Wanting to forego the usual
big-box shopping center for this
100-acre site along I-95 near
Portland, developer Richard
Berman spent two years trying
to fashion a project that would
"actually build community," he
said. In the end, however, it
appeared he and the city would
settle on a less ambitious plan
— one that would look much
better than a strip mall, but
which would lack the social
interstitching Berman originally
envisioned.
Doing It the
Hard Way
Developer finds road less
traveled rather bumpy
s southern Maine's building economy
started to surge two years ago, Richard
Berman seemed to have his ducks lined
up. He had an option on a prime site just outside
Portland — 100 acres at Interstate 95's Exit 10