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Maine Realty Advisors leases 11,900 s/f and sells over 20,000 s/f; Soley honored by CoStar and Melnick promoted to vice president

Josh Soley

 

Amanda Melnick

 

Portland, ME Maine Realty Advisors (MRA) negotiated four sale transactions and four leases in the month of June.

• 737 Washington St., Bath, a 10,000 s/f retail space, sold to RSP Bridgton LLC by Nick Papadopoulos and Peter Bissias for $500,000. Josh Soley of MRA and Chuck Day for Porta and Co., negotiated the sale.

• 27 Bay St., Winslow, a 3,680 s/f retail space, sold to BSEG Properties LLC by NH Bagg & Sons for $278,000. Ben Spencer of MRA and Bart Stevens from Century 21 brokered the transaction.

• 230 Water St., Hallowell, a 2,240 s/f multifamily two-unit, sold to Anna Simmier by Bryan and Elaine Carlson for $180,000. Spencer and Nathan Laflin of Laflin and Wolfington Realty helped facilitate the deal.

• 47-49 Main St., Freeport, a 4,700 s/f retail space, sold to Treadstone LLC by Daniel G. Karmin Main Street LLC for $1.4 million. Ryan Carey of MRA brokered the sale.

• Sister’s Gourmet Deli leased 5,000 s/f of retail space from RSP Bridgton LLC. The property is located at 737 Washington, Bath. Soley facilitated the lease.

• Midcoast Pizza leased 5,000 s/f of retail space from RSP Bridgton LLC at 737 Washington St., Bath. Soley brokered the lease.

• Luay AlQuraishi leased 500 s/f of office space from Venture Talent Solutions at 1 Pleasant, Portland. Amanda Melnick of MRA helped facilitate the deal.

• Needfire LLC leased 1,400 s/f from North River IV LLC at 477 Fore St., Portland. Melnick brokered the lease.

CoStar honored Soley as a Power Broker for topping the industry in sale transactions in Maine in 2021.

Melnick has been promoted to vice president.

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