PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 22, 2022
Over the last two weeks, a steel structure has risen near Mechanic Street – the first sign of upward momentum for a four-story indoor farm that the developer says will employ nearly four dozen workers with intellectual disabilities and produce millions of pounds of microgreens for the area’s ever-expanding food scene. That piece of the project, being developed by Jackson, Wyoming-based company Vertical Harvest, is set to be completed within two years. Construction on the other components – 50 to 60 apartments and a 400-space parking garage – has been delayed by utility issues and the discovery of ledge under the site.