Craig Young of CBRE|The Boulos Co. brokered the lease of a 4,000 s/f free-standing building to be built at the Auburn Mall from Nobility LLC at 707-723 Turner St. on behalf of the landlord. Panera Bread is expanding quickly across North America and operates 1,504 bakery/cafés in 40 states and in Ontario Canada under the Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co. and Paradise Bakery & Café names. Harmon Lewis of National Commercial Brokers represented the tenant.
In another transaction, Nate Stevens of CBRE|The Boulos Co. brokered the lease of 550 s/f of retail space from Schoodic Equity Investors II, LLC at 851 Sawyer St. in South Portland. Webber is a local artist who currently sells her hand painted glassware online and in over fifty retailers. She intends to open her own studio carrying her work at this location.