BIDDEFORD — Engine is looking for a new home and a new
direction as the arts venue prepares to take its leave from its downtown
Biddeford location at the end of the month.
The maker space and gallery housed at 163 Main St. has until
Oct. 31 to vacate. The landlord, Richard Levy, said the property is not
publicly on the market, but he’s in talks with a potential buyer who wants to
attract retailers and apartment-dwellers.
“I don’t have a firm offer yet,” Levy said.
The decision was far from sudden: Levy said he gave Engine
“a couple years’ notice” before deciding to sell. Engine’s Acting Director
Sarah Lafortune said the 501(c)3 nonprofit was notified about a year ago that
it would have to find a new home after Levy, who divides his time between
Biddeford Pool and New Mexico, announced he was putting the building up for
sale.
“We’ve been looking…
