PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A one-time monastery in Maine’s largest city might see a new life as affordable housing.
Portland developer Josh Soley wants to convert the West End building into single-occupancy rooms. The Portland Press Herald reports the idea is a piece of a three-phase development planned by Soley that includes nearby low-income apartments and a halfway house a few blocks away.
The former monastery is a Greek Revival home built in the early 19th century, originally as a private residence. The Catholic Church bought it, and it became a girls’ school until the 1930s, when it was turned into the monastery.
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The building remained as housing for nuns until 2018 when the last two moved to a monastery in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Soley closed on the monastery last month for $1.66 million.
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