The Lambert Woods NorthApartments at 2274 Washington Ave Ext in Portland started construction in November 2025 and will be completed in early 2027. The Lambert Woods North Apartments will be a 72 home apartment complex broken into 6 buildings, including townhomes and 3 story walkup apartments with indoor and outdoor community spaces. The project was initiated by the City of Portland, which put out a request for proposals in 2020 and chose this team to design and implement the project. Funding came from the MaineHousing, City of Portland, and CREA. Maine Cooperative Development Partners teamed up with POAH, a non-profit affordable housing developer who will be the long term manager and primary owner.
Background 622 Auburn and 0 Gray Road (in Falmouth) is one of five parcels chosen by the City of Portland, Maine in 2019 to be redeveloped as mixed income, middle income housing. Only about 3 acres will be disturbed; the remainder will be conserved and is intended to have trails available to the public. The site is north of Washington Ave Extension between Blackstrap and Auburn Streets, adjacent to residential and light industrial areas, and about a quarter mile south of the Falmouth Spur highway. The site is ¾ of a mile east of the Falmouth Crossing shopping area, and 1.3 miles from Lyman Moore Middle School. The site is on the the Metro Bus #9 loop, which provides frequent service to all the middle and high schools, services, and downtown area. The project received site plan approval in February, 2023 and an update in March 2025.
The City allows work hours Monday through Friday 7:00am–7:00pm. If necessary, Saturday work hours will be 8:00am–5:00pm.
Issues during construction can be directed to: General concerns and updates: Liz Trice, [email protected] Urgent Same -Day concerns: PGC Site Superintendent, Ron Weymouth, [email protected] 207.852.9072
Site Images and Renderings
This site plan shows both Lambert Woods North Apartments at the top/right and Lambert Woods South Housing Cooperative to the bottom/left. The road through the middle is Washington Ave Extension, with Auburn Street on the far right, and Lambert Street on the left. The square buildings are 10 and 11 unit Community Flats buildings, each with a social lobby, and community amenity, and a 2BR and 3BR on the first floor; the uppers floors each have two two bedroom and two one bedroom units each. The long buildings are Rowhomes; they have 1BR homes on the first floor, and 3BR, 1.5 two story homes on the second and third floors. There is an additional parking lot on the far left side of Lambert North site, show in the black and white site plans. View all landscape architecture plans at Aceto Kimball Landscape Architecture.
Studio, 1, 2, and 3 Bedroom Floorplans
Neighborhood & Resident Meetings
Oct 17, 2025 Land Acknowledgement Ceremony with Dwayne Tomah, Passamaquoddy Language Keeper
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In Person Land & Tree Acknowledgement Friday, Oct 17, 2025 at 2pm Join us to acknowledge the land at 2274 Washington Ave Ext. Our goal is to connect to the land, honor its past, thank it, grieve the forest that will be lost, and ask for blessing for the future community that will start to be built later this month.
Wabanaki Land This land, as all of Maine’s land, is unceded Wabanaki land. As such, we’ve asked Dwayne Tomah to guide us. Dwayne’s life has been dedicated to the preservation of Passamaquoddy language and culture. Dwayne will lead us in prayer and song, and share some of the history of the land. We'll have a blessing for its future, which will include trails, housing, and community space. We'll have some light refreshments.
Loss of Forest Initially, we were concerned about building on a site that was mostly woods and wetlands. After conducting environmental assessments, we decided to build only on the 2-acre upland portion closest to the road and adjacent to a bus stop, out of the original 18 acres. We were excited by the site’s potential and collaborated with Portland Trails to sketch future trails. We hired a forester to identify special trees and then modified the design to accommodate them. Inspired by this project, MCDP developer Liz Trice helped initiate the conservation of 450 acres in Rumford, which officially became the Rumford Community Forest in 2025.
Future Community Maine Cooperative Development Partner’s (MCDP) vision is to build harmonious, affordable neighborhoods for people of all ages, backgrounds, and incomes. We pioneer innovative models emphasizing walkable, transit-oriented centers, which provide easy access to daily needs and recreation. Our projects prioritize energy-efficient homes, access to green space, healthy buildings, and shared amenities to foster connection among neighbors. The future community at Lambert North will have 72 apartments with indoor and outdoor community spaces, access to transit, and trails. In Person Neighborhood Meeting before Construction Kickoff of Lambert Woods North Monday, October 6, 5:30-7pm at Federal Town & Country Federal Credit Union, 3 Auburn Street, Portland, ME
Monday, March 17, 2025, City Council votes to retain ownership of the parcel between Lambert Woods North and the 295 spur that is located in Falmouth, as requested by the developer. The original RFP for Lambert Woods North included two parcels, one in Portland, and one in Falmouth; there are significant wetlands and other development barriers for the Falmouth parcel; the Falmouth may be redeployed as a separate RFP as the city believes there is a possibility of some small development on the upland portion. Lambert Woods South and North are unaffected by this change.
Sept 24, 2024 Amendment to Major Site Plan Approval This added 27 parking spaces to the Lambert North site as required by Maine Housing. Details
Saturday, Oct 29, 2022, 10:30 amPortland Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Neighborhood Walk Audit The Portland Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is coming to the Summit St/ Lambert neighborhood on Oct 29th to work on a walking audit of the area. The start time is at 10:30AM and will meet at 501 Summit St.
Portland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee advocates and educates on bicycle, transit, and pedestrian issues, including handicap accessibility, with support from the city’s Healthy Portland office, and in collaboration with other offices and organizations including the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, Portland Trails, PACTS, the Department of Public Services and the Planning Department. The committee will work on an audit of the neighborhood and submit it to the city with recommendations.
Thursday, August 4, 2022 6pm Neighborhood & Future Residents Meeting Location: In Person or by Zoom. In person: Town and Country Federal Credit Union's branch office at 3 Auburn Street in Portland. The location is on the Northeast Corner of Auburn and Allen, near Shaws and TD Bank at Westgate shopping center. We will have light refreshments We have submitted a site plan for approval by the planning board. At this meeting, we plan to review the site plan briefly, and to review possible pedestrian improvements that could happen along Washington Ave Ext. We hope to work with neighborhood residents and the city to enact some pedestrian improvements. Your participation and advocacy can help make it safer to walk in the neighborhood. Meeting Notice Presentation Slides Meeting Sign-in Sheet and Notes
Thursday, May 5, 2022 6:30pm Neighborhood & Future Residents Meeting via Zoom and phone to review draft site plan updates. This is an official meeting noticed to abutters. Full Presentation Notes Monday, Jan 31, 2022 7-8:30pm Neighborhood & Future Residents Meeting via Zoom and Phone to review draft site plan. Full Presentation Notes
Monday, July 26, 2021 6-8pm at PelotonLabs, 795 Congress Street, "Drink & Crit" : Portland Society of Architecture, MCDP, and PelotonLabs invite the design community and other interested parties to provide feedback on the plans to date.
Thursday, July 22, 2021 6-7:30pmNeighborhood Meeting via Zoom & Phone meeting to review draft site plan Presentation Notes
Sunday, Jan 10, 2021 2pm: Neighborhood Site Walk Corner of Lambert and Washington; please wear a mask and plan to maintain 6 feet distance from others. Site Walk Meeting Notes
