The Bayside Neighborhood Association has a long history of advocating for smart development at the city level, and by proactively engaging with developers and urban planners, focusing on our key mission of promoting health, safety, green spaces, diversity, housing, and sustainable development throughout the city. The BNA has successfully set a place at the table for residents and stakeholders to have their voices heard and concerns addressed both at city hall and the statehouse. Below are links to specific projects that the BNA are actively watching, along with some important issues and historical context to consider. If you would like to join our Relevant Developments Team or have an idea or concern you’d like us to pay attention to, please reach out on the contacts page and let us know.

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Projects Currently Underway

• Phase 1a – 89 Elm Street Housing (201 Units)
  Status: Under Active Construction
  Notes: Affordable and workforce housing building. This is the first active construction phase out of the overarching Bayside Master Development Plan.
• Equality Commons (54 Units)
  Address: 25 Casco Street Senior Housing
  Status: Under Active Construction
  Notes: Developed by the Equality Community Center (ECC) and Developers Collaborative. This is an inclusive, LGBTQ+-friendly affordable senior housing community.
• Youth & Family Outreach Child Care & Housing (60 Units)
  Address: 22 Preble Street
  Status: Site Prep & Foundational Work
  Notes: Old buildings are cleared away. Crews are currently preparing the ground to pour the foundation to double childcare capacity and add family housing.
• Maine Public Headquarters Redevelopment
  Address: 320 Cumberland Avenue
  Status: Under Active Construction
  Notes: A $15 million makeover updating the iconic former Portland Public Market building for modern media, recording studios, and community event operations.

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Proposed Projects

• Reveler Bayside MDP (600 Additional units across 5 Phases)
  Status: Master Development Plan Review
  A 10-year master layout proposing 7 new buildings, over 200 affordable units, 600 market-rate units, and 28,500 square feet of commercial space.
  • Phase 1b (61 Preble Street): Pre-construction review for the next residential framework block (previously called 60 Elm).
  • Phases 2 through 5: Future phased rollouts targeted mostly at surface parking lots to build market-rate complexes, retail infills, and a retrofit of the Public Market parking garage.
• Phased Oxford Street Redevelopment MDP (96 Units)
  Reveler and Avesta project.
  • Phase 1: 197 Oxford Street “The Prime” (48 affordable units)
  • Phase 2: 50 Cedar Street (24 market rate units)
  • Phase 3: 158 Lancaster Street (51 market rate units)
    Status: Site Plan Review
• Boys’ & Girls Club Expansion
  Status: Capital Campaign Underway
  Notes: A newly approved 13,000 square foot building addition at 9 Cedar Street to expand local youth educational, community, and play spaces.
• Dashaway Commons – 15-19 Cedar Street (30 Units)
  Status: Site Plan Review / Planning Board Workshop
  This new Avesta Housing project is being built on land donated by the Boys & Girls Club. It serves as the required legal replacement for the residential units being removed for the Club’s Clubhouse expansion down the street
• 385 Congress Street – Herald Square Phase I (9 Units)
  Details: A 12-story hotel complex featuring 179 hotel rooms and 9 upper-floor luxury condominiums.
  Status: Design Development
• 115 Lancaster Street – Redfern Housing (500 Units)
  Status: Future housing units proposed, pending city zoning review.
• 3,300-Seat Music Venue (Myrtle St & Cumberland Ave)
  Status: Project plans changed following new city buffer rules. Legal updates are pending.

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Community Initiatives and Opportunities

• Midtown Development – Federated Co. Footprint
  Status: 3.45 acres re-acquired by the City of Portland. The city is currently collecting public ideas for future residential, commercial, or public park use.
• Franklin Corridor Redesign Plan
  Status: Active Traffic Study & Planning Phase
  Notes: Street infrastructure project to update the highway arterial footprint, narrow the right-of-way, improve bike paths, and restore historic neighborhood sidewalk connectivity.
• 72 Parris Street Community Ownership Project
  Status: Planning
• Oxford & Cedar landowner looking for buyer or partner for housing project listed by Madelyn Danse at Home Sweet Maine

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Additions? Corrections? Questions? reach out to developments@baysideportland.org