Strategies for Portland 18-tale condominium building, Maine’s tallest, get green gentle

Design of what could be Maine’s tallest setting up and the state’s initially higher-rise in over a ten years been given acceptance Tuesday evening from the Portland Scheduling Board.

The board unanimously OK’d web page strategies to build an 18-tale condominium constructing in downtown Portland, a $50 million task that would bring 263 models of a great deal-essential housing to the city.

Landry/French Design, based in Scarborough, will provide as building manager. Do the job is anticipated to start off by September on the site, at 200 Federal St., and to be full in late 2023.

Programs for the making demanded a zoning transform previously this 12 months to allow the top 40 feet of the 190-foot structure to be utilized for residences and other reasons. Beforehand, the city’s code authorized a making of that peak, but only with an “architectural cap” that contains mechanical machines or to greatly enhance design and style.

In April, the undertaking also acquired a necessary acceptance from the Portland Historic Preservation Board. At Tuesday’s Organizing Board meeting, developer Jonathan Culley of Redfern Properties LLC stated some architectural modifications will be made in reaction to give the base of the setting up a “more traditional” look.

With the Preparing Board’s 7- vote, Culley is all set to begin seeking setting up permits.

When topped off, 200 Federal will have studio, one- and two-bedrooms apartments, generally industry-level, with rents in between $1,200 and $2,200, in accordance to Culley. There also will be two floor-floor industrial spaces, 180,000 square toes of space total, and an 18th-flooring “sky lounge” for residents, with views he explained as “phenomenal” in a March job interview with Mainebiz.

Amongst its other distinctions, 200 Federal would be the third-tallest developing of any sort in Maine, and the state’s tallest setting up when calculated devoid of architectural caps these types of as spires. The current holder of that title is a different Portland condominium advanced, Franklin Towers, which stands 175 ft significant.

The highest and 2nd-best properties of any type in Maine both equally were being made with church spires. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, throughout the road from Franklin Towers, rises 204 toes. The Agora Grand Events Middle, initially St. Patrick’s Church in Lewiston, is 220 feet tall.