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Now this is going upta camp in style. How about a $2.5 million lodge on a peninsula on South Twin Lake in Millinocket to impress family and friends with? Don t worry, we ll cover the taxes. Well, not really. But it s nice to dream, isn t it? Just imagine setting up camp for the weekend with more than enough room to set out the grill, tie up a variety of boats, and maybe even hide a girlfriend or two within it s 6,058 square feet of space. With Mt. Katahdin standing in the background the only extra room you ll need is on a hard drive to store all of those pictures that you ll be taking as everyone frolics on it s sandy beach and in the water. ....
When Falmouth native Mike Pride retired from the merchant marine after 21 years, he began his “chapter two” by investing in commercial real estate. Several years ago, F.O. Bailey Real Estate broker Thomas Gadbois introduced him to the self-storage sector, showing him a facility at 226 Gorham Road in Scarborough and another at 14 Tory Hill Drive in Buxton. “I thought, “It’s a business but not a lot of employees, so I can run it myself,’” Pride recalls. Pride bought the properties with a bit of skepticism. “I’m thinking, ‘Who puts their stuff in storage?’” he says. After fixing them up and doing some marketing, he soon had the answer plenty of folks. Now Pride is building a third facility 550 units across 10 buildings at the Innovation District at the Downs in Scarborough. Since he got into the business, he found the clientele is diverse and, apparently, never-ending. Customers include small business owners who rent units to store th ....
An apartment complex in Biddeford that dates to 1920 sold for $5.45 million, $1.85 million above the sales price just a year ago. The Saco-Biddeford market has seen a surge in demand from potential tenants. ....