PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 7, 2022
The developer of a permanent Portland home for the Roux Institute at Northeastern University has significantly reduced the campus’ planned footprint in response to neighborhood concerns about the scale of the project at the former B&M Baked Beans factory site. It reduced the planned square footage by more than one-quarter, lowered the maximum building height by nearly one-fifth and scaled back a planned hotel development. The Roux Institute was established more than two years ago with a $100 million donation from David Roux, a Lewiston native and wealthy technology entrepreneur. Its founders envisioned a high-tech graduate school, business accelerator and training pipeline to boost Maine’s workforce and economy.