Saco, ME – The Mill at Saco Falls apartments were originally part of the Laconia Mills, built in 1844. When Wright-Ryan came onto the project in 2009, to start extensive renovations, the mill had long ceased as the first cotton manufacturing company in Biddeford.
The Mill at Saco Falls now houses 66 low income family housing units each featuring one to three bedrooms spread over 84,066sf, with each unit featuring heat recovery units that exceed code required R values.
Wright-Ryan worked closely with the owner, architect and National Park Service to
arrive at a descriptive specification for the replacement windows that would meet both National Park Service and MaineHousing’s very specific and different criteria.
The company was able to leverage the size of the project, over 500 windows, to cause window vendors to adjust and retest products to meet the specified criteria. The Mill at Saco Falls was completed and open to the public in November 2010 and is extremely successful. The project allowed a prominent historic mill in Maine to be saved while meeting demands for affordable housing in the Southern Maine area.