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ousing construction dominated our 2025 real‑estate coverage as cities and developers tackled the state’s acute shortage. We also tracked major commercial projects, pioneering housing models, new building methods, and stalled developments caused by rising costs and zoning limits. Highlights included: a proposal for a unified Old Port Square that would host Maine’s tallest building; the state’s 84,000‑unit 2030 goal; a revised list of Maine’s hottest real‑estate towns; 390 new homes beginning on Gorham’s Robie tract; mass‑timber’s growing use; modular condos at Rumford’s Black Mountain; Lewiston‑Auburn’s bold housing push; dozens of condos underway at Scarborough’s Downs; the Jagger Mill redevelopment in Sanford; creative “missing‑middle” and affordable housing projects; Biddeford’s 250‑unit expansion at the Eddy; and High Tide Capital’s conversion of historic sites into homes.