HISTORY

North Dam Mill is part of the historic Pepperell Company mill complex, which once employed thousands of workers in a 40 building complex along the Saco River in Biddeford and Saco, Maine. In 1971, WestPoint Pepperell sold its electric blanket division to Sunbeam. This sale included the transfer of Buildings 15, 17 and 18, which are all five-story brick mill buildings dating from around mid-1800s. Sunbeam closed down its manufacturing operation in 2001 and put the buildings up for sale.

North Dam, LLC acquired the complex from Sunbeam in 2004 and immediately set out to create a vision for a vibrant, mixed-use community that would serve as the engine of the creative economy of Southern Maine. Since opening its doors to retail, office and manufacturing tenants in early 2006, North Dam Mill has begun to fulfill this vision. Today more than 50 businesses call North Dam Mill home and the first residential units in the mills were completed and ready for occupancy in the fall of 2008.

The mill continues to evolve, with the addition of fifth floor loft-style apartments, ready for lease in spring of 2009.