OAKLAND, Maine – Today, FirstPark — the premier business park in Maine — is excited to celebrate another successful year and build on its momentum in 2024, citing its recent work with The Boulos Company to bring lots to market. Welcoming new companies to “the park of the future,” FirstPark caters to businesses large and small while promoting accessibility for a wide range of buyers and builders.
As today’s businesses adapt and evolve, their space needs to change with the times, and FirstPark is on the cutting edge of innovation. The park’s updated permittable uses reflect the future of space usage and accommodates a wide range of industries from flex spaces, to light industrial offerings to technology, life sciences, physical therapy, general medicine, biotech, and medical marijuana research and cultivation. FirstPark — with Boulos as a strategic partner — has a solution for companies of all kinds. Working in unison, they go above and beyond for interested business owners and investors looking to buy and build commercial spaces, whether it means meeting buyers on-site, introducing and touring them through the park, investing in infrastructure, steering them through the building process or identifying professional vendors for utility access.
FirstPark is one of the most accessible business parks in Maine. It is within walking distance to the I-95 corridor and in close proximity to various retail amenities. The park’s owners are known to meet in-person with prospective buyers on a regular basis, understanding exactly what goes into successful initiatives, such as the T-Mobile project last year. For business owners, FirstPark offers pre-permitted lots that are shovel-ready and prepared for expedited building, taking a burden off the shoulders of those looking to buy and build quickly.
“Coming off a successful 2023, the sky is the limit for the FirstPark team,” said Jim Dinkle, executive director at FirstPark. “We have one of the most attractive, accessible business park locations in the entire state of Maine, and it is ready for buyers and builders of all kinds. Our team cannot wait to work with all sorts of business owners in the new year, reaching even greater heights together.”
“There are a great mix of business’s already in the park and the remaining lots cater to a wide range of building sizes,” said Cameron Foster, broker at The Boulos Company. “In this cost heavy and labor light construction environment, the permits lessen the cost and time for business owners to build, which can be critical for a business’s facility strategy.
About FirstPark
FirstPark is a 285-acre business park community in Oakland, Maine. Managed by Kennebec Regional Development Authority and supported by more than 20 surrounding communities, the business park is in the central part of the state along the I-95 corridor between Portland, Boston and New York to the south and Québec City to the north. FirstPark is home to 16 businesses including anchor tenant T-Mobile, a call center that employs more than 800 people. Available sites range in size from five to 24 acres, and the business park is in a foreign-trade zone.