BRUNSWICK

Following its absorption by Kenway Corp. in Augusta, the former home of Harbor Technologies in the Brunswick Industrial Park is seeking a new tenant.

Harbor Technologies produced materials for the marine industry at the 28,000-square-foot facility with an additional 6,400-square-foot mezzanine located at 68 Business Parkway since 2005. In October 2015, the company was dissolved and its assets and name went to Kenway — a composite manufacturer for heavy industry and military markets.

The property is owned by Jim Howard of the Priority Real Estate Group and is being handled by Justin Lamontagne of The NAI Dunham Group. Lamontagne said originally there was some discussion about Kenway keeping Harbor Technologies in Brunswick as a separate operation, but in the end decided to pull them into their own facility. That’s when Howard and Lamontagne received notice of the building being vacated.

“ We just put it on the market on Monday — it’s brand-new, just hit the market within the last week or so,” Lamontagne said.

Although the property, with an adjacent lot, is being placed on the market at $2,590,000, Lamontagne said the real goal is to find a tenant to lease the space.

Lamontagne said the market for such properties is tightening up and he already has a tour slated for today with another marine- related usage in mind. With a long bay, three 16- foot- high doors and more than 26 feet of clear height in the middle of the work space, Lamontagne said the space lends itself well to marine and boat work. He said not many buildings in southern Maine have that kind of space.

“ Harbor Tech also worked on bridges — they had 100- yard pieces of metal coming through here,” Lamontagne said, emphasizing the room inside.

“The vacancy rate there, in greater Portland — the six surrounding towns including Saco and Biddeford is under 4 percent, which is historically low. Some of the guys in my office are saying it’s the lowest they’ve seen in 30 or 40 years,” Lamontagne said, pointing to areas like Brunswick as the next potential benefactor of southern Maine business.

Lamontagne said the tight inventory in Portland is pushing companies to move northward where business real estate can still be found. He said there is less pressure on Midcoast inventories and even less as you travel farther north toward Lewiston- Auburn and Augusta. Situated 20 minutes from Portland and on an interstate, Brunswick is looking more attractive.

“ Especially if there’s some connection to the Midcoast or that marinerelated use where if you’re heading up to Camden or Ellsworth, places like that, this is a really, really convenient hub for that type of use,” Lamontagne said.

Besides its commanding size, the former Harbor Technologies building boasts 1,000 amps of power, municipal utilities natural gas and radiant heat floors. The office spaces have also been renovated.

“So, kind of all the bells and whistles most industrial users are looking for — this building has it. There’s really no warts to this,” Lamontagne said.

dmcintire@timesrecord.com

• HARBOR Technologies produced materials for the marine industry at the 28,000-square-foot facility with an additional 6,400-squarefoot mezzanine located at 68 Business Parkway since 2005. In October 2015, the company was dissolved and its assets and name went to Kenway Corp.