Don’t Build Your Own Albatross       By Drew Sigfridson, SIOR | Senior Partner       “I own a machine shop in Oxford County and it’s a great, successful business! I built the shop in ’75 and business boomed, so I built three additions. Now I want to retire, sell the building for $3M, and move to Florida.”  … Continue reading Don’t Build Your Own Albatross

Commercial Real Estate vs. the Stock Market: Where Should You Invest?     By Nick Lucas | Partner, Broker       A client recently asked me a question that investors have debated for decades: If the stock market has historically delivered strong returns, why invest in commercial real estate? The answer isn’t that one asset class is better than … Continue reading Commercial Real Estate vs. the Stock Market: Where Should You Invest?

Maine’s Retail Landscape: Resilient, Refined, and Ready for What’s Next     By Derek Miller | Partner, Broker       The retail sector continued its run as the most durable and consistent performer among the traditional real estate asset classes in 2025. While office continues to lag below pre-COVID occupancy levels (less so in Maine than nationally, I might … Continue reading Maine’s Retail Landscape: Resilient, Refined, and Ready for What’s Next

Beyond the Peak Season: Navigating New Realities in Maine Hospitality       By Roy Donnelly | Associate Broker       Hospitality and tourism are cornerstones of Maine’s economy, contributing over $9 billion to the state’s total economic output and providing roughly one in every six jobs in the state. This impact is felt up and down the coast … Continue reading Beyond the Peak Season: Navigating New Realities in Maine Hospitality

Maine’s Industrial Markets in 2026       By Jon Rizzo, SIOR | Partner, Broker       Sales There were limited industrial investment sales in 2025, primarily due to three factors: 1. Seller complacency – content owning the portfolio with no need for a disposition 2. Low in place cap rates – deals not “penciling” 3. Limited inventory – … Continue reading Maine’s Industrial Markets in 2026

2026 Capital Markets     By Chris Paszyc, CCIM, SIOR | Managing Partner, Broker       Maine’s capital markets and commercial real estate (CRE) landscape appears cautiously optimistic heading into 2026. Industry participants anticipate macroeconomic stabilization, easing interest-rate pressure, renewed investor appetite, and more realistic pricing expectations to rekindle deal-making and lending activity. Maine’s CRE markets should emerge as … Continue reading 2026 Capital Markets

Greater Portland Office Market Status     By Nate Stevens | Managing Partner, Designated Broker       Greater Portland The Greater Portland office market showed signs of stabilization amid shifting dynamics in 2025, with performance varying significantly between Class A and Class B and suburban and downtown properties. The direct vacancy rate (excluding sublease space) increased from 8.1% to … Continue reading Greater Portland Office Market Status

Before the 2026 Market Outlook — Our CRE Predictions     By Joseph Italiaander | Broker       There is plenty to be excited about in the commercial real estate world as we turn the page to 2026. After a sluggish 2024, demand for CRE and dealmaking appetites rebounded in 2025. Despite Q1’s strong economic headwinds—tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty, stubborn interest rates—‘return to office’ mandates and favorable policies, like the economic bonus depreciation, spurred development as the year progressed.   And I expect … Continue reading Before the 2026 Market Outlook — Our CRE Predictions

As Portland’s Conversion Boom Slows, What’s Next for the Downtown Office Market?     By Nate Stevens |Managing Partner, Designated Broker       Over the past several years, Portland, ME lead New England’s office-to-residential/hospitality conversion trend as older office buildings were reimagined as apartments, educational facilities, and boutique hotels. Since 2020, The Boulos Company has removed more than 600,000 square feet of downtown office space from our annual office market survey, a practice that occurs when a space is permitted for non-office … Continue reading As Portland’s Conversion Boom Slows, What’s Next for the Downtown Office Market?

Nature is Good for Business and People: the role of land conservation in commercial real estate     By Sasha Phillips | Associate Broker       Environmental conservation is an important piece of the commercial development puzzle. New projects bring jobs, tax revenue, and economic vitality, but preserving natural spaces helps ensure sustainable growth for people, our economy, and … Continue reading Nature is Good for Business and People: the role of land conservation in commercial real estate

A Market Defined by Variety: Why Adaptability Drives Success on the New Hampshire Seacoast       By: Austin Stebbins | Associate       Commercial real estate brokers often debate whether to specialize in a single property type or to diversify across sectors.  In some cases, there is no true answer; it truly varies based on location and opportunity.  … Continue reading A Market Defined by Variety: Why Adaptability Drives Success on the New Hampshire Seacoast

What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Commercial Real Estate          By Reese McFarlane | Associate Broker        The nearly 900-page One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law earlier this year extending or making permanent many tax provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). For commercial real estate … Continue reading What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Commercial Real Estate