A crane hoists building materials Wednesday morning to the roof of 186 Main St. in Auburn. Great Falls Construction Inc. is building 18 market-rate apartments on the top floors. Developers are looking to fill the ground floor with a restaurant and retail shops. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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A crane hoists building materials Wednesday morning to the roof of 186 Main St. in Auburn. Great Falls Construction Inc. is building 18 market-rate apartments on the top floors. Developers are looking to fill the ground floor with a restaurant and retail shops. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Vehicles are parked Wednesday morning in front of the Picker House Lofts on Cedar Street in Lewiston. The renovated mill consists of 72 mixed-income apartments. The other parts of the former Continental Mill will eventually be converted into 377 market-rate apartments. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are  expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Renovations are underway Wednesday at the former Camden Yarns mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River next to Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The $13 million project will house the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor, which is moving from the Bates Mill Complex at 39 Canal St. in Lewiston. Besides the renovation, an 8,000-square-foot addition is planned. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Renovations are underway Wednesday at the former Camden Yarns mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River next to Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The $13 million project will house the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor, which is moving from the Bates Mill Complex at 39 Canal St. in Lewiston. Besides the renovation, an 8,000-square-foot addition is planned. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Learn more: History and culture museum begins work on a new home in Lewiston

Construction continues Wednesday morning on the 82-unit Wedgewood housing development between Walnut and Pine streets in Lewiston. Several of the units are occupied and others are expected to be completed by the end of the summer. The complex is part of the Choice Neighborhoods project, sparked by a $30 million federal grant in 2021. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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