Furman Block News Today

How Portland betrayed its poorest neighborhood 

A 239,000-square-foot mixed-use building planned for 82 Hanover St. in West Bayside, Portland, is the last and most ambitious piece of a four-year effort that has transformed several blocks that were the former public works depot. The 171-apartment building, which will also have 6,500 square feet of retail space, is the final of six city public works department properties listed by the city in April 2017 to be redeveloped. Tom Watson, of Port Property Management, had already developed another o...

Portland developer Szanton Co. is proposing a 49-unit apartment building in the developing Cape Elizabeth town center, which would be the first below-market apartments built in the town since the 1970s. The $12.5 million development would be part of the Ocean House Commons development that includes the new town green, next to the town hall on Ocean House Road, which is Route 77. The land was subdived into four lots in 2019 by the town, with the intention of residential space being added. The...

By Staff The 51-apartment Furman Block will officially open today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that celebrates another completed project on former Portland Public Works Department property. Developed by Szanton Co., the seven-story building has 51 mixed-income apartments for those age 55 and above, with street-level commercial space. Developer Ross Furman owns and manages the commercial space, and Szantons property management arm, Saco Falls Management, manages the apartment...