BRUNSWICK
Before new office space can be built at Brunswick Landing, an old warplane on display has to be moved.
A request for proposals was issued April 3; the deadline is Friday, May 3.
“We’ve seen nothing yet,” said Marty McMahon, Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority director of aviation services. “But that’s not unusual. Most times, companies don’t submit anything until the last couple of days (before the deadline).”
The P-2V5 Neptune parked on Admiral Fitch Drive has to be moved so Topsham developer Priority Group can develop a series of professional offices there. If no bids are received, McMahon said, a new request for proposals will be issued, or another potential solution would be discussed with Priority Group.
Jim Howard, Priority Group’s president, said construction on the new buildings isn’t forecast to start until spring 2014.
“There is no effect on our plans as of yet,” Howard said Monday. “I understand that it’s important and symbolic for the development agency to have that plane on display. I’ve still got to wrap up leases with prospective tenants and get the permitting process started with the town so, at least right now, there’s plenty of time left.”
The plane’s new home is planned for a half-mile down Fitch Drive, at Pegasus Street, near its third-generation cousin P-3 Orion.
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