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Maine Real Estate and Development Association creates new award category to celebrate development

Tom Lea, president of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) has named the 2012 winners of awards presented at MEREDA's Annual Real Estate Spring Conference on May 17. "We have created a new award to recognize responsible real estate development in Maine. MEREDA's leadership chose 5 most notable development projects for 2011 that were deemed "noteworthy & significant" and we'd like to continue to do this annually because projects such as these are the embodiment of what MEREDA stands for." said Lea. Honorees included: * Opechee Construction Corp. for the Hampton Inn/Sebago Brewing in Portland; * Waterfront Maine for Merrill's Wharf/Pierce Atwood Building in Portland; * Mattson Development LLC for the MaineGeneral Medical Center Musculoskeletal Center in Augusta; * Community Housing of Maine for Maine Hall, Affordable Housing for Seniors in Bangor; * and Developers Collaborative for Gilman Place in Waterville.
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