February 6, 2025 - CORE

Real Estate Articles

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CORE Tenant Spotlight: Realm of Legends  

A series of interviews with inspirational tenants from across CORE-managed properties  If you head to 42 Main Street in Freeport, right near LL Bean and Starbucks, you’ll find Realm of Legends. At first, it may feel like you’ve stepped into just another retail store. Board games, miniature games, role playing and trading card games line the shelves.   But if you peer at the cash register, you may see co-owner Colin Stacey or his wife Kathy DeGrandpre, deep in

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Longtime Lewiston Law Firm Purchases 491 Lisbon St. as New Base

By Christopher Wheelock, Sun Journal One of Lewiston’s largest and oldest law firms — Skelton Taintor & Abbott — has purchased a Lisbon Street building to become its headquarters. The purchase was announced by commercial real estate firm CORE, which brokered the $1.2 million deal. The law firm purchased the 18,000 square feet of Class

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CORE Brokers Sale of 491 Lisbon Street in Lewiston for $1.1 million

CORE, the largest integrated commercial real estate firm in Northern New England, is pleased to announce the sale of 491 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, Maine. The transaction closed on September 17 for $1.1 million. Lisbon Street Leasing, LLC was the seller, and 491 Lisbon Street Associates, LLC (Skelton Taintor & Abbott) was the buyer.  The

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Westbrook industrial property sold for $13M in off-market deal

By Laurie Schreiber, Mainebiz A property encompassing 134,000 square feet across two buildings on 9.47 acres, at 22-48 Spiller Drive in Westbrook, sold for $13 million in an off-market deal. TC Haffenreffer and Sylas Hatch from the Dunham Group represented the buyer and Steve Baumann from Compass Commercial Brokers and Josh Soley of CORE represented

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CORE brokers sale of 22-48 Spiller Drive for $13 million

CORE, the largest integrated commercial real estate firm in Northern New England, is pleased to announce the sale of 22-48 Spiller Drive in Westbrook, Maine. The transaction closed on July 30 for $13 million. Spiller Drive LLC was the seller and Nrti Spiller Drive LLC was the buyer. The site encompasses 134,000 square feet across

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