Pierce Atwood Reaches Tentative Deal to Protect Views in New Waterfront Offices
The Pierce Atwood law firm has reached a tentative deal with a seafood auction house in Portland, Maine, that will protect its view of the Fore River.
The law firm’s new office is on a fish pier owned by the city. Its deal with the Portland Fish Exchange, also owned by the city, restricts development on two lots next to the firm’s headquarters, the Portland Press Herald reports.
The deal still must be approved by the boards overseeing the pier and fish exchange, the story says. Details have not yet been disclosed.
Critics say the deal interferes with the city’s mission to use the pier as a hub for the fishing industry; supporters say it is a model for co-existence of the fishing industry and nonmarine uses.
Publication name corrected at 8:45 a.m.
