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Property

Details

Property Details

Address

100 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101

Use

Retail & Office

Owner

Soley Wharf LLC

Acquired

October 1998

Completed

1860

Building Size

76,000 Gross SF

Property Size

0.3499 Acres

Name

Elias Thomas Block

Style

Italianate

— 100 COMMERCIAL STREET

East Brown Cow’s corporate offices are located at 100 Commercial Street, and it has managed this property since its acquisition by Soley Wharf LLC in 1998.  Also known as the Thomas Block, the building was completed in 1860.  Originally eight side-by-side warehouses, the building was rehabilitated in the 1980s and for a time had residential suites.  The four-story building, with its unique curved façade, dominates this section of Commercial Street, prominently displaying a clock face and flag at its architectural peak.  Offices at the rear of the property feature decks overlooking Portland’s working waterfront; a view which has become iconic as a representation of Portland’s working waterfront in the national media.  Offices at the front look down on bustling Commercial Street, which boasts a growing retail presence in the city, including retail space at the street level of Thomas Block.

100 COMMERCIAL STREET

BACKGROUND

East Brown Cow’s corporate offices are located at 100 Commercial Street, and it has managed this property since its acquisition by Soley Wharf LLC in 1998.  Also known as the Thomas Block, the building was completed in 1860.  Originally eight side-by-side warehouses, the building was rehabilitated in the 1980s and for a time had residential suites.  The four-story building, with its unique curved façade, dominates this section of Commercial Street, prominently displaying a clock face and flag at its architectural peak.  Offices at the rear of the property feature decks overlooking Portland’s working waterfront; a view which has become iconic as a representation of Portland’s working waterfront in the national media.  Offices at the front look down on bustling Commercial Street, which boasts a growing retail presence in the city, including retail space at the street level of Thomas Block.

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