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Bates Mill No. 5 with its black saw-toothed roof is seen in August 2019. The city will extend an option agreement with developer Tom Platz for the purchase of the mill.
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal 2019 file photo
LEWISTON The city has inked a new deal with developer Tom Platz this time calling it a “final” agreement for the purchase and redevelopment of Bates Mill No. 5.
The five-year option agreement sets new parameters between the city and Platz, who has found success in redeveloping the rest of the Bates Mill complex. But, redeveloping the hulking, 350,000-square-foot Mill No. 5 has been elusive.