
New Gen Holding Co. LLC is seeking site plan approval for a 101-room TownePlace Suites hotel at 70 Maine Mall Road, an undeveloped two-acre lot next to a Home2 Suites hotel on the east, at 50 Maine Mall Road, and a Comfort Inn on the west, at 90 Maine Mall Road. The area is surrounded by the mall, the Maine Turnpike and Portland International Jetport.
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The proposed TownePlace Suites hotel would occupy a vacant two-acre lot, outlined in red, between two other hotels owned by New Gen.